Residents of Libertyville and other areas of Illinois may want to learn more about what you should do when a petition for divorce comes your way. The petitioner has filed with the court and the spouse, or defendant, must answer within a set period. Know that the...
Once you finalize your divorce in Illinois, you can't go back and renegotiate for a different set of assets. For this reason, it's important to get everything right the first time — and some assets might not be as valuable as they look at first glance. You might not...
The realization that you may want to end your marriage produces strong emotions. On top of regrets about your relationship, financial concerns can cause you to worry about your future. You may have heard of premarital or postmarital agreements for asset protection...
Divorce could happen to any married couple in Illinois; multiple studies have shown that around half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. But are some occupations more likely to cause marital tension than others? A recent study has suggested that some...
After an Illinois divorce, the custody situation is often a fluid matter. As the children get older, they may begin to express their own preference about where they live. The children may tell you that they want to live somewhere else. Whether they want to move in...
Illinois residents over the age of 50 who are going through a divorce have serious concerns about maintaining their standard of living and staying on track for retirement. These "gray divorces" will often come down to money issues as the assets to fund one joint...
Like many in Illinois, you probably think of alternating weeks as the easiest and least controversial way of equally splitting custodial time between the two parents. However, experts are now beginning to advise that this may not be the best solution as far as the...
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