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In an Illinois divorce or custody fight, parents often fight for more time with their children. The parents may want more time with their children
The first question I ask a potential client is “how long have you been married?” The length of the marriage impacts everything about an Illinois divorce. A short marriage will cause a judge to shrug
Whenever I tell people I am a divorce lawyer they say, “You must have a lot of stories.” I do have a lot of stories, but I cannot tell any of those stories because of
We have all seen hundreds of advertisements over the years where a lawyer says “you don’t pay, if we don’t win.” That sounds like a good deal. After all, you want to win your divorce.
For forty years it was simple to get your spouse off your mortgage so you could keep the marital home after an Illinois divorce. The spouse that kept the marital house would refinance the mortgage.
I recently saw an advertisement on Facebook that said “Protect your assets in a divorce with a trust.” Hmm. I’m a divorce lawyer who is obsessed with divorce law and strategy. Why had I not
People are rarely surprised when they find out their spouse wants a divorce. Discussing the prospect of divorce is preferable to bombarding your spouse with filed divorce papers. Still, there are considerations about how much
Power of Attorney is “[a]n instrument granting someone authority to act as agent or attorney-in-fact for the grantor” Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019) Power of Attorney is a state designated form that allows one person
Most people know quite a bit about divorce law before they ever even have to consider divorce: kids get a schedule with each parent, one spouse may pay the other spouse support and assets get
Employers want good employees to stay working for them. One way that employers can ensure that an employee will still be working for them next year or even five years from now is to offer
Every year, one or two gentlemen call me and with quivering voices they tell me, “I just found out that my child is not mine…what can I do?” I can’t imagine how heart breaking it
Divorce isn’t just the ending of a marriage, divorces can also be a new beginning. New relationships will blossom and then strengthen. If a divorced person has children, this means that there will be a stepparent
Sometimes we barely know the people we marry. We get a call from the police station and find out they are accused of crimes. Shortly, thereafter, we file for divorce. Will you be responsible for
Sooner or later, a parenting time schedule is going to be entered during an Illinois divorce. Each parent will have certain days and nights with the children. Eventually, “life” will happen and one parent will
Divorce is expensive…and you have to pay up front. Divorce attorneys require a retainer to begin work on a divorce case. That retainer is usually an estimate of how much the entire divorce will cost
Married people each have their own roles within the marriage. One spouse does the dishes. One spouse takes out the garbage. Often, one spouse is in charge of paying the bills. What happens when an
Your Illinois divorce lawyer knows the law and the divorce process better than you do. That is why you hired that divorce lawyer. The divorce lawyer prepared temporary motions, issued discovery and prepared proposed agreements
Most people have a pretty good idea of how the divorce process works. It is the first few steps of the divorce process that make people realize “maybe I don’t know as much as I
Divorces finalize the terms of a relationship…except divorces never seem to be truly final. People are always going back to court to resolve a remaining disagreement. While parenting time, child support, college expenses for children,
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