custody
Parents are parents. Moms are moms and dads are dads. But when people get divorced or separated, some parents try to become the better parent, parent # 1, super parent, or something like that. In reality, there is no official…
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People don’t always announce, “I want a divorce!” Sometimes, they just leave…and you never hear from them again. The other spouse’s life must go on and get in order so they will need a divorce from the spouse who abandoned…
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Illinois divorce and family judges decide almost everything related to the children in a divorce or parentage matter based on what is in the children’s best interests. What exactly does “Best Interest Of The Child” mean in an Illinois divorce…
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There are lots of kinds of custody in Illinois. Sole custody implies that the child or children spend all of their time with one parent and the other parent has no say in how the child or children are raised. …
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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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Smoking cigarettes is less and less common today…but 15% of Illinois’ population still smokes cigarettes, pipes, cigars and other forms of tobacco. No one wants their kids to smoke cigarettes or even be exposed to secondhand smoke but people who…
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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,…
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What Is Sole Custody? In Illinois, sole allocation of parental responsibilities (formerly known as “sole custody”) allows a parent to be solely responsible for making decisions for a minor child. Statutorily, these decisions are broken down into four different areas,…
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