“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein.
Thinking about divorce is common. Every married person has thought about divorce. Most married people have researched divorce (and stumbled on sites like this). But when it comes to filing for divorce, people are hesitant. Even if a person is ready to file for divorce, when is the best time to file for divorce? At the Law Office
Divorce law in Illinois is largely written for couples with two working adults who may have children. While Illinois divorce law does not explicitly address retirement and divorce, many relevant principles can be derived from the statutes and case law. Experienced Illinois divorce lawyer Russell D. Knight can help apply those principles so that your retirement
If you’re in the middle of a divorce in Chicago, Illinois, then you know that nothing lasts forever. This may even include the relationship you have with your divorce lawyer. When you or your divorce attorney in Chicago decides to terminate your professional attorney/client relationship, your divorce lawyer must file a motion to withdraw as
Looking into divorce in Chicago means learning the specific Illinois laws that govern the process, often with the help of a divorce attorney in Chicago. Divorce in Chicago is governed by a series of rules: The Illinois Compiled Statutes, the Illinois Supreme Court Rules, the Cook County Court Rules, case law, and the standing order
In America, you have the right to own a gun… under certain conditions based on local, state, and federal law. Once you get divorced, or start the divorce process, the conditions of your gun ownership gain an additional layer: the clauses of your divorce decree. A divorce lawyer in Chicago can help you understand how
When faced with divorce, there are lots of big financial questions like “who gets the house” and “how much alimony will I get?” In addition to the big issues, there is the entire lifetime of items that a couple will have accumulated over the years. What happens to all these household and personal items during
Divorce can lead to (or result from) a lot of horrible events. The worst event in a divorce is the possibility of violence from one or both members of the marriage. After abuse or harassment during or after an Illinois divorce, one party may file a Petition For An Order Of Protection against the other.
The law is full of buzzwords that further qualify other legal concepts. One of the most common terms found throughout law in general and family law in particular is “due diligence.” Due diligence is “[t]he diligence reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge
Child support in Illinois is always owed from one parent to another when they are no longer parenting together or haven’t come to some kind of agreement that waives child support. When does the obligation of child support begin and how does the obligor parent pay the back child support owed? Back child support (also
Parenting children is not easy. Parenting children is even harder when you’re not parenting in the same household as the other parent. The shuttling back and forth of children to two different homes is hard on everyone involved. Children are by definition immature and cannot make decisions for themselves but that doesn’t mean children don’t