Although prenuptial agreements have fought an uphill battle for recognition and perceived utility in Illinois and nationally for years, the tide has lately turned for that important family law contract. One primary reason why is that increasingly more people are...
How nice it would be if divorcing parties in Illinois and nationally routinely dissolved their marital bonds with civility and a shared vow to work reasonably well together in the future, especially in cases involving children. Some impending exes are of course able...
If you and your ex have minor children, you will need to begin a new type of parenting relationship after separating. You will have to learn to interact with each other only as parents, rather than as parents who are also romantic partners. This is a profound and...
Family law commentators - authors, clinicians, researchers, psychologists and, of course, attorneys - routinely spotlight a number of topics relevant to the divorce realm. The marital dissolution process is unquestionably a singular and complicated experience for most...
We have noted in a few past blog posts that child custody outcomes in Illinois divorces and other decouplings nationally are far more creative than was generally the case even a few short years ago. That is, the prototypical model of yesteryear featuring mom as having...
Most couples do not enter marriage with a divorce in mind. People can and do change over time. Relationships also may change. Understanding why divorces take place requires one to get rid of all preconceived concepts of why they do, as infidelity is often perceived as...
The following subject matter might be of particular utility and interest to a select portion of our Illinois blog audience that is nearing or has just entered retirement age. Specifically, if you are an individual within that demographic who is also divorced or...
An Illinois divorce client obviously seeks timely and studied input from legal counsel on many dissolution-linked matters. And that is especially true in a decoupling that is contested on many fronts and involving varied issues. Although some divorces are rather...
