by Russell D. Knight | Aug 8, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law, Illinois Law, Marital Property, Non-Marital Property
Big changes in life can often be a trigger for a divorce. There are fewer bigger changes than sustaining a significant personal injury and then receiving a subsequent settlement or award for that personal injury. Often, this change in physical and financial...
by Russell D. Knight | Jul 15, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law, Illinois Law, Marital Property
Legal separation is a good scenario for conflict: not quite married, not quite divorced. Not surprisingly, people are always getting legally separated on television because it adds conflict to a storyline. This leads the American public to believe that legal...
by Russell D. Knight | Jul 15, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law
Most people don’t know much about divorce before entering the process. They hear from friends and relatives’ bits and pieces, almost always scandalous and dispiriting. Then the rest they pick up from television and movies such as the ability to disqualify a divorce...
by Russell D. Knight | Jun 14, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law
Children are expensive. Children need to be fed, clothed and cared for when they’re babies. Then when children get into school, they inevitably get into activities that require some kind of financial contribution from the parents. When the parents of the children are...
by Russell D. Knight | Jun 2, 2019 | Cook County Law, Divorce, Family Law
The whole point of going to court in a divorce is to get a ruling from the court. If you and your spouse cannot agree on an issue in your divorce, either of you may ask the court to make the decision based on the facts of your divorce case as applied to Illinois...
by Russell D. Knight | May 4, 2019 | Alimony, Divorce, Family Law, Illinois Law, Maintenance
Whenever money is being transferred there is a possibility of taxes. Perhaps there is no bigger transfer than the transfer of assets and income during divorce. Therefore, taxes and divorce must be considered together when negotiating and finalizing a dissolution of...
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