A look at all divorce cases affirming maintenance since 1977.

Denying a client the lawyer of choice should not be done lightly.

A senior lawyer ruminates about why he is still at it.

How a veteran lawyer balances happiness with financial success.

A veteran family lawyer offers rules for practice success.

Judicial discretion gives judges tremendous power - and a heavy responsibility.

Employer-based health insurance should be treated as marital property.

Lawyers should help clients keep children beyond the fray.

Once made, a custody determination is hard to reverse.

A divorcing lawyer has earned a big fee but hasn't been paid. Is the fee award marital property?

The winning lawyer is usually the one who takes the initiative.

Not all ethical rules appear in the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Think men don't get custody or maintenance? Think again.

Here’s a formula for determining maintenance that reflects the standard of living during marriage.

Think maintenance is off the table for marriages that end after 10 or fewer years? Think again.

They don't mean much in the age of no-fault divorce.

Build your family law practice by knowing your stuff and getting your name out.

A list of resources worth keeping at your fingertips.

Before you draft a premarital agreement, consider what’s at stake.

A biological father from a wife's extra-marital affair can win visitation with his child.

It's easier for courts to compensate a divorcing spouse who put a partner through school.

How much do you know about this important issue?

 Lawyers serve their clients best when they are objective advocates, not sympathizing moralists.

The phrase has its origins in legalized wife beating. Or does it?

Why say "dissolution of marriage" when "divorce" says it more clearly?

By removing the cloud over surrogacy in Illinois, the Gestational Surrogracy Act promises to make the procedure more popular with would-be parents.

Financial mediators, more than custody mediators, must know the fine points of the law.

A thumbnail sketch of contempt proceedings in Illinois.

The implications of In re Marriage of Bates.

Illinois courts are fine tuning the standard for determining when to permit a custodial parent to move out of state.