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Oct 05, 2014
How You Benefit From a Collaborative Divorce and Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Collaborative Lawyer
Before you choose the proper lawyer for yourself, you need to look at how one defines a ...
Aug 01, 2014
IICLE Family Law Flash Points - August 2014
1. Petition for contribution of attorneys’ fees filed by former counsel allowed to ...
Jul 07, 2014
The High Cost of a DIY Divorce Agreement
Family law attorneys help people with their divorces and also with issues that arise ...
Jun 01, 2014
IICLE Family Law Flash Points - June 2014
1. Mootness doctrine precludes Supreme Court from rendering an opinion on the ...
Apr 01, 2014
IICLE Family Law Flash Points - April 2014
1. Post-judgment sole custody award to father upheld even though he did not petition for ...
Oct 01, 2014
IICLE Family Law Flash Points - October 2014
1. Preponderance of evidence standard is applicable in removal cases. In a parentage ...
Jul 31, 2014
Custody Awards to Stay at Home Fathers – Myth or Reality
Most people would like to believe that custody laws in Illinois are gender neutral. While ...
Jul 01, 2014
IICLE Family Law Flash Points - July 2014
1. Illinois Supreme Court upholds decision providing for custodial parent to pay child ...
May 01, 2014
IICLE Family Law Flash Points - May 2014
1. Illinois Supreme Court rules 604(b) evaluator fees are not court costs under the Code ...
Mar 25, 2014
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Separate in “Conscious Uncoupling”
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced this week that they are ending their 11 year ...
Sep 01, 2014
IICLE Family Law Flash Points - September 2014
1. New maintenance statute sets guidelines for cases where the parties’ combined gross ...
Jul 22, 2014
A Major Blow to Obamacare? Depends on who you ask
In an odd twist, just hours apart, two Federal Appellate Courts came out with different ...
Jun 11, 2014
On Father’s Day and Divorced Dads
Perhaps the most traumatic repercussion of a divorce is the inability to see one’s ...
Apr 29, 2014
Special Considerations for Special Needs Children During Divorce
Each year, approximately 6,000 children born in the U.S. have Down Syndrome, [1]as many ...
Mar 25, 2014
The Executive Divorce – 10 Strategies for Keeping It Private
Executives, such as self-employed presidents of closely held companies, the C suite (CEO, ...