Tag Archives: Orland Park Family Law Attorney
Alcohol Abuse Can Affect Your Parenting Time
Do you share parenting responsibilities with your child’s other parent? If so, you probably cherish the time you get to spend with your child. While it may not be as much as you would like, you understand that every moment is one that can be enjoyed and used to foster a healthy relationship between your child and yourself. This is especially true around the winter holidays asContinue reading
After the Holidays, Divorce May Be Lurking
The winter holiday season has just about arrived. For approximately the next six weeks or so, families around the country will be getting together to celebrate in their own tradition—several times, in many cases, when Thanksgiving is combined with the end of the year holidays. By mid-January, things should be pretty well back to normal. For some families, however, the months that follow the winterContinue reading
Contesting a Proposed Relocation
It can be very difficult to maintain a healthy relationship with your child when your parenting time is limited by the circumstances of a divorce or breakup with your child’s other parent. Things can become even more difficult if the other parent decides that he or she wants to move out of the areawith your child. If you have a formal parenting plan in place, youContinue reading
Divorced Parents and College Expenses, Part 2: Eligible Expenses and Your Child’s Responsibilities
Last week on this blog, we discussed the basics of the Illinois law that allows a court to require one or both parents to contribute to their child’s college expenses following a divorce. To summarize, college expenses for a couple’s child are essentially considered to be a financial matter between the parents in divorce, as long as at least one parent is willing to help the child financially. TheContinue reading
Should Stay-at-Home Parents Expect Maintenance After Divorce?
While less common than in previous generations, there are still thousands—if not tens of thousands—of parents who do not work a traditional job, instead choosing to stay at home with their children. For these stay-at-home parents—primarily moms, if we are being honest—the prospect of a divorce can be incredibly frightening and overwhelming. Many stay-at-home parents have been out of the workforce for many years, and establishingContinue reading
Parent-Teacher Conferences for Children of Divorce
If you are the divorced parent of a school-aged child, you have probably spent the better part of the last month helping your child adjust to the rigors of the new school year. Reestablishing school routines after a several-month vacation can be quite challenging, to say the least. Now that school is well underway once again, the first parent-teacher conferences will be coming soon. It isContinue reading
Understanding the Division of Property in an Illinois Divorce
Unlike equal distribution states, where marital assets are divided right down the middle, Illinois is an equitable distribution state. This means that the marital estate is divided “fairly.” Of course, fair is an obscure term that can create a lot of confusion and contention. If you are filing for divorce in Illinois, learn what factors may be used to divide your assets and property, and how youContinue reading
The New Understanding of Child Custody
Beginning in January of 2016, new laws went into effect in Illinois that altered the state’s approach to child custody proceedings for divorced, separated, and unmarried parents. Proponents of the changes had held for many years that the previous version of the law had become outdated and often led to bitter, impassioned disputes between parents who each wanted to “win” custody of their children. While no lawContinue reading
Child Support for a Pageant Participant
There is an elite group of individuals who go on to become pageant queens and kings. However, they all must start somewhere. Many times, the desire to hold these titles begins with a nudge from one or both parents during the school-aged years. Participation includes effort of appearance in addition to positive personality traits and a high financial cost. If the parents are divorced, changesContinue reading
New Law Requires Domestic Violence Training for Hairdressers, Cosmetologists
Men and women alike tend to share fairly intimate details of their lives with the individuals who cut their hair. The nostalgic image of men sitting in a barbershop chatting about any number of topics is almost timeless and still, to an extent, exists today. Similarly, women are often not afraid to talk about their lives with their hairdressers and nail technicians, frequently revealing extremelyContinue reading