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Jun 03, 2019

Family Law Flash Points - June 2019

1. Trial court reversed on issue of allocation of SSDI benefit received by minor child. ...
Apr 07, 2019

State’s juvenile justice foundation gets its start from first female judge

CHICAGOLAWBULLETIN.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 ® Volume 165, No. 66 Serving Chicago’s ...
Mar 04, 2019

IICLE Family Law Flash Points - March 2019

1.Illinois Supreme Court reverses Appellate Court and upholds trial court’s ruling to ...
Jan 20, 2019

When CEOs Divorce

The CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, certainly did not keep divorcing his wife, MacKenzie, a ...
Nov 01, 2018

IICLE Family Law Flash Points - November 2018

1.Petition for Declaratory Judgment allowed to proceed even when underlying Petition for ...
May 20, 2019

Family Law Flash Points - May 2019

1.Motion to revive dissolution judgment dismissed because it was not a money judgment. ...
Apr 04, 2019

Family Law Flash Points - April 2019

1.Premarital agreement found to be valid and enforceable based on limited hearing focused ...
Feb 11, 2019

Love is in the Air!

Valentine’s Day, celebrated annually on February 14, is recognized as a significant ...
Jan 01, 2019

IICLE Family Law Flash Points - January 2019

1.Former counsel is not a party to a divorce action, and therefore there is no authority ...
Oct 04, 2018

U.S. to Deny Visas to Unmarried Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats

On October 3, 2018, the US State Department released a bulletin announcing that, ...
Apr 28, 2019

Celebrating the Life of Leslie Arenson Auslander

Leslie Auslander, a partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck, passed away April 18 at the ...
Apr 02, 2019

Nesting: A Way to Ease Children into the Inevitable Changes Caused by Divorce

Even if the decision to get divorced is in the best interests of you and your partner, ...
Jan 31, 2019

IICLE Family Law Flash Points - February 2019

1. Second District holds the trial court entered a judgment of dissolution that did not ...
Dec 01, 2018

IICLE Family Law Flash Points - December 2018

1. New tax law eliminates maintenance deduction beginning in January 2019. Beginning ...
Oct 01, 2018

IICLE Family Law Flash Points - October 2018

1. Judgment for dissolution vacated due to trial court recusing itself, subsequently ...

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