Historically speaking, pets were always treated like personal property when determining a settlement in a divorce case. There were no considerations legally for one party to retain “custody” and no provisions for the other party to have visiting time with the pet. The family pet would be awarded to one party in the same manner […]
Zinbryta (daclizumab) is a medication used to treat adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that scars nerve tissue and causes a range of symptoms, including pain, vision loss, impaired coordination and paralysis. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide. Zinbryta is not a cure for MS, […]
We were recently involved in a case where an older man died after his doctor failed to diagnose a pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis. The doctor who committed the error had an insurance policy for $1 million, but the negligence happened at a hospital so they were sued too. After some wrangling, the defense […]
Despite what that image says, most attorneys I know and come across are normal, decent human beings. They, like you and me, have their flaws, but most don’t think that they are better than anyone else just because they are an attorney. But there are some that think they are royalty or otherwise above their […]
We are lawyers in Chicago who help you find the right attorney for your case for all areas of Illinois law, including Illinois divorce law. Here are 40 things we think everyone should know about divorce. 1. You can’t use the same lawyer as your spouse. 2. Annulments are rare and typically a religious term. […]
Last July Illinois changed the child support law. Now payments are based on how many overnights each parent has with their child as well as the joint incomes of both parents. There is a table that shows what payments should be based on these factors as well as the number of kids that you have. […]
I’ve been helping people find the right lawyer for their case since 2001. I’ve helped almost 400,000 people and I almost never see a situation where I don’t know a lawyer for the person who needs help. But I’ve come across a person who is so difficult that he keeps losing lawyers. He claims to […]
Most of the attorneys I know are great, but truth be told, some are just awful. The worst ones usually are the attorneys who put their own bottom line above a potential client and try to take on a case in an area of law they either just dabble in or know nothing about. They […]
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It’s Valentine’s Day and while you hopefully are in a happy marriage, days like today cause many to take an honest evaluation of their relationship and for some they realize that they’d be happier if they were divorced. With that in mind, here are 12 things everyone should know about getting divorced in Illinois. There […]