Month: December 2010

A new study has had the media abuzz, and just in time for your annual holiday cookie exchange. According to scientists in Stockholm, divorced men tend to be more physically fit than their married counterparts. The reverse is true for women: Divorced women tend to let...

It seems divorce court could be renamed family court. That's because divorce statistics have hit 20-year lows, mainly because fewer people are getting married in the first place. Family court is the venue unmarried couples are using for ending their relationships and...

A recent report called The State of Our Unions discusses the health of marriages in America. The joint study was conducted by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and New York's Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American...

An interesting case came up in another state, and family law attorneys in Illinois -- and everywhere there are kids with phones -- are waiting for the next step. The decision deals with a parent recording a chlid's telephone calls without consent, and it all started...

Often, when people think about divorce or any legal process, they think they are in for a big expense. Unfortunately, the cost of a lawyer sometimes deters people who deserve their days in court from going forward with a contested divorce case. According to The New...

An Illinois newspaper recently published an analysis of vital statistics from four northern counties. The researchers were interested in finding out what was behind the recent decline in divorce. They wanted to go beyond the "typical," recession-related reasons found...

One thing just leads to another, it seems, when it comes to the Frank and Jamie McCourt divorce and property settlement case. Earlier this week, the California judge handling the case issued a decision regarding the post-nuptial agreement the couple entered into when...

In our last post, we started talking about a group of mothers and organizations from different states, including Illinois, who have taken their argument with the U.S. courts to an international body. This group petitioned the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights,...