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Category: Illinois Law

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein.

Judicial Admission vs. Evidentiary Admission in Illinois
Discovery

Judicial Admissions In An Illinois Divorce

Because of the portrayal of trials in movies, it is considered common for a witness to finally admit some horrible, damning fact in open court that resolves the case in its entirety (“You can’t handle

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Motion To Clarify In An Illinois Divorce
Illinois Law

Motions To Clarify In An Illinois Divorce

The point of going to court is to get orders. The parties are then bound by those orders. The future is then as predictable as the orders are clear. If the instructions on the court

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Evidence of negotiations in an Illinois divorce
Drafting Considerations

Parol Evidence And Divorce In Illinois

95% of divorces are finalized by agreement. Those agreements are memorialized by contracts between the parties called a Marital Settlement Agreement and/or an Allocation of Parenting Time and Parental Responsibilities. Divorce Agreements Are Contracts In

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What is judicial economy in an Illinois divorce?
Illinois Law

Judicial Economy In An Illinois Divorce Case

Lawyers love legal buzzwords. I know I do. Perhaps no buzzword is as frequently misused as “judicial economy” in Illinois’ divorce court proceedings. If you are ever in an Illinois divorce court and you hear

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Property in receivership in an Illinois divorce
Illinois Law

Receivership And Divorce In Illinois

In the movie “The Dark Knight” Batman’s loyal butler, Alfred, remarks that The Joker is inscrutable “because some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with.

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Broken Promises In An Illinois Divorce
Illinois Law

Promises And Divorce In Illinois

In the course of a relationship, people make a lot of promises. When those promises go consistently unfulfilled, the disappointed party files for divorce and all promises are cast to the wind (including “until death

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How does separation impact an Illinois divorce?
Divorce

Physical Separation And Divorce In Illinois

Divorce does not happen quickly. Usually there are a few months to a few years between breaking up with a spouse (usually moving out and living apart) and finally being divorced. We politely refer to

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