Much has changed in the divorce realm in recent years. We have cited major developments and trends in prior blog posts and on our website at (with locations in Maryville and , respectively). We note on a website page discussing child...
Month: April 2018
Key focus for divorced baby boomer-aged women: financial planning
The publication Bloomberg states that a time of reckoning comes for legions of divorced baby boomer women in their 50s and beyond owing to a "cycle of financial abdication." Bloomberg's focus on post-divorce money challenges for that demographic stresses that male...
Illinois child custody bill in the spotlight, Part 2
Illinois courts have exercised progressively more discretion in recent years concerning the child custody outcomes they fashion in divorce cases. We note on our family law website at The Law Office of in Maryville that judges are empowered...
Illinois child custody bill spurs strong interest, disagreements
Illinois courts have been routinely reaching child custody outcomes in recent years that differ materially from results in past years and decades. The "traditional" model of yesteryear clearly favored the mother in most divorce cases as the parent deemed best suited...
Protecting against the downsides: a poorly written prenup
What might be your best move if a prenuptial agreement you formerly signed is presently coming back to haunt you owing to stipulated conditions that now strike you as grossly one-sided and unfair? Certainly at the top of your go-to list on employable strategies is to...
Dire results for a bad-faith spouse in custody, support matters
A reader considering a recent article chronicling the details of a notable divorce outcome can reasonably point to several takeaways from what is concededly a somewhat strange story. Most noteworthy of all might be the former husband's unexpected response in the wake...