Looking into divorce in Chicago means learning about the rules that govern divorce in Chicago, Illinois. Divorce in Chicago is governed by a series of rules: The Illinois Complied Statutes, the Illinois Supreme Court Rules, The Cook County Court Rules, case law and the standing order of whichever domestic relations judge your divorce case is…
You’ve spent years planning your life together. All of your plans involved you both remaining together as a couple. You got a house big enough for the two of you. You took a job with better insurance but less opportunity so your partner could do the opposite. You saved your partner’s income and you spent…
This is number four in my series of things to do with children while you’re parenting alone. Whether you are divorced, separated or just alone for the day with the kids, I hope these posts can be a guide of things to do with your kids in a city that isn’t set up for kids,…
It’s unthinkable but it happens. Divorces can take years and it is a possibility that a party may pass away without having settled the marital estate or finalized the divorce. Once one party in a divorce dies, the case is dismissed at the next court date. Still, there are many unresolved issues regarding the marital…
Life insurance is an insurance against a person’s life in that it pays out money upon the death of the person. People typically purchase life insurance to support their family if, God forbid, they are no longer able to support their family due to death. What happens if you get divorced? You probably no longer…
There is not a specific “lock changing law” regarding this particular issue. You are essentially evicting your spouse if you change the locks. If you and your spouse are co-owners of the property or co-signers of the lease then you both have equal rights to enter the property as you please and the other person…
Black’s law dictionary defines bigamy as “the condition of having two wives or two husbands at the same time” In Illinois, bigamy is a crime whether you are the person that is married twice or you are one of the husbands and/or wives. “A person commits bigamy when that person has a husband or wife…
Social Security is the United States’ federal government’s system for making regular payments to people if they are disabled and/or elderly. People who are getting divorced and also receiving a social security benefit (or their spouse is receiving it) need to know how a divorce will impact that benefit. The law does not treat social…
Yes. If you’re spouse has not yet divorced you, you have no health care power of attorney, and you are not conscious, your spouse can make medical decisions on your behalf. Understandably, this is disturbing at best and terrifying at worst. Let’s go through the steps you’d have to take to make sure this doesn’t…
When two people get divorced in Illinois, they follow the procedures of the Illinois Marriage And Dissolution of Marriage Act to determine what will happen to their assets and incomes upon entering the final judgment of dissolution of marriage. In lieu of following the requirements of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act the…
