Parenting Time
“Nesting” is the idea that, after a separation or a divorce, instead of the kids going between Mom and Dad’s house, the Mom and Dad alternately go to the house where the kids stay all of the time. Is nesting…
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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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Before a child is in kindergarten, they love you completely no matter what you’ve done. The child will barely even know you’re divorced or separated from the other parent. It’s a very special time to be a parent but most…
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A family is not just a mom, a dad and a kid. There are usually other kids. A child’s relationship to his or her siblings is a close bond that’s worth preserving. But, sometimes those siblings don’t live with mom…
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Divorce and/or a custody battle is stressful enough. Illinois family law and family courts think you should be assigned some homework in the middle of it all…parenting classes. In Illinois, you can’t finalize your divorce or your custody litigation until…
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A custody dispute can be scary. One parent is literally trying to keep the child away from the other parent. There is a whole system for deciding which parent will have the child at what time but what happens when…
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The right to see your children is fundamental to the entire Illinois family law system. That being said, some parents just don’t feel their children are safe when the children are with the other parent. How can we balance the…
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Our culture is full of references to different types of child custody; sole custody, joint custody. legal custody, physical custody among others. In Illinois is child custody really something that you can fit into a box and label so cleanly?…
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The family law and divorce system in Illinois was written and promulgated imagining reasonable, rational parties unwinding their lives in a logical manner. We all get emotional during a break up and the family law system is set up to…
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Whether it’s the stress of the divorce or a long simmering issue, drugs and alcohol are frequent issues in Illinois divorces. Many other issues in divorce are black and white issues; he hit you or he didn’t, she made the…
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