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This was a very contested postjudgment proceeding. The trial court dealt with numerous financial issues. The court imputed income to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Uncategorized

Husband posted comments on his Facebook page. He stated that he had intentionally and secretly recorded a court hearing. The ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Ex-Husband owed back child support. Ex-Wife put a lien on a piece of Ex-Husband’s property. The property was held in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Adoption

A same-sex partner, Jenny, filed a petition for visitation. The child was the child of her former partner. The parties ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Child Support

Husband had an annual net income of $826,478. The trial court set child support at $19,284 per month based on ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 30, 2022 | Child Support, Uncategorized

Father filed a Petition to Modify Child Support. He earned $826,284 annual net income. The court ordered him to pay ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues

Dissolution judgment was final and enforceable at the time husband died. Wife wanted to get her share of the pension ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Child Support, Post-Decree Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

Father filed a Petition to Modify Child Support. He earned $826,284 annual net income. The court ordered him to pay ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Maintainence

Wife was granted maintenance in the divorce decree. She was to get $6200 per month for 60 months. At that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Family law issues

Wife filed suit for legal separation and maintenance from her husband. He answered and counterclaimed for divorce. The trial court ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | The Best Interests of the Child

The mother of the minor child filed a petition to change the minor’s legal last name. From that of the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 6, 2021 | Family law issues, Uncategorized

Circuit Court granted wife a plenary order of protection against her estranged husband as to their 3 minor children. The ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

Husband filed a Motion to Modify and Reduce his Child Support obligation. He reported a substantial change in circumstances. He ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

Parties are divorced. The wife was awarded custody of the three children. Husband paid child support. Later, the Husband was ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

Wife files for divorce. Husband (payor) had lost his job. He said that he was trying to start his own ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Custody, The Best Interests of the Child

The parties had one child. In the divorce, the child was to live with Mother, Father had visitation. They shared ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | The Best Interests of the Child

Both parties filed a Petition for Exclusive Possession of the Home. She wanted Father to move out. This was while ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Property Division

The parties in a divorce owned an LLC, which operated a quarry. It was marital property and had to be ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | DCFS-related, The Best Interests of the Child

A case had been brought by DCFS against the mother and the man (‘PF’ for Presumed Father) who called himself ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Custody

In this divorce case, both parents wanted to be the custodial parent of their son. The court heard from many ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

Parties are divorcing. The trial court ordered the Husband to pay the Wife temporary maintenance. $3,700 per month plus 20% ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

In divorce court Wife originally got a large amount of maintenance. This was to last until my husband retired. He ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Property Division

There is a reason for Illinois Supreme Court Rule 219(c). It allows a trial court to impose a sanction on ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support, Interstate and International Custody Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

The parties had twins. The daughter had special needs. Mom was a stay-at-home mom. They were divorced a few years ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Property Division

My wife and Husband are getting divorced. The husband may receive a bonus after the divorce is over. The wife ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Divorce, Interstate and International Custody Issues

Parties were married in India. They moved to Illinois. Husband filed a petition for divorce in India. His wife filed ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Parenting Plans

Father filed a petition for a rule to show cause. He said that Mother had repeatedly and willfully violated the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Parenting Plans, Paternity

Susan gave birth to a daughter, Hannah, during marriage with James. Two years later, the couple’s marriage was dissolved. They ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support, Divorce, Family Law Articles

The parties were in the process of getting divorced. Their two adult sons filed a petition so they could personally ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Family law issues

A lawyer represented Jason in his divorce matter. Jason and his parents had agreed to pay the bill. Jason and ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

Parties divorced. Husband ordered to pay child support. He stopped paying support. The wife filed a petition to hold him ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Parenting Plans, The Best Interests of the Child

Parents shared joint custody of their two daughters. Father had specific visitation time with the girls. Mother moved 324 miles ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

The trial court said that dad owed $21,189.12 in back child support to mom. The Dept. of Healthcare and Family ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence, Uncategorized

