Month: June 2014

In his recent divorce that received wide publicity in Illinois, Eliot Spitzer ended up paying his former spouse $7.5 million up front and agreed to pay her $240,000 annually in spousal support until she remarries or dies. One thing that can be learned from his...

Illinois movie fans who enjoy the performances of Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas may be seeing some new action. However, this will not take the form of a new film. Instead, the divorcing stars are embroiled in a property division battle over the ownership of...

An Illinois woman was arrested for non-payment of child support, taken to the DeKalb County Jail and then transferred to the Kane County Jail. Her case is unusual from at least two aspects. First, the vast majority of noncustodial parents who are charged with...

Illinois fans of filmmaker Michael Moore may have heard that he and his wife of 23 years are divorcing. Moore's wife also produced some of his documentaries, and the two will be going to court to settle the division of assets. His wife's use of their money to build a...

Illinois residents who are fans of actress Halle Berry may have heard of her recent court negotiations with the father of her six-year-old daughter. Berry has been ordered by a judge to pay her ex-boyfriend, a model, $16,000 per month in child support. This adds up to...

Illinois residents who are beginning the process of divorce may be confused about what the process entails. One of the central components of a divorce is the property division process. First, property must be divided between each spouse. This should result in an...

Like several other states, Illinois is re-examining its policy on child custody and may be changing the way custody is routinely awarded. Some argue that despite the changing landscape of work and childcare over the past few decades, judges still tend to give primary...

Illinois parents who must enter mediation in order to come to an agreement about child custody arrangements during a divorce should prepare for the process ahead of time. If the mediation is court-ordered, the mediator's recommendations may have a great deal of weight...

Now that same sex marriage has been legalized in Illinois, companies in the wedding business all over the state have seen a dramatic upswing in their business traffic as couples plan weddings that have long been denied to them. One officiant, a Universal Life...