“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein.
In Illinois, there’s no actual law regarding health insurance and divorce. As long as you are married, you have the right to stay on the policy of your insured spouse. Conversely, as long as you are married, you must maintain health insurance for your spouse if you had been covering your spouse on your insurance
As you might infer from the question, there is never a time your divorce case can truly be considered “over” or “finished”. Before we go onto why, let’s talk about divorce procedures briefly. Illinois law governs divorces in a section of the statute called the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section 750 ILCS
The ability to of a parent to claim children on their taxes is as good as money itself. While this is usually an afterthought, should not simply abandon the right to declare their children to the other parent simply because the other parent has the children most of the time or pays more in taxes.
Illinois divorce law relies on both parties disclosing all of their assets and income to the other party in order to settle their divorce. But what happens if one party lies about their assets or income in a Chicago, Illinois divorce? Before we jump into this topic known as “discovery“, it all starts with the financial
A divorce in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois can take as little as two weeks and as long as three years. It all depends. Let’s work through what can make the divorce process take so much time. A Divorce With A Full Agreement If you come to your divorce lawyer with a full agreement between both
Taking your children outside of the country after a Chicago, Illinois divorce is a big step. When you travel abroad with your children, you are taking your children outside of the jurisdiction of the court that entered your divorce decree, Cook County, Illinois. In Illinois, throughout the divorce or parentage process the parties are required
Starting from January 1, 2016, Illinois joined a majority of states in the USA in eliminating all the fault-based grounds for divorce. This was done through Public Act 99-90 that removed all fault-based grounds for divorce and the only ground remaining that a party can allege is known as irreconcilable differences. Prior to January 1,
After an Illinois divorce, your obligation to pay child support ends when a child has turned 18 or graduated high school (whichever comes last) but you are still obligated to contribute to your child’s college education. But what if your child elects to attend a college that is simply not worth the expense? “The court
In Chicago, Illinois, the general rule is that courts have the exclusive authority to modify child support and are not bound by the parties’ agreements concerning child support. Blisset v. Blisset, 123 Ill. 2d 161, 167 (1988). In Blisset, Illinois’ supreme court held an out of court agreement to waive child support in exchange for
Illinois divorce law is specific that at least one of the child’s parents should be with the child if possible. If not, you can invoke “the right of first refusal.” Often a parent will exercise his parenting time without actually being with the child. The worst cases of this phenomenon are when a parent just