Month: November 2014

Illinois courts are mandated to follow statutorily set guidelines in child support cases. They are permitted to deviate from the guidelines only if the deviation is demonstrably in the best interest of the child. In determining whether a deviation is in the best...

Potential parents who live in Illinois and may be interested in adopting might benefit from having a better understanding of who is allowed to adopt as defined by the state's statutes. These provisions are included in 750 ILCS 50, which is also known as the Adoptions...

In Illinois, certain laws apply when dividing pensions and other types of monetary assets during a divorce. The laws only apply to marital property, which are the things a couple acquires during the course of their marriage. Non-marital property does not have to be...

When parents are going through a divorce in Illinois, disagreements over child custody issues can result in a trial in which the court decides what arrangement is in the child's best interest. Under state law, the court always assumes that the maximum involvement of...

Previously, it was difficult to predict whether a court would grant an alimony request in a divorce case or how much alimony a person could expect to receive or be ordered to pay. The Illinois legislature changed that recently by instituting statutory guidelines for...

Often, during a divorce or other type of custody dispute, grandparents can see their time with their grandchildren diminished. It's also common for grandparents to fight for visitation when one or both parents are either unwilling or unable to care for the...