How will the new tax law affect families, businesses, and individuals? Changes have been made to the child tax credit, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Divorce, Post-Decree Issues, Tax Considerations In a Divorce

The parties to a divorce had two children. The parties had an agreed order. The order gave the tax exemptions ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Post-Decree Issues

Husband filed five complaints in a row against wife. The court kept dismissing what he filed. He was given a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Property Division

The parties’ divorce agreement defined how the husband’s fireman’s pension was to be divided. They would equally split the marital ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Divorce and Insurance, Spousal Maintainence

Husband filed for divorce. He earned about half of what his wife earned. The children would live with the wife ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Parties prepared for their divorce trial. The parties had plenty of time during pretrial discovery and during the trial. They ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

The divorcing parties had four children. Support was to be reduced ¼ as each child was emancipated. Later, an order ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Custody, Parenting Plans, The Best Interests of the Child

The divorce court judge ordered that each parent would share residential responsibilities in caring for their child, Robert, at the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

Mom and Dad had a child, Ava. About a year later, mom later filed a Petition for Paternity and a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Did the father abuse the minor? Different people said that the child had told them about the abuse. The trial ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Parenting Plans, The Best Interests of the Child

The mother petitioned the court to move with the minor child to Ohio. She had been offered a career position ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

Grandmother and her husband (the Youngs) filed a petition for custody of grandmother’s grandchild (J.H.). In their petition, the Youngs ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

The mother filed a Petition for Modification of Child support. She believed that her father was making substantially more than ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Stepfather Is accused of sexual abuse against his five-year-old stepdaughter. She is too afraid to go to court. She is ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

Husband earned a bonus in addition to his salary. The parties divorced. The child support was to pay 20% of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Adoption, Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

Mother died. Mother and her child had lived with maternal grandmother. The child was one year old. Mother died in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Property Division, Spousal Maintainence

The trial court awarded the wife $12,500 per month in maintenance. In addition to $1.64 million in marital property. This ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Property Division

Parties are in divorce proceedings. Final orders are not entered yet. The wife is ordered to make mortgage payments on ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Maintainence, Spousal Maintainence

The divorce court entered an order. 1) Wife’s maintenance was to terminate on her 66th birthday. This was when she ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Paternity

Child is not born yet. Man files a petition under the Parentage Act. He wants to establish paternity. He wants ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Parties are divorcing. Wife works in the private sector and has Social Security withheld from her pay. Husband is an ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Family law issues

A court shall declare a marriage invalid (annulled). If the other party was induced to enter into the marriage. “By ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

The Marital Settlement Agreement required the husband to deposit $90,000 in a 24-month trust. His wife was to withdraw his ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Injury Claims and Your Marriage, Torts, Uncategorized

The wife filed a complaint in Illinois against the husband for negligence. It was the result of an automobile accident ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Uncategorized

The parties were divorced. Afterward, the husband was injured at his job. He began receiving disability benefits. He was eligible ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases, Uncategorized

Petitioner filed a petition seeking a stalking no-contact order against Defendant. Attached to the petition was an addendum and several ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Family law issues, Uncategorized

SHE was diagnosed with lymphoma. Her treatment presented the risk of infertility. SHE and HE froze HER embryos. SHE and ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Uncategorized

Husband and Wife divorced in Michigan. Wife received 25% of Husband’s military pension. Wife moved to Illinois. She petitioned to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence, Uncategorized

The court awarded maintenance to the Wife. The husband claimed that the Wife had been cohabiting with her boyfriend. Now ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

Mother filed a Petition for Removal with the children to live in New Jersey. Her annual salary would increase to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Grounds for Divorce, The Best Interests of the Child

The parties were going through a very contentious divorce. Father was a basketball player. There was a large financial estate ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Mother and Father divorce. Mother is granted sole custody of their minor daughter. Father is awarded parenting time. Two evenings ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

The issue was college education. The parties had four children. The parties’ judgment for dissolution of marriage did not order ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce

It was during the divorce proceedings. Issues relating to abuse and visitation arose. An order of protection was entered against ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Parenting Plans

