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Effective July 1, 2017, courts in the State of Illinois implemented changes to how child support is to be calculated. Child support obligations will be calculated using “Income Shares Method”.
Maintenance is a monetary sum paid by one spouse for the benefit of the other spouse upon separation or the dissolution of marriage; also called “alimony” or “spousal support.”
For years, Illinois statutes referred to decision making for the children of separated parents as “custody” and the time spent with the children by the non-primary parent as “visitation”.
One of the key functions of a divorce is the division of property acquired during the course of a marriage.
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36% of people nationwide rent their homes instead of owning them. In Chicago, the percentage of renters is even higher at 51.5% of people being renters. So, while we know houses get divided in a divorce, what happens to renters when getting a divorce in Illinois? Who Keeps The Rented House In An Illinois Divorce?
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 is expensive. Attorney’s fees during and after an Illinois divorce are usually in the thousands of dollars and must be paid. Illinois divorce law recognizes that the parties to a divorce or parentage action can ask their spouse, ex-spouse, or other parent to contribute to attorney’s fees on a temporary or final basis. “The
After months of status dates in court, exchanging documents, and wondering when something will actually happen in your divorce, the divorce judge’s voice will boom, “Pretrial is scheduled for next month. Have your memos delivered to my clerk 7 days in advance!” What does this mean? What is a pretrial in an Illinois divorce, and
After an Illinois divorce is settled or a trial order is issued, the divorce is not over. Both parties must still comply with the terms of the Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage and the incorporated Marital Settlement Agreement and Allocation of Parenting Time and Parental Responsibilities. Illinois law provides multiple methods for enforcing those terms.
When a divorce begins, there is a fundamental lack of trust between the two spouses. This lack of trust is especially strong when it comes to finances. There will always be suspicion that one spouse will try to hide or remove assets from the marriage. Because of this, parties will try to ask the court