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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Spousal support in a divorce is judicially considered on a case-by-case basis. We note on our website at The Law Office of that an Illinois court's consideration of alimony is pursuant to a two-step process. A judge will initially evaluate...
All marriages end, either by death or by divorce. Whether you are married, separated or recently divorced, this inescapable fact has consequences for your estate plan. For a married couple, each partner's will and other estate arrangements are often intimately tied to...
We make a prominent military-specific observation linked with divorce on our Illinois family law website at . And that is this: "When a military marriage falters, several aspects of service life can affect how divorce proceedings are...
Dear Client, I see you. I see you struggling with your toxic ex. I see how his mutant green, venomous, verbal sludge creeps into your mind and poisons your heart. I hear you, and you're right. It's not fair that he talks to you that way. Someone does need to make her...
As is true with so many things in law, an answer to the above-posed headline query in today's blog post must be qualified. To wit: It depends. We'll preface a response by confirming the notion that mediation is generally a volitional exercise for divorcing parties who...
