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Jan 13, 2014

Effective January 1, 2014, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act was ...

Jan 01, 2014

We recently reported in an earlier blog entry that U.S. Census Bureau statistics showed ...

Dec 09, 2013

The nine-month-old infant named Nate was brought into a New York courtroom, cradled in ...

Nov 26, 2013

A recent report issued by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed startling statistics regarding ...

Nov 08, 2013

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration ...

Jan 08, 2014

On January 6th, we reported on the pending application for a stay filed with the United ...

Jan 01, 2014

1. Illinois Supreme Court grants PLA in In re the Marriage of Turk. We previously ...

Dec 01, 2013

1. Trial court reversed for not considering husband’s nontaxable social security payments ...

Nov 20, 2013

On November 20, 2013, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law the Religious Freedom ...

Nov 07, 2013

This afternoon, the United States Senate passed historic gay rights legislation in its ...

Jan 06, 2014

The recently-concluded holiday season found parties on both sides of the marriage ...

Dec 30, 2013

A man who was validly married to another man in a state that recognizes same-sex ...

Nov 27, 2013

As families across our Nation gather to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, it is fitting ...

Nov 13, 2013

Adjustment Disorder, including situational depression or anxiety, is a short term ...

Nov 05, 2013

On Tuesday afternoon, the Illinois House voted 61-54, narrowly surpassing the required 60 ...

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