When you decide on a divorce, you may feel a weight lift from your shoulders. At the same time, you will have other hurdles to face. For example, you will have to decide how to break the news to your child. While experts agree that you should broach the topic sooner...
When couples divide their assets, they may have to split several real estate properties. People may need to divide both their family home and any vacation or rental properties that they have. There are several ways that people might deal with their real estate. ...
Illinois is one of the few states that requires divorced parents to pay for college. The law, passed in 2016, covers vocational school, professional school, college or university expenses for children ages 18 and older. The court can order parents to pay for...
Divorced parents must work together to raise healthy, happy children. This togetherness is impossible when one parent tries to pit the child against the other. According to Healthline, this is parental alienation, and it can have an impact on the entire family. If...
The acceptance of benefits doctrine stands for the proposition that you cannot go back to court to attempt to modify your divorce decree once you have accepted its benefits. As with most legal doctrines, however, this one has exceptions in certain situations. FindLaw...
If you are going through a divorce, you know first hand the difficulties involved in separating property and adjusting to a new life. This entire process is often more difficult if there are children involved. As unwilling participants in the divorce, children should...
The most litigated part of divorce proceedings is property division and distribution. If you are thinking about divorcing your spouse, you likely worry about what property will remain exclusively yours and what is a marital asset. In your divorce, Illinois courts...
You do not want your upcoming divorce to cause the end of your business, but if your spouse has an ownership interest in your enterprise, you might have a serious problem. In some divorces, business owners have to sell off their companies to provide their spouses with...
When you and your spouse make the decision to part ways, it may be because you have developed considerable animosity between you. While you strive prevent your children from feeling the effects of that animosity, your spouse may not always do the same. Sometimes,...
A child born in Illinois to a married couple has two legal parents. However, if the parents are not married, or if the mother was not in a civil union within 300 days of the child’s birth, she is the only legal parent. If you are an unwed father who wishes active...
