This is part 2 in my series, Parenting Alone In Chicago. Whether you’re divorced, separated, or just have the kids for the weekend. I hope that I can help you plan some quality time that your kids and you will always remember as you learn to parent alone. Doing stuff with the kids in Chicago…
This article will be the first in a series of articles I’ll write about advice on how to parent in Chicago alone. Whether you’re divorced, separated or just have the kids alone for a weekend, constructive activities are an important way to turn your time with your children into quality time. You want to enjoy…
New relationships of your ex can always be full of concern. You find yourself dealing with a third-party who has not been vetted and someone who your ex has selected. While many significant others are harmless, in some instances, they can have a criminal past. This becomes especially concerning if they are classified as a…
This situation is extremely common for Chicago’s firemen, police, and hospital workers. Typically, some kind of letter is required from your employer outlining the conditions of your employment including the scheduling arrangement. If your schedule is truly in constant flux, most parenting agreements include a notice provision to accommodate parenting time for the parent with…
If there is no previous Cook County court order you can file a Motion To Enter an Allocation of Parenting Responsibilities and Parenting Time. The court will consider what parenting time (formerly called visitation) you should be awarded based on the best interests of the child. In the case of modifying an existing order, I…
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”. As of January 1, 2016, the Illinois state legislature changed all the terminology presumably so that parents would no longer feel unequal with emotionally charged terms…