The Trial Court entered a final parenting plan and judgment. The parties were now divorced. Father filed a Motion to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

The parties divorce decree provided for husband to pay maintenance to wife. It was to stop if she cohabited with ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support

Father was ordered to pay $788 per month in child support after the divorce in 2004. Father fell behind in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Uncategorized

The parties entered into two agreed orders. They modified husband’s child support obligation. The orders did not address the issues ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce FAQS, Uncategorized

Lawyers and pro se litigants are both required to use electronic filing. The issue of filing deadlines is an important ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Family Law Articles

The Woman filed her complaint for breach of promise to marry pursuant to the Promise Act. In her complaint she ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Trial court e-ntered a Judgement of Divorce. Wife appealed various issues. One of them was dissipation. The Trial Court found ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Father and Mother had lived in Canada with their child. Mother is a US citizen. She removed the child to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

The child had been born in Poland. She traveled with her mother to the United States on several occasions with ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support

Husband was a farmer. He earned less than $15,000 per year. Wife argued in divorce court that Husband should pay ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

The trial court found Poland to be the minor child’s habitual residence. It ordered the child returned. The mother spent ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce

The appellate court dismissed the husband’s appeal. He challenged the entry of a post-judgment order. The order removed his name ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Maintainence, Spousal Maintainence

The new maintenance statute came into effect in Illinois January 1, 2016. The parties divorced a number of years earlier. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support

Mother took Father back to court for an increase in child support. There had been an increase in income for ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Bankruptcy and Divorce, Divorce, Financial Issues When Divorcing

An attorney entered into a written agreement with Jason. Attorney agreed to represent Jason in a divorce. Jason agreed to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support

Parties divorce. Husband’s employer is ordered to deduct and pay the child support from Husband’s paychecks. Employer missed two payments. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships in Illinois, Paternity

A same-sex married couple is divorced. One of the couple, Dee, gave birth to a baby girl. She was conceived ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Maintainence

The new guidelines for calculating maintenance do not apply to proceedings to modify maintenance that were ordered before the 2015 ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Mother filed a Motion to relocate parties’ minor daughter, age 7, to North Carolina. Mother had begun working at a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Wife filed a motion to enforce or clarify the marital settlement agreement (MSA). The MSA was part of their judgment ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

The man was convicted of aggravated domestic battery. He was also convicted of other offenses. Fifteen years prior to the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Custody, Interstate and International Custody Issues

Parents get divorced. Then, Father filed a petition for leave to relocate with the parties’ 2 minor children. He wanted ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division, Transmutation

Husband opened a Scottrade account in his own name during the marriage. He also opened a Chase checking account in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Illinois entered child support orders. Mother would contribute certain percentages to her child’s health insurance, uninsured medical expenses, and travel ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support

Husband was ordered to pay child support. His employer, the McHenry County conservation district, was ordered to withhold the money ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Mediation and Arbitration

The divorce decree provided for arbitration. The parties had joint custody and a parenting schedule. The decree stated that, “The ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Treatment of pets in Family Law cases

The parties to a divorce can now include a written agreement about ownership and responsibility for any domestic animals that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Custody, Parenting Plans

The Paternity Trial Court made a finding that Evan was the father of the child. Evan’s name was listed on ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) website has been updated. It now includes a child support estimator. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Paternity

Divorce case was in court. Husband filed a motion for finding of no paternity. He asserted that one of the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce FAQS, Post-Decree Issues

The divorce was done. Afterwards, the parties filed contempt petitions against each other. The Trial Court had a hearing on ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce FAQS, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Husband appealed the court’s allocation of property and debt. A divorce decree was entered. It was husband’s job in court ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

Husband and Wife in divorce proceedings had a marital estate worth $21 million. They disputed whether the assets held in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Spousal Maintainence

A public school teacher filed for dissolution of marriage. Her husband was a disabled pharmacist. They had been married for ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Injury Claims and Your Marriage, Torts

Parties had divorced. They were back in court. Wife was to pay child support. She had a personal injury case ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Property Division

