Helping Adult Children Accept Your Divorce
Although you’re not dealing with child custody and visitation issues, a divorce can be just as or even more difficult for grown children than for younger ones. The good news is that there are a few...
View ArticleAdvice On Divorce–From Those Who Know
The HuffPost Divorce page recently presented advice from readers/bloggers on how they made their divorce process and co-parenting situations a bit easier to handle. These are all fairly simple...
View ArticleNew Grounds For Illinois Divorce
As of January 1, 2016, Illinois will be streamlining the specific grounds one can use to plead for divorce. This won’t negate the valid reasons that bring couples to divorce planning, only the way in...
View ArticleMore Court Involvement in Illinois Parenting Agreements
Does the joint parenting agreement from your Illinois divorce need updating? It might, based on several new family and divorce laws taking effect in 2016. Parents who are already divorced or still in...
View ArticleRecent Illinois Divorce Maintenance And Child Custody Rulings
Summarized below are two recent court rulings involving spousal maintenance and child custody issues in two Illinois divorce cases. SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE – In re Marriage of Roberts After 37 years of...
View ArticleMaintaining A Parenting Plan After A Second Divorce
Your first marriage ended in divorce, but you and your ex used divorce mediation to set up a workable parenting plan for your minor children. Now your second marriage is ending, and your current spouse...
View ArticleAre Limited Scope Services Right For Your Divorce?
If the cost of an attorney is keeping you from finalizing your Illinois divorce, Limited Scope representation could help you complete the process effectively without spending more than you would like...
View ArticleKey Questions To Achieve The Goals Of Your Divorce
Hiring the right lawyer can be a critical decision in any legal matter, but it can be invaluable in your divorce planning–especially if the process will include some type of family mediation or...
View ArticleWhen To Consider An Uncontested Divorce
If you and your spouse mutually agree that it’s time to divorce—and you feel you can easily reach a consensus about important issues—an uncontested divorce may be the right choice for you. It’s fast,...
View ArticleSafe And Stress-Free Child Custody Exchanges
Post-divorce child custody exchanges can be happy, peaceful, awkward, or downright horrible, depending on the relationship or issues between you and your ex-spouse. Family mediation might be needed in...
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