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Many clients insist upon having a 50/50 parenting time schedule for different reasons. Some just want more time with their child. Others want a break on child support. Some want it for both reasons. ...
Read MoreMany clients ask me if they can start dating while still receiving maintenance from their former spouse. The answer is yes, as long as you don’t “cohabitate” with your significant other “on a...
Read MoreWith the skyrocketing cost of attorneys and the move in our culture toward making access to justice to everyone a reality rather than just a “pie-in-the-sky” concept, many people are choo...
Read MoreMany people think that they can whip out their iPhone and record their spouse engaging in bad behavior to bolster their child custody case. Some people think it is okay to retrieve their spouse’s...
Read MoreIs Facebook YOUR Friend? If you are going through a divorce, the answer is simple: No. Lawyers often turn to the cheapest and easiest source to obtain “dirt” on the opposing party, which are ...
Read MoreEffective June 1, 2018, a court has the discretion to credit a maintenance payor for the amounts of temporary maintenance paid under an order for support which will count for the total duration of ma...
Read MoreSince using the “Income Shares” model for calculating child support for a few years, I have a few observations about the statute both from a practice stand point and a client stand point. ...
Read MoreAs of July 1, 2017, Illinois will calculate child support using a fundamentally different procedure. No longer will child support be calculated by simply applying a percentage to the “net inc...
Read MoreMany people view divorce as a "winner take all" fight to the death. Others feel it is a chance to get even or expose the other spouse for the lazy, good for nothing person he or she really is. Those ...
Read MoreThis answer may sound like a “cop-out,” but it depends on several factors. If you have a large estate that has a mixture of property you want to claim is part marital property and part non-...
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