Divorce judge made a ruling regarding the real estate on which Husband’s nonmarital business was located. The Court said that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Post-Decree Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

Father filed a Motion to Modify the Visitation Notice Provision. It was included in the parties’ agreement for divorce. The ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

The parties divorce. The judgment provides that their Agreement (MSA) settled ‘all questions of property rights. All claims against each ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | DCFS-related

The trial court found that father was unfit. It terminated his parental rights. Father appealed. The Appellate Court reversed the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Custody

Wife petitioned for temporary custody of the three children and temporary possession of the home. The trial court granted husband ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | DCFS-related

The Trial Court entered orders finding the minor child’s father to be an unfit parent. His parental rights were terminated. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

Wife filed a Petition for Husband to contribute to her attorney fees and costs in divorce court. The court held ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

Alice is a single mother raising a minor child, E.H.. Cory is the father of E.H. Alice and Cory were ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | The Best Interests of the Child

Mother petitioned court for removal. She wanted to move with the minor child to New Jersey from Illinois. Court said ‘no’. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

The grandparents had physical possession of their grandson for about two years. Then, the child’s mother took the child to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

The parties returned to court 61 months after the divorce. Wife had received maintenance for five years. The court needed ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Parenting Plans, The Best Interests of the Child

Mother filed a petition to restrict the visitation of the father. She alleged disrupting conduct by the father in the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Grounds for Divorce

The parties were married in Quebec, Canada. Their daughter, Azra, was born two years later. The couple purchased a home ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Mother filed a petition for order of protection on behalf of herself and her three minor children. She alleged that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

The charges against the father arose from an argument between the father and the mother outside their home. A deputy ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Custody

Mother was awarded custody of the child in the divorce judgment. Three years later, father filed a motion to modify ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Custody, DCFS-related

The parties divorced. Mother had been granted custody of the child. Mother and the child had an Order of Protection ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

The parties lived in Illinois. They moved to Canada. The parties and their children traveled from Ontario to Lake Forest, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Wife filed for divorce. It is now two years later. The case is set for trial. Husband filed a counterpetition ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Property Division

Parties divorced and divided husband’s pension between them. The parties had three children. Husband was ordered to pay child support ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Husband had stock gifted to him. By his father during the marriage. Husband sold the stock after the marriage. He ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Husband was ordered to pay child support when the parties divorced. He was not working at the time. The child ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce

The parties are French citizens. Husband had filed a divorce case in France. But, he dismissed that. He then filed ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Divorce, Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

In the divorce trial, Wife made a number of claims against Husband. The Court ruled against her every time. She ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

Father’s mother petitioned the court for visitation. Father had been deported to Equador. The court denied visitation to the grandmother. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Child Support, Post-Decree Issues

Divorce judgment for divorce had been entered in 1983. It included monthly child support to be paid by husband. Husband ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Mediation and Arbitration, Parenting Plans

In their divorce document, the parties agreed to resolve certain problems with their parenting schedule through arbitration. Father filed a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Custody

The divorce case went to trial. The court entered a 50/50 parenting time schedule. The parents would have equal parenting ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Pets

Dog owners can be found to be ‘reckless’ if 1) their dog is determined to be dangerous for killing another ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Custody, Interstate and International Custody Issues

Mother was found guilty of parental kidnapping. She was sentenced to two years in prison. The mother and father were ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases, Uncategorized

The divorce had already taken place. The wife obtained a two-year order of protection. It restrained the husband from abusing, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Judgment for divorce is entered. It includes the division of the parties’ properties and businesses. It also sets forth the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases, Uncategorized

Parties divorce. They had four children. The wife seeks an order of protection against the husband. The husband was charged ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Was the husband’s voluntary termination of employment from Touche Ross done in good faith? The test for good faith is: ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody

Parties are divorced. A Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) had been appointed to assist the court as to the best interest ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

The parties signed a Prenuptial Agreement before they married. It included a waiver of the right to maintenance. Husband later ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

