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When people think about personal injury claims, they probably expect one of two approaches. Some people simply file an insurance claim using the coverage of the party responsible for the incident in question. Other times, individuals affected by the behavior of...
Although people often marry those who come from similar backgrounds and who share personal priorities with them, it is still very typical for spouses to have very different economic circumstances from one another. Oftentimes, lengthy marriages, in particular, lead to...
Dog Attacks For actions brought pursuant to the Animal Control Act, both statutory law and common law are controlling. The Illinois Animal Control Act states: If a dog or other animal, without provocation, attacks, attempts to attack, or injures any person who is...
It is hard to change the personal, sometimes too personal, communication with someone with whom you had a prior romantic relationship to a more professional and businesslike tone after the break up/divorce. You are no longer a couple, you are now partners and your...
For couples with young children, arguments about custody tend to be the biggest issue when they divorce. For those who do not have young children in the family home, property division is usually the issue that will be the biggest concern in an Illinois divorce. Those...
People often discuss mediation as a tool for those mostly ready for divorce and dealing with minimal conflict. Many people will dismiss the idea that mediation will work for couples that are currently in the middle of a bitter divorce. After all, when emotions run...
One of the questions we often get asked, as a law firm that mostly consults family law, pertains to sharing an attorney for the process of a divorce.
High Conflict Parenting Plans Parenting plans become high conflict parents’ bible or constitution in a sense. In the future, this document will inevitably be referred to in hard times. It is what will be read to sort out problems. Parenting plans are likely the one...
Flexibility in Parenting Time Schedules Not Only Benefits Your Children, It Keeps You Out of Court September 8, 2016 By Angela Evans The new changes to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act shift the focus on finality of final court decisions and...
Modifying Child Support Retroactively Child support generally cannot be modified retroactively, pursuant to 750 ILCS 5/510(a). For example, say a child support payor is incarcerated but had been ordered to pay child support. That individual would likely be unable to...