Section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act has been amended to create a standardized method to calculate monetary child support obligations (750 ILCS 5/505).
Divorcing clients should change beneficiary designations and take other steps to make sure their soon-to-be ex doesn't reap an unintended windfall if they die before the divorce is final.
Basic child support awards will now be computed based upon income allocated for the support of the child as if the parents and child were living in the same household.
Collaborative law, a consensual, non-litigation model of conflict resolution, has been practiced in Illinois for more than 15 years. The Illinois Collaborative Process Act formally recognizes its use in family law and other settings.
U.S. citizens must complete an affidavit of support if they file for their immigrant spouse to become a permanent resident. But if the partners divorce, the support obligation created by the affidavit is strict and potentially indefinite.
The appellate court upheld the dismissal of a parent's motion to modify parenting time under section 610.5(e) where the trial court found "an additional overnight every 14 days [was] not a minor modification as contemplated by [the section]."
When retirement-plan participants die, what happens to their ex-spouses' benefits? This article looks at a variety of death-after-divorce benefit division scenarios.
Heads up, family lawyers - beginning next month, Illinois will trade the percentage guideline child support formula for the income shares method used in the majority of states.
The Illinois Supreme Court addressed inconsistencies in awarding contributions toward attorney fees by pointing out that case precedent and the statutory language of 750 ILCS 5/508 complement one another.
After the trial court found petitioner to be an unfit parent and terminated her parental rights, petitioner appealed. Petitioner's sole argument on appeal was that the trial court's ruling must be reversed because the parent-child reunification services required by the State were not reasonably accommodated to her developmental disability, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The First District Appellate Court found no abuse of discretion in a trial court's decision to grant an emergency petition to bifurcate the parties' divorce proceedings.
Q. My client's estranged wife refuses to let him see the kids. Does that constitute "concealment," thereby justifying an order of protection against her?
The seventh circuit okays a lawsuit by a divorcing husband who alleges his wife intercepted his email in violation of the federal Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act.
The Illinois Public Aid Code was amended to prevent certain amounts of child support from factoring into cash and assistance grants under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ("TANF").
The Third Appellate District determined that a husband's federal income tax refund for 2014 constituted part of net income for the year, not an addition to it.
Courts may award the entire survivor benefit of a party's military retirement plan to the same party because the benefit is not divisible under federal law.
Amendments to Appendix B would provide additional guidance as to what constitutes allegations of inadequate supervision of a child under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