The ex-wife filed a complaint against her ex-husband’s employer. She alleged that it knowingly failed to withhold money owed for ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce, Parenting Plans, Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

The wife filed for divorce. They had an oral settlement agreement. The Judge granted the divorce. Wife appealed. The wife ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

The divorce court found that the Fidelity account was the wife’s sole property. The court found that the husband had ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, Parenting Plans

The court granted the emergency motion of the mother. Father’s parenting time was restricted due to his conduct during his ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

The woman (plaintiff) petitioned for an order of protection against a man and the man’s son. The son was the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Grounds for Divorce, Spousal Maintainence, Uncategorized

The term bigamy is defined as getting married to one person while legally married to another person. In Illinois, committing ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

The husband was convicted of domestic battery based on insulting or provoking physical contact against his wife. He appealed. He ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division, Uncategorized

Parties agree on divorce settlement terms. The husband will pay the wife $5200 per month for permanent maintenance. There were ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases, Uncategorized

The parental rights of both mother and father of the minor child were terminated. Based on a hotline call to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Husband funded an IRA in his wife’s name. Divorce proceedings and trials took place. The wife argued that the IRA ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division

The divorcing parties had a second residence. The wife’s parents had deeded the property to the parties in joint tenancy. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

The child’s mother died. The maternal grandmother wanted custody. So did the child’s father. The child had not been living ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

The parents were divorced. Their divorce decree said they would pay for their son’s college education. If they could afford ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Paternity

An attorney represented the mother in a paternity case. The attorney petitioned the court for attorney fees. He wanted the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Parties got divorced. Wife also got an Order of Protection (OP) against Husband. Husband claims that the divorce decree is ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Maintainence

The former wife appealed from an order of the court. She had been receiving $1,000 per month for unallocated maintenance ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | DCFS-related

Mother was arrested and charged with child endangerment. There were two fathers for all of the children. Chicago police discovered ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Guardianships and Conservatorships

This case considered whether the court should overrule the long-standing case of In re Marriage of Drews, 115 Ill.2d 201 ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Maintainence, Spousal Maintainence

Wife was not entitled to rehabilitative maintenance. She had been cohabiting with another man on a continuing, conjugal basis. There ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody

The parties had one daughter. The divorce decree stated that the parties would share her joint legal custody. The child ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | The Best Interests of the Child

Mom filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. Dad filed a motion for declaratory judgment. The parties had a premarital ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Mom appealed. The trial court had denied her petition to move with her minor son. She wanted to move from ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce and Insurance, Post-Decree Issues, Spousal Maintainence

In the divorce Judgment (MSA), Husband was to pay Wife $5,000 in monthly maintenance. For at least seven consecutive years. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce, Family Law Articles

Wife’s attorney was granted leave to withdraw. The court struck the upcoming trial date. The court reset the trial date to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Post-Decree Issues, Spousal Maintainence

Husband did not make maintenance and child support payments to Wife. Divorce court had ordered payments from Husband. Wife filed ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, The Best Interests of the Child

The Court was asked to change the custodian of bank accounts. The accounts belonged to Husband’s children. Husband had been ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, The Best Interests of the Child

Parties are divorced in Nevada. The Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) stated that the winning party got their attorney fees paid ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | DCFS-related, Family Law Articles, The Best Interests of the Child

Father was convicted of a sex offense. With a minor child outside of Father’s family. The statute said that he ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Adoption, Paternity

Father filed in parentage court. He wanted custody, visitation, and child support from Mother. He said that he had adopted ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

Judgment of dissolution of marriage was entered. It included the parties’ marital settlement agreement (MSA). Wife filed a petition to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, The Best Interests of the Child

Parties divorced. Mother was awarded the custody of the child. Their son was then 10 months old. Four years later, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Maintainence, Post-Decree Issues, Spousal Maintainence

The parties had been divorced for eight years. Husband had been ordered to pay maintenance to Wife. Husband failed to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Parenting Plans, The Best Interests of the Child

The parties have joint custody of their seven-year-old child. Child lives with Mother. She is the residential parent. Both parents ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases, Custody, DCFS-related

