No one likes to pay spousal maintenance (formally called “alimony” or referred to as spousal support). When you are employed and your ex refuses to work, there is a greater reluctance to want to pay maintenance. In Chicago divorces, there is a difference in how judges will treat the situation…
Finding the best child custody lawyer in Chicago may seem like a daunting and intimidating process if you have never been involved in a legal dispute. This is especially true when it comes to a custody case involving your children and fighting for what is best for them.
Parenting disputes, and accusations of being a bad or unfit parent, are extremely common in the world of divorce, juvenile, and family law. Many parents enter the courtroom with a laundry list of accusations of poor parenting against the other parent, often including abuse and/or neglect. However, most allegations are…
When a couple is considering a divorce, oftentimes there is a discussion about the house and who will live there during the divorce process. Whether it is rented or purchased, some people decide that they would like to remain living in the same house during the process of obtaining their…
Typically, you’d want to avoid a default when you are going through a divorce in Chicago because if not, then the way your marital estate is divided is out of your hands. Recently a client hired us to help her in avoiding a default in a divorce action.
Case Background
Our client’s…
Spousal support is often a contentious issue in marriages that are substantial in length, where one spouse has outearned the other spouse. Spousal support (formerly called alimony and often referred to as maintenance) is the payment of money from one spouse to another during and/or after divorce proceedings.
How is Spousal Support Determined in Illinois?
The first…
There is a lot of disagreement about vaccinations for children and the argument between parents with differing views on this subject is not a new one. Illinois family law attorneys representing parents in this type of disagreement have worked throughout the years to avoid the problem in its entirety by…
There are many things that parents do when they are going through a separation from a partner or a divorce where a parent could lose custody — or impact their rights to make decisions for their minor children going forward, or which could thwart their parenting time schedule. Illinois no…
In my experience as a Chicago divorce attorney, when it comes to which spouse initiates a divorce in a marriage it is more often the wife. Of course, there are plenty of husbands who file for divorce but in a typical case, it is the wife.
