Going through a divorce is almost always painful and stressful. There will always be challenges, whether the divorce happens at the beginning or end of the year. However, there is...

Quite frankly, until recently, most respondents (the non-filing party) did not need assertive fathers’ rights lawyers. Under the 1984 Parentage Act, parenting time plans and other divorce provisions were mostly...

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...

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...

All relationships, whether they are between spouses, family members, friends, or acquaintances, have costs. At some point, the cost of maintaining that relationship exceeds the cost of ending it. Only...

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...

People often associate the term prenuptial agreement with wealthy couples who still somehow end up involved in long, drawn-out divorce cases. Yet a prenup is not just for the wealthy....

Each year, approximately 26,000 married couples separate in Illinois. Most of these divorces are resolved outside of the courtroom. Of course, there are plenty of exceptions. For many different reasons—from...

Physicians have stressful jobs. The demands of the profession can put a tremendous amount of pressure on a doctor and their family. If divorce becomes the right path forward, there...