“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein.
In an Illinois divorce, the parties’ incomes must be verified. To ensure that a spouse is being paid what they claim they are being paid, ask to see what money they are actually collecting and
Cash money has a strange effect on people. Cash seems more real because you can touch and see the money. Cash is not just digital numbers on a spreadsheet somewhere. Cash can be instantly transferred
A divorce is a big change. It is not uncommon for a divorced party to treat that change as an opportunity for self-improvement. If a soon-to-be-divorced person is foreseeing a lifestyle that goes from two
In the panic of considering a divorce in Illinois, both parties will be quick to consider the “worst case scenario” and research what they are each entitled to. Inevitably, the parties to a potential divorce
There are three quantifiable inputs in an Illinois divorce: 1) Time the children currently spend with each parent, 2) Marital assets and debts of the couple and 3) The income of each party. Everything else
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
Child support is money to help support the care and raising of a child. In Illinois, when does a child stop being a child and therefore stop needing support? What is a parent’s duty to
Conceptually, child support seems straightforward. The parent who spends less time with the child covers less of the child’s expenses. Therefore, that non-custodial parent should pay child support to the other parent who must be
When I was a child in the early 80s, I remember adults discussing inflation and its effects. Then, the issue of inflation disappeared for 40 years. Now, inflation is back and it is impacting all
Children need child support because they cannot support themselves. Supposedly, at age 18 when high school is finished, children can begin supporting themselves…and thus, child support terminated. If the child goes to college, Illinois parents
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