What are you feeling as you head toward divorce? Common answers include hurt, anger, shame, guilt, stress, fear and anxiety. You’re unlikely to answer that you’re feeling “optimistic” or “co-operative,” but it’s important during a divorce to stay focused on your...
Asset division is often a major issue for divorcing Illinois spouses, and understandably so. After all, it is commonly the case that impending exes worked long and hard to accumulate marital assets. Over time, that property has become valuable and diverse. Marital...
They’re trying hard and enjoying it. At the same time, many of them feel uncertain regarding their abilities and wish that their self-perceived skill level was higher. We’re talking dads in today’s family law blog post, specifically fathers who live with their...
Many fathers in Illinois and elsewhere step up to the plate of parenthood with more resolve, commitment and acumen following divorce than they did while still married. If that sounds paradoxical to any degree, multiple commentators in a recent article penned for the...
When you are going through the divorce process, it's easy to remember the big things, like who gets custody of the kids and who keeps the marital home. It's also easy to forget the little things that you don't use everyday, but that are essential to financial...
No two families in Illinois or elsewhere are remotely the same. Every family unit is molded by singular circumstances that make it unique. Some families are wonderfully resilient amidst various types of challenges. They weather proverbial storms that yield deeply...
We note a central family law point concerning divorcing Illinois parents at the established Law Office of Jamie Mitchell (with locations in Maryville, , and O'Fallon, Illinois). As previously explained on of our firm’s website: “Illinois courts do not factor in the...