Father sought an Order of Protection (OP) against stepfather of Father’s three daughters. Stepfather lived with Mother and the three girls. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Uncategorized

Husband and wife agreed to carry insurance on their lives in their divorce decree. Upon the death of a party, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Uncategorized

Mrs. Neeland purchased two diamond watches, a diamond cocktail ring, a pearl necklace, pearl earrings, and a lighter. The value ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Post-Decree Issues

Attorney had represented the husband in A dissolution of marriage case. The attorney was granted leave to withdraw. He was ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | DCFS-related, Family Law Articles, Uncategorized

The State filed a petition to terminate a named man’s parental rights of the minor, A.S.V.. The petition alleged that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

Shortly before their marriage, Sandra and Edward signed a premarital agreement. Both parties were represented by separate attorneys.The Agreement defined ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Interstate and International Custody Issues

The government is ordered to deny the passport application of a person who owes child support of at least $5,000.Eunique’s ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division, Uncategorized

Parties divorce. Their wife appealed to a number of issues. One of them is the valuation of the husband’s share ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division

The judge held that the value of the husband’s pension was more than his contributions. It then awarded the wife ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division, Uncategorized

Their wife has nonmarital assets of $1 million. The previous year, it had generated an income of $69,000. The record ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Post-Decree Issues

The parties were divorced by one judge. The divorce case was assigned to a different judge for post-decree proceedings. Wife ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Father was indicated by DCFS for abusing the Mother of the minor children. This was done in the presence of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Father filed a motion in court after the divorce had taken place. He asked that his child support obligation be ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce, Maintainence, Spousal Maintainence

Husband a Motion to Modify the trial court’s award of maintenance to Wife. He said he had a change in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

The Illinois Supreme Court held that:1 Accrued vacation and sick days are not marital property. They are not subject to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Uncategorized

The divorce court first listed all of the various items of property. It then placed a total value on each ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Uncategorized

The divorce court classified the husband’s interest in the retained earnings of a closely held subchapter S corporation as nonmarital ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships in Illinois, Divorce, Property Division

Parties to a civil union had been legally married in Canada in 2003. One party filed for divorce later in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Court ordered Husband to pay 25% of his net income from his job wages. In addition, 25% of his net ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Family law issues, Uncategorized

This situation can come up any number of ways. 1) Two people get married. They apply for a marriage license. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

The parties divorced. They had three young children. Wife received a combination of child support and maintenance. This is done ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division

The parties divorced. Husband waived any interest in a business started during the marriage by Wife’s brother. Wife testified that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division, Spousal Maintainence

The parties had been married 22 ½ years. They divorced. Wife suffered from many health problems. The Trial Court gave ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Some of the highlights of the new statute include: The basic support obligation is based on net income. The parties ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

The Court entered an emergency ex parte order of protection. Only Mother testified. Only Mother is in Court. Father was ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Maintainence, Post-Decree Issues

Husband did not work regularly for a number of years. Husband filed for divorce. He asked for permanent maintenance from ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Father was convicted of domestic battery. He had hit his girlfriend. He appealed. He argued that his attorney did not ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody

Father was not the custodial parent. He had visitation. He took the child from the mother. The court found him ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

Parties separated and husband moved in with his girlfriend at her house Husband filed for divorce from wife. As part ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce, Financial Issues When Divorcing

The trial court ordered the husband to pay $43,180 towards wife’s outstanding attorneys’ fees. He was also ordered to pay ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

This was a parentage case. The mother petitioned to remove the minor child to Kentucky. She wanted to live with ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Uncategorized

The trial court held a hearing on the status of the discovery of this case. Plaintiffs stated that as of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Family Law Articles, Uncategorized

Defendant appeals from the order of the Circuit Court compelling her answers to certain questions. They had been asked during ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Father’s parental rights to his minor child were terminated. Before the child’s birth, the father had been convicted of at ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Family law issues, Uncategorized

If Todd can prove that Robert was his natural father, he may inherit from both his natural father and adoptive ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

