Russell Knight
Many people hire me to handle their divorce or parentage action in Chicago without meeting me personally. Potential clients read my hundreds of articles about Illinois divorce, see my reviews online or they can tell that I “know what I’m…
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A divorce in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois can take as little as two weeks and as long as three years. It all depends. Let’s work through what can make a divorce take so much time. A Divorce With A Full…
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Taking your children outside of the country after a Chicago, Illinois divorce is a big step. When you travel abroad with your children, you are taking your children outside of the jurisdiction of the court that entered your divorce decree,…
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Many successful people keep homes in Florida and Illinois. When these people consider divorce in Florida or Illinois, they need to consider the strategic advantages and disadvantages of both jurisdictions. I am uniquely qualified to answer this question as I…
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Starting from January 1, 2016, Illinois joined a majority of states in the USA in eliminating all the fault-based grounds for divorce. This was done through Public Act 99-90 that removed all fault-based grounds for divorce and the only ground…
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Divorce law in Illinois is largely written for couples with two working adults who may have children. Illinois divorce law doesn’t explicitly consider retirement and divorce. But, many principles can be derived from the statutes and case law so that…
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After an Illinois divorce, your obligation to pay child support ends when a child has turned 18 or graduated high school (whichever comes last) but you are still obligated to contribute to your child’s college education. But what if your…
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Did you know that all of the filings in your Chicago, Illinois, divorce are accessible to the public? How do you keep your divorce file private? It’s called sealing your divorce file. In Cook County, Illinois, (which includes Chicago) you…
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In Chicago, Illinois, the general rule is that courts have the exclusive authority to modify child support and are not bound by the parties’ agreements concerning child support. Blisset v. Blisset, 123 Ill. 2d 161, 167 (1988). In Blisset, Illinois’…
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Illinois divorce law is specific that at least one of the child’s parents should be with the child if possible. If not, you can invoke “the right of first refusal.” Often a parent will exercise his parenting time without actually…
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