Marital Property
Divorce is about unwinding two people’s professional and personal relationship. Each party to the divorce keeps certain assets and is assigned responsibility for certain debts. But some things are either both an asset and a debt or kind of neither,…
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Lawyers love to use acronyms and buzzwords to shorten long phrases like “Qualified Domestic Relations Order” which is commonly referred to as a “QDRO.” So, what is a QDRO, exactly, in an Illinois divorce? QDROs are court orders that allow…
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The term “stock options” has a certain mystique. Stock options seem like sophisticated financial instrument for the rich and about-to-be-rich…and they kind of are. The problem with sophisticated financial instruments like stock options, is that they are hard to divide…
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Many people don’t wait for the divorce process to officially end before dating. The wisdom of dating during a divorce in Illinois is debatable. If you or your spouse are actively dating other people while unwinding your relationship through an…
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In an Illinois divorce every object or conceptual thing the couple owns, either together or apart, can be divided. Physical objects like paintings, animals, cars, houses, and photo albums can all be allocated in an Illinois divorce. Non-physical items such…
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When you are considering leaving your spouse in Illinois, you have options. You can get a divorce or you can get a legal separation from your spouse in Illinois. Is it better to be legally separated or divorced in Illinois?…
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Everyone knows that you split the assets in a divorce but people rarely consider that you also have to split up the debts. Usually debts are associated with an asset like a house and a car so whoever keeps the…
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Divorce takes a long time but life still goes on. People get separated and want to start their new lives without their spouses. This always means moving out but to where? An apartment? A rental house in the same school…
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After having divorced over a thousand people, I’ve found there’s usually an underlying issue in every divorce. Whether it’s a sex issue, a substance issue or a personality disorder, there’s usually an issue that is so aggravating to the marriage…
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In America you have the right to own a gun…under certain conditions based on local, state and federal law. Once you get divorce, or start to get divorced, the conditions of your gun ownership have an additional layer…the clauses of…
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