The average marriage which ends in divorce lasts a little under eight years. In that period of time, most couples go through lots of ups and downs, to say the...

Way back in the day, “what will the neighbors think?” was an appropriate concern in pre-divorce situations. But that concern isn’t as valid today. Divorce’s moral acceptability rating recently rose...

James Bond author Ian Fleming once wrote that “once is happenstance, twice is a coincidence, and thrice is enemy action.” That approach is a good rule of thumb, not only...

One would think the answer to this question would be “yes.” Married people typically share expenses, at least informally. Usually, however, the answer to this question is “no,” and there...

Technically, temporary custody orders expire when the judge enters a final order. However, Will County family law judges typically don’t start from scratch. Instead, an old idiom, possession is nine-tenths...

There are times when a man should pursue a paternity test. If a man wants a legal and/or emotional relationship with his child, and the mother does not immediately agree...

More people in Illinois are asking about what they should do before getting a divorce today than at any other time in history. Divorce’s moral acceptability rate recently hit an...

Before 2016, Illinois law famously, or infamously, included a two-year waiting period. Very few people had to wait forty-eight months for a no-fault divorce, because some workarounds were available. For...

Until recently, very few attorneys advised couples to get premarital agreements. The web of laws and procedures governing these agreements was complex, to say the least. Furthermore, enforcement was very...

Domestic violence in Illinois is a serious problem, sometimes an order of protection is needed. But it is not just the state of Illinois that has a considerable domestic violence...