Illinois is currently considering a major overhaul to the way child support is calculated in the state. The concept of child support is relatively straightforward to divorce attorneys and their clients : if parents are not…
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As more and more states are joining the civil union bandwagon, including Delaware and Hawaii, we’re beginning to see some of the perks of the new domestic partnership status here in Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Revenue has recently confirmed…
The threat of civil contempt of court is often used in cases where a parent required to pay child support fails to pay.
With the passage of the law, same sex couples were afforded not only the right to enter into civil unions, but also the right to legally dissolve their relationships.
I’m not saying a person’s divorce attorney should act like their therapist, but I do think the attorney has to have a likeable way about him or her, and have a human side.
In August, the National Marriage Foundation released a contentious study suggesting that cohabiting couples pose a grave threat to the welfare of children. The practice of an unmarried adult couple living together without ever legally formalizing the…
After going through a divorce, many people pick up the pieces of their broken marriage and take on a second spouse. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, second marriages that end in divorce last around the…
Summer is a common time to tell children about a decision to split from a spouse or start divorce proceedings. It makes sense since kids have the entire summer to process the information without it getting in the way of…
The Globe and Mail wrote an article suggesting that a reality star from a Chinese matchmaking program might have spurred a change in China’s Marriage law.
Have you noticed a drop in the divorce rate?
If you feel like there are fewer people filing for divorce, you may be right. The latest Census has brought many new statistics and figures to the world of American families.…
