Posts Categorized: Civil Unions

Facebook Relationship Status: In A Civil Union With…

Facebook Relationship Status for Civil Unions In a momentous turn on Facebook as it relates to “relationship status” and  family law this year (though not quite as big as when Illinois’s Civil Union law took effect), Facebook now offers its users the option to set their relationship status to “In a civil union.”   Since its inception, the popular social networking site has allowed users to define their romantic relationships with other users in basic terms like “single,”...   Read more ...  

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Illinois Civil Unions in Sight

Civil Unions in Illinois As I’m sure you have heard, last week Illinois voted to allow civil unions for same-sex couples.  This allows same-sex couples to partake in many of the rights that married couples currently enjoy while leaving them just shy of actually being able to be married.  These rights include making end-of-life decisions, handling probate matters, sharing nursing home rooms, and more.   Some of the ways the civil union differs from marriage is the couple does not receiv...   Read more ...  

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Landmark Ruling for Illinois Civil Unions

Civil-Unions-for-Same-Sex-Couples On June 26, 2013, in the landmark ruling of United States v. Windsor, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”). In place since 1996, DOMA restricted validly married gay couples from access to federal benefits. In another case decided the same day, Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Court reinstated a lower court opinion that struck down California’s gay marriage ban (called Proposition 8 or “Prop 8”). The Court held that the ci...   Read more ...  

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Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Very exciting news: After years of practice and months of preparing for exams, I’ve been accepted as a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The AAML was founded nearly fifty years ago to promote the highest degree of professionalism and excellence in the practice of family law in Chicago. The Academy Fellows are a select group of 1600 divorce attorneys across the nation recognized top family lawyers with a high level of knowledge,...   Read more ...  

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Launching Soon … A Blog on Illinois Divorce Law Issues

Attorney Michael C. Craven Michael C. Craven is a well-known divorce attorney in Chicago, and CPA serving the Chicagoland area. He is highly respected among other divorce attorneys, judges and his clients. He also holds a Master of Tax Law Degree (LLM). For more information about his services, contact Michael at Divorce Lawyers Chicago. ...   Read more ...  

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