by Russell D. Knight | Apr 17, 2019 | Allocation of Parenting Time, child custody, Child Support, Divorce, Family Law, Paternity
Divorces are difficult wherever they are. An Illinois divorce with a child or with children is even more difficult. I often tell clients who have no children or have grown children, “your divorce is automatically 75% easier than the average divorce with a child.” Is...
by Russell D. Knight | Mar 10, 2019 | Child Support, Family Law, Illinois Law
Child support in Illinois is calculated based on a complicated formula where both parents’ incomes are used to calculate the non-custodial parent’s obligation to the custodial parent. This amount of money is then ordered to be paid by the non-custodial parent to the...
by Russell D. Knight | Mar 4, 2019 | Child Support, Cook County Law, Family Law, Illinois Law
You can definitely be put in jail for not paying child support in Chicago, Illinois…but it takes a while. Petition for Rule To Show Cause An order for child support is a court order like any other order from the court. If child support is not being paid pursuant to...
by Russell D. Knight | Mar 2, 2019 | Child Support
In the old days you couldn’t just ask for a divorce because you wanted one. You needed “grounds” or a tangible reason to be divorced. The grounds for divorce in Illinois would be adultery, desertion, imprisonment, etc. This meant that you’d have to prove these...
by Russell D. Knight | Feb 2, 2019 | Child Support
When considering gifts and divorce in Illinois, we must first acknowledge that all of the property you have at the time of the divorce can be classified as either marital or non-marital for the purpose of division of assets. In short, marital property get divided and...
by Russell D. Knight | Oct 23, 2018 | Child Support, Divorce, Family Law, Maintenance
Divorces can take years and there is always the possibility that a party in a divorce case may die during the divorce. This means the divorce will not be finalized and then the marital estate remains unsettled and undistributed. What happens when a husband or wife...
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