The parties are in court for a hearing for a two-year order of protection. The mother testified to two specific ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Paternity, Uncategorized

There were allegations of abuse by their father, Jaime D. A 5-year-old boy, J.D., and his 2 sisters were placed ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Maintainence

The husband was to pay financial support to the wife for sixty months. It was to support both the wife ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

The court allowed the wife permission to move from Illinois to North Carolina with the parties’ two minor children. Husband ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Paternity, Uncategorized

The divorce decree included a child custody agreement. It was for a minor child born to a wife during the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | DCFS-related, Family Law Articles

The minor was placed in a foster home. He has resided there throughout the pendency of the abuse and neglect ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

The parties’ Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) capped child support from the Husband. He was to pay 28% of his net ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Husband petitioned for a reduction of his child support payments. He claimed that his involuntary termination led to his early ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

The wife filed a petition to modify child support. The court considered the joint income of the husband and his ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Defendant's wife was charged with 2 counts of domestic battery against her husband. The case proceeded to a jury trial. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, Interstate and International Custody Issues

The mother filed a petition for a father to contribute to their son’s college expenses. The petition alleged that son ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division

The trial court stated that it would divide the marital property 60/40 in favor of the wife. The husband had ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, Interstate and International Custody Issues

Husband and wife were awarded joint custody of the children. Primary physical custody going to husband. While school was in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Military Divorce Law

The military pension of the husband was ordered 25% to the wife and 75% to the husband. It was to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Husband appeals from an order of the circuit court finding that a workers’ compensation settlement was marital property. The trial ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, The Best Interests of the Child

Nevada court entered a judgment of dissolution. The agreement had a provision for the prevailing (winning) party to get attorney’s ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

The parties divorced. Each party kept its own retirement assets. Each waived an interest of any kind in the other’s ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues

Ex-wife started court action to get money owed to her by Ex-husband. The money was for attorney’s fees from Ex-husband ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

The parties divorced. Father was ordered to pay monthly support per guidelines. There were three children, so the guideline amount ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Wife filed a post judgment petition to modify support. Husband was ordered to pay back child support in the amount ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Parties divorce. Husband owes child support. Ex-husband dies. The ex-wife filed a claim for back child support four years later. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

The wife contends the trial court failed to reimburse the marital estate. For marital funds contributed to the husband’s nonmarital ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Transmutation

The wife argues the trial court erred. When it classified and divided a portion of the parties’ Merrill Lynch account. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

A parent cannot reduce his or her child support obligation by voluntarily leaving their job. Or working far below his ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Husband filed for divorce. He presented DNA test results that he was not the biological father of the child. Both ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, Parenting Plans, The Best Interests of the Child

Mother relocated the child to Champaign, Illinois. This was after Father started court proceedings in Cook County. Mother did not ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Guardianships and Conservatorships

Mother filed a motion in probate court. The parties were already divorced. The probate court had named Mother as the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, Parenting Plans

The parties divorced. Father’s visitation time included parenting time with the parties’ minor child. She was 4 years old at ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

An amount of child support needed to be determined for Husband to pay. The trial court found that the husband ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

The parties to a divorce owned a business. Each party had been ordered to disclose information about their business valuation ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Selling Your Home

Husband was required to buyout the wife’s 50 percent interest in the former marital residence by a certain date. Or, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

The child support statute does not limit what assets the court can reach. To assure the child support order is ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

A party charged with dissipating marital assets is obliged to establish how those funds were spent by clear and specific ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Maintainence, Post-Decree Issues, Spousal Maintainence

Wife was awarded maintenance at the time of the divorce. The trial court directed the wife to remain fully employed. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Husband told the court that an account in his name was his nonmarital property. He argued that the funds belonged ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Step-parent and Grandparent Rights, The Best Interests of the Child

The maternal grandparents filed a petition. They wanted permanent and temporary grandparent visitation of their two minor grandchildren. The mother ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Mediation and Arbitration

Parties had a divorce case. They agreed to resolve their property and maintenance issues through binding arbitration. That means that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, Interstate and International Custody Issues, Parenting Plans

