Even though the child custody and parenting time laws are under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, in the Prairie State, unmarried parents have the same rights and...

At a time when you were utterly bored out of your mind, you may have wondered why the keys on a keyboard are in such a random order. The answer...

The question of when to sign a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity is quite common. Roughly 40 percent of today’s births are outside wedlock. This percentage has almost doubled since 1990....

Keller Legal Services attorney Emily Wolf, far right, recently volunteered at the Warrenville-based Illinois Youth Center with members of the DuPage County Bar Association's Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Committee and...

When they first hear about it, most divorcing couples believe mediation will be a waste of time. They reason that if they can successfully talk out their problems, they wouldn’t...

Way back in the day, emotional abuse, which was then called mental cruelty, was basically the only way to obtain a divorce. Then, in 1969, incoming California Governor Ronald Reagan...

A generation ago, most children grew up in “traditional” families. They lived with a married father and mother who had never been married to anyone else, along with their pure...

Questions or concerns about parents’ rights in Illinois often arise in divorce cases involving minor children from the marriage. Yet it is important to know parents have rights - even...

Before the new Illinois Parental Responsibility Law, Illinois courts would award child custody to one or both parents. Under the old system, Illinois courts could award sole or joint legal...

What Is An Uncontested Divorce? Just hearing the word divorce conjures an image for many estranged spouses battling one another in court over every last issue, from the division of...