High Conflict Parenting Plans Parenting plans become high conflict parents’ bible or constitution in a sense. In the future, this document will inevitably be referred to in hard times. It is what will be read to sort out problems. Parenting plans are likely the one...
Bring Your Clients Value and Don’t Get in Trouble Doing It An attorney is not helping the division of the marital estate if the attorney is taking the marital estate in by way of attorney fees. Consider that the normal divorce case is going to be split pretty equally...
Flexibility in Parenting Time Schedules Not Only Benefits Your Children, It Keeps You Out of Court September 8, 2016 By Angela Evans The new changes to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act shift the focus on finality of final court decisions and...
Modifying Child Support Retroactively Child support generally cannot be modified retroactively, pursuant to 750 ILCS 5/510(a). For example, say a child support payor is incarcerated but had been ordered to pay child support. That individual would likely be unable to...
Visitation Rights of Grandparents and Other Non-Parents By: Megan Dooly Under 750 ILCS 5/602.9 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, grandparents, great-grandparents, siblings, and step-parents can bring actions to establish visitation with a minor...
Business Law Most attorneys come from strictly academic and law firm backgrounds, which offer little experience in customer service and business management. These lawyers have lived every moment entrenched in academia and slow-moving litigation. They cannot understand...
