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...

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...

Most people picture divorce to be an all-out battle between spouses, fought in court in front of a judge or jury, fueled by aggressive divorce attorneys. While going to court...

When is more money ever a problem? Come tax time, it can be a burden. When receiving spousal support, previously known as alimony, most divorced people receiving the support do...

When going through a divorce, one of the last things a person wants is to be sitting across a conference table from their spouse discussing their personal issues in the...

As of June 1, 2014, same-sex marriage became legal in Illinois and same-sex couples throughout the State began converting civil unions to marriages. With the right and responsibility of marriage,...

As of January 1, 2016, your spouse’s wrongdoing doesn’t matter. Now there is only one ground for divorce in Illinois: irreconcilable differences. Prior to January 1, 2016,  a party could...

One requirement to obtain a divorce is the parties have lived “separate and apart” for a period in excess of 6 months. Today, many people thinking about divorce cannot afford...