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Jan 06, 2015

On December 30, 2014, Gov. Quinn approved new rules regarding how private ...

Dec 01, 2014

1. Illinois Supreme Court holds that the omission of a payor’s social security number ...

Oct 13, 2014

The statistics are extremely troubling, and here are only a few. Nationally, every 9 ...

Oct 01, 2014

1. Preponderance of evidence standard is applicable in removal cases. In a parentage ...

Jul 31, 2014

Most people would like to believe that custody laws in Illinois are gender neutral. While ...

Jan 01, 2015

1. Section 2-1401 claim allowed to go forward due to potential nondisclosure of a marital ...

Nov 16, 2014

In March of last year, I authored a blog post, The Illinois Supreme Court Allows ...

Oct 06, 2014

Going through a divorce is difficult anytime, but especially when there are contested ...

Sep 01, 2014

1. New maintenance statute sets guidelines for cases where the parties’ combined gross ...

Jul 22, 2014

In an odd twist, just hours apart, two Federal Appellate Courts came out with different ...

Dec 19, 2014

The spotlight on efforts to combat domestic violence continues to shine on groundbreaking ...

Nov 01, 2014

1. Husband did not transmute his nonmarital inheritance into marital property by ...

Oct 05, 2014

Before you choose the proper lawyer for yourself, you need to look at how one defines a ...

Aug 01, 2014

1. Petition for contribution of attorneys’ fees filed by former counsel allowed to ...

Jul 07, 2014

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