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Illinois law dictates that the right to make certain significant parenting decisions, including decisions over which extracurricular activities children may participate in, is to be allocated to one or both parents. With these activities comes the question of who will pay for them. As children grow, their interests and activities expand and suddenly many parents are wondering who is going to have to pay for music lessons, sports teams, dance lessons, art classes, and more. In Illinois, expenses ...   Read more ...  

In Illinois, during a divorce, couples with children enter into a parenting plan. Before 2016, this document would be referred to as a custody agreement; however, an Illinois law was passed in 2016 that swapped out the word “custody” for “parenting plan“. A parenting plan is a document that includes all the information on who will make decisions for the child. The plan includes the following information: Where the child lives Time the child spends with each parent Which ...   Read more ...  

  Published in the July 24, 2018 edition of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin   Most lawyers didn’t go to law school because they were interested in marketing. In general, lawyers would rather devote 100 percent of their time to client work than spend time trying to bring in new clients, but the nature of the legal services business requires almost all lawyers to be part-time marketers, as well.   Marketing your legal services can take many forms. It can involve hosting clients or...   Read more ...  

If you live in Illinois, have children, and are in the middle of a divorce, you probably have a parenting plan or agreement. This can cover many areas, but one of the most important is the allocation of time children are supposed to spend with each parent.   If your soon-to-be ex-spouse is not following your plan, it will be important to learn how to enforce the agreement. This can only be done through the courts.   Hopefully most custody agreements are easily agreed upon and take into...   Read more ...  

Parental visitation is often discussed at length. But one topic that can be overlooked is sibling visitation.   There are many situations in which siblings can be separated from each other. Some examples include:   Siblings over the age of 18 wanting to visit a younger sibling Siblings separated because of a fall out between parents Siblings who are adopted by a different family/or in foster care Siblings with different parents (ex: those who have the same mother but different father)...   Read more ...  

During a divorce – for those couples who have children – it is a priority to minimize the impact of the separation on their kid’s daily lives. Making arrangements for children can be taxing and emotional, but it is very important.   In Illinois, courts utilize parenting plans to determine the division of parenting time and responsibility between the two divorcing parties.   A parenting plan is a document that determines who will have custody of their children, and also who will m...   Read more ...