Divorce is a scary word for anyone, especially couples nearing the retirement age. For many couples close to retirement age, one spouse may not have worked during the marriage and...

You know that retirement account you started building during your marriage? It also is subject to division during the divorce. Divorcing couples must be careful, however, to ensure a retirement...

A simple divorce? From what you have heard about the divorce process, it is nowhere near short, simple, and cheap. Every divorce you have heard about is contentious, involves lawyers...

Often, couples facing fertility issues turn to surrogacy to grow their family. Surrogacy, however, can introduce a host of legal hurdles. Illinois law requires the parent-child relationship to be formed...

Mixed families and second or third marriages are common in today’s society. Often these new marriages involve one or both parties bringing college-age children into the picture. What a divorced...

Approximately one quarter of children under the age of eight are growing up with immigrant parents. About 30 percent of those children have parents with undocumented status.[1] The question arises,...

“VAP”; You will probably hear this legalese around courtrooms handling paternity cases. But, what is it? A Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity, commonly referred to as a VAP, is a document...

One decision couples getting married face is whether to sign a prenuptial agreement or not. A prenuptial agreement can streamline the process and division of assets in the event the...

The ability to conceive children can be a contentious issue among married couples and the inability to do so often leads couples to divorce. What then, happens to the frozen...

As if you do not have enough to worry about during your divorce, add financial fraud to the list. Most people want to believe their spouse still has some decency...