Legislative updateBy Ellen Schanzle-HaskinsWomen and the Law, June 2004The Committee on Women and the Law was and is very active in monitoring and commenting on legislation of interest to women in Illinois.
Expedited child support programBy Yehuda LebovitsAdministrative Law, April 2004The Illinois Supreme Court created the Expedited Child Support Program in 1992 when it approved the Plan submitted by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 100.1. Hearings on cases began in June of 1993.
Net income for the purpose of calculating child supportBy Nancy Ann Ward & Darla A. FoulkerFamily Law, December 2003Family law attorneys have all read and re-read the statutory guidelines regarding the calculation of child support found in Section 505 of the Marriage and Dissolution Act.
Modification of child support for high-income earnersBy Brian L. McPhetersGeneral Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, November 2003A recent opinion of the Fifth District Appellate Court, authored by Justice Chapman with Justices Maag and Kuehn concurring in In Re Marriage of Harry Timothy Garrett and Elizabeth Ann Garrett, 336 Ill. App. 3d 1018,____ N.E. 2d ______ (2003), underscores some of the risks faced by high-income earners when confronted with a Petition for Modification of Child Support.
Reiteration on child suppotBy Ann B. ConroyWomen and the Law, November 2003Every few years it seems appropriate to repeat the basics of the child support enforcement system we have in Illinois, primarily for the benefit of new practitioners.
QDROs—A problematic source of recovery of child support arrearagesBy Brian L. McPhetersGeneral Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, July 2003Illinois courts now permit the recovery of support arrearages via Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) pursuant to the authority of In Re Marriage of Thomas, 2003 Ill. app. Lexis 568, 789 N.E. 2d 821, 273 Ill. Dec. 647, issued May 5, 2003. Previously, QDROs were available for such purpose under the law of several other states, but the Thomas case from the appellate court of Illinois, Second District, presented the issue as a case of first impression in Illinois.
Case law updateBy Barry H. GreenburgFamily Law, February 2002Summaries of In Re the Marriage of Street, In Re Jackson v. Newsome and In Re Marriage of Terry.
Case law updateBy Barry H. GreenburgFamily Law, November 2001Summaries of the cases of In Re the Marriage of Gross, In Re Marriage of Grams, In Re Marriage of Letsinger, In Re Hasabnis and In Re Marriage of Langman.
Recent casesBy Barry H. GreenburgFamily Law, May 2001Summaries of the recent cases of In Re the Marriage of Drury, In Re Petition of Mary Klak, In Re Marriage of Carter, In Re Shaddle, In re Adoption of D___, In Re Marriage of Lehr, In Re Marriage of Gattone, In Re J.P., In Re Marriage of Beerbridge, In Re the Marriage of Buck, In Re Marriage of Didier, In Re the Marriage of Petersen, In Re Donath v. Buckley, In Re Cerven and In Re Troy S. and Rachel S.
Avoiding payment of child support to the SDUBy Chris E. FreeseFamily Law, June 2000If your client wants to submit to the court a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage that avoids the payment of child support through the State Disbursement Unit (SDU), can the court approve such a judgment?
Statute of limitations and international child support collectionBy Angela PetersFamily Law, June 2000Mom and Dad, who are Israeli citizens, get divorced. Sixteen years later, Mom, who still lives in Israel, tries to collect on her child support judgment, from Dad, who has been and still is a United States citizen.
