Divorce is difficult for anyone, but for those who experience a later-in-life end to their marriage, the process is unique. There are many common challenges older divorcing individuals face. Several of them involve everyone's financial security, especially if one...
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Family pets: sometimes at center stage in family law matters
Tabloids across the world recently spotlighted the life and likely future of one very high-profile cat. That is Choupette, the long-time companion of famed designer and fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, who died at an advanced age last month. Lagerfeld once referred to his...
Emotive child custody bill reintroduced in IL General Assembly
Expect fireworks. Illinois House Bill 185 is currently radiating in a legislative subcommittee in Springfield, and sparks are expected to fly. Figuratively, of course, and much in the same manner that they did last year following legislators' consideration of a...
Research underscores complexities, changing nature of family law
Change reigns supreme where family law trends and expectations are concerned. Take divorce for example, whether in Illinois or elsewhere. Developments and statistics relevant to marital dissolution are always in flux in the United States, and dynamically changing Take...
A business can be a huge concern in an Illinois divorce
Divorce considerations that loom large for separating Illinois couples can run a broad gamut of concerns. Kids are often at center stage, of course, with child-centric issues focusing on parenting plans, custody, support and additional matters. The equitable division...
Parents but not romantic partners: What can you expect from your ex?
You don't really know someone, the noted screenwriter Nora Ephron once said, until you get divorced from them. At first, this may sound like an overly glib line. It could be from a darkly comic movie much darker in tone than such Efron-scripted hits as When Harry Met...
Does the Bezos “Amazon” divorce have any takeaways in the real world?
Consider this number for a moment: 137,000,000,000. When prefaced with a dollar sign, that is the amount that family law commentators underscore in what seems a fair bet for the priciest divorce in history. Give or take a few billion, $137 billion is reportedly what's...
Spotlighting grandparents’ rights in Illinois
Happily for most grandparents in Illinois and elsewhere, their children with kids value the input of mom and dad on matters relevant to child-rearing and related issues. A large-scale national survey of young parents flatly indicates that grandparents are among "the...
Couple’s high-asset divorce notable, but also generally instructive
Some divorces in Illinois and elsewhere can be settled relatively easily, with a judge's written decision being set forth in quite summary fashion. Other outcomes are a bit lengthier. Like 64 pages. That is what it took to recently resolve a decidedly acrimonious and...
Sentencing outcome underscores seriousness of hiding marital assets
We note an obvious point on our website at the Illinois Law Office of , LLC, where our attorneys have over a decade of experience counseling and diligently representing valued family law clients. That is this: "Divorce can bring with it...