While U.S. News and World Report states Illinois was one of the states with the lowest divorce rates in 2019 at 6.2%, people in the state are still filing to end their marriages. When asking the court for a divorce, you have to follow specific rules. In many...
Going through a divorce is a challenging process, especially when there are children. The issue of the allocation of parental responsibility sometimes referred to as child custody, can be an emotionally charged area that requires careful navigation. In Illinois,...
A contentious divorce can make maintaining a positive environment for children difficult. One potential consequence of a high-conflict divorce is parental alienation, where a child becomes estranged from one parent due to the influence of the other parent. As a parent...
Severing personal and financial ties with your spouse requires a divorce to restore you to legal single status. Part of the process is dividing assets and debts in an equitable manner. What does this mean? Planning for a financial future as a single person means...
Many individuals who have experienced a divorce describe the emotional toll as one of the biggest challenges. While you certainly care about the financial and childcare terms of your separation, it also helps to pay attention to your emotional health. A better...
More families opt to co-parent their children together, which is often of great benefit to the child. However, some parents cannot continue living within easy commuting distance of their co-parent or child. Whether due to job reasons, health, family issues, the...
When you divorce your Illinois spouse, it is going to impact your finances. A divorce has the capacity to impact everything from how much you have saved for retirement to how you file and pay taxes, so the more you are able to get ahead of things and understand these...
When going through divorce, it is important to understand what can impact how the divorce itself proceeds. Assets, for example, make up a big portion of the cause behind arguments throughout divorce. But in what way? Do high assets equal more arguments? The Business...
Getting a divorce in Illinois begins with a court filing that tells the judge the marriage is no longer working, and it ends when you and your spouse resolve certain aspects of the divorce process. While each divorce is unique, the issues that the court requires you...
Asset division is one of the most difficult parts of divorce for many couples. To that end, how do assets even end up divided? They often fall into two categories: community and separate property. But what are these categories, and what do they mean for a divorcing...
