by Russell D. Knight | Aug 8, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law, Illinois Law, Marital Property, Non-Marital Property
Big changes in life can often be a trigger for a divorce. There are fewer bigger changes than sustaining a significant personal injury and then receiving a subsequent settlement or award for that personal injury. Often, this change in physical and financial...
by Russell D. Knight | Jul 15, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law, Illinois Law, Marital Property
Legal separation is a good scenario for conflict: not quite married, not quite divorced. Not surprisingly, people are always getting legally separated on television because it adds conflict to a storyline. This leads the American public to believe that legal...
by Russell D. Knight | Jul 15, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law
Most people don’t know much about divorce before entering the process. They hear from friends and relatives’ bits and pieces, almost always scandalous and dispiriting. Then the rest they pick up from television and movies such as the ability to disqualify a divorce...
by Russell D. Knight | Jun 2, 2019 | Cook County Law, Divorce, Family Law
The whole point of going to court in a divorce is to get a ruling from the court. If you and your spouse cannot agree on an issue in your divorce, either of you may ask the court to make the decision based on the facts of your divorce case as applied to Illinois...
by Russell D. Knight | May 27, 2019 | Family Law
This past week, I spent 8 days in Houston, Texas, at the annual National Family Law Trial Institute’s Regular Program. This was not a conference where you attend a few lectures and then spend the rest of the day at happy hour. This conference was 9 to 10 hours a...
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