by Russell Knight | Apr 3, 2020 | Child Support, Divorce, Family Law, Illinois Law, Maintenance, Marital Property, Non-Marital Property
Money is a funny thing in an Illinois divorce. In a divorce money is an asset which can be divisible or not based on whether it is marital. In a divorce money is also evidence of income which can determine child support and maintenance (formerly known as alimony). ...
by Russell Knight | Mar 27, 2020 | Child Support, Cook County Law, Divorce, Family Law
Divorce is expensive. Divorce with children is even more expensive. Divorce lawyers in Chicago, Illinois can charge over $400 an hour and ask for $ 5000 retainers. This is far outside the means of many Chicago residents. Yet, lower income Chicago residents still...
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...
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