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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
On July 1st, Illinois radically changed its child support laws to become more aligned with other states that consider the incomes and parenting times of both parents when determining child support. Under the new law, how much support you pay depends on how much time you and your ex have with the kids as well […]
It’s a pretty well settled principle that non-lawyers can’t give legal advice in Illinois. I think it makes sense to most people as you want to have some belief that the advice they are getting is for sure correct. It’s a way of protecting the public and also preventing false information from getting out there. […]