Illinois House Bill 2186 will amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. The bill changes the definition of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Guardianships and Conservatorships

Son was not a child from this marriage. Son was the Guardian of the Person and the Estate of his ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Husband and Wife got divorced. Husband agreed to pay $185.70 per month in child support. Wife agreed to provide medical ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Defendant was charged by information with two counts of domestic battery. For striking and choking his stepsister. She was developmentally ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Defendant plead guilty. The offense was failure to support his children. His violation of the Non-Support Punishment Act was a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Husband was convicted of two counts. Domestic battery and endangering the life or health of a child. The trial court ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Pets, Treatment of pets in Family Law cases

Senate Bill 1261 was filed on March 29, 2017 by Illinois Senator Linda Holmes. As of today’s date, May 3, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

The parties to a divorce owned a daycare center. The trial court needed to know the fair market value of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody

The parties were getting divorced. They had a written Post Nuptial Agreement (PNA). This was an agreement that they made ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

Parties divorce. Wife was awarded the substantial amount of $10,000 per month maintenance. It was to stop when husband retired ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Pet Issues, Pets

This took place in Springfield, IL, but could happen anywhere. Animal neglect investigators are asking Springfield police to take a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | The Best Interests of the Child

Illinois law provides that a minor may seek emancipation from his or her parents through a judicial order. In order ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Step-parent and Grandparent Rights

It requires the court to set the first hearing date for a petition for visitation within 45 days of the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Injury Claims and Your Marriage, Torts

The divorce decree awarded wife 17.5% of net proceeds from husband’s workers’ compensation settlement. The settlement agreement included a Medicare ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

Ex-Wife was to receive maintenance after the divorce. Ex-Husband’s job took a big downturn. He went to court to stop ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

In 1993, John and Lynette were divorced. Their agreement required John to divide his retirement benefits with Lynette. In 2004, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

The parties had six children. Four of them were special needs children that they had adopted. Father had visited websites ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Ex-husband received a lump-sum settlement for his worker’s compensation claim. Ex-husband chose not to take monthly payments. A one-time payment ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Custody, The Best Interests of the Child

This case went to the Illinois Supreme Court. Mom assumed that the child was hers and the man she soon ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Property Division

A divorce trial was held on which party was to get which property. One of the pieces of property had ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Divorce decree entered between husband and wife. The decree included the (postnuptial) agreement that the parties made when they were ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

The Court entered judgment of divorce in 2005. The parties were married 30 years.The parties remarried in 2007. Wife again ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Property Division, Spousal Maintainence

Court entered default judgment dissolving marriage. Husband simply did not show in court on the set date. Court entered an ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce, Financial Issues When Divorcing, Grounds for Divorce

Both parties appealed the divorce court’s orders. One of wife’s arguments is that the court made a mistake by not ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support

Husband was ordered to pay increased child support. The increase was based on a bonus that he had received in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues

The parties were divorced. The court entered an order as to one of the son’s college expenses. It said that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Divorce

Husband filed a petition for dissolution of his marriage to Wife. During the case, Wife filed a petition for exclusive ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Adoption, Custody

The parties, James and Maria, lived together, and never married. Maria adopted a child, Scarlett. James had never formally adopted ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

This marriage lasted 29 years. The Appellate Court said that the Wife’s award of rehabilitative maintenance in the amount of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

Wife and Husband signed a marital settlement agreement (MSA) and a joint-parenting agreement. Wife did not have an attorney and ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 21, 2021 | Post-Decree Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

It is sixteen months after entry of a judgment of divorce. The mother of the child brought an action to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

DON’T THINK YOU ARE FOOLING ANYONE BY BEING UNDERHANDED IN COURTThis is a guardianship case. The trial court appointed a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

After minor’s mother died, maternal grandmother and father each filed their own petition for the minor’s custody. The child had ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Wife filed a petition against husband regarding the son’s college education. The divorce decree stated that the parties shall be ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The agreed order required husband to pay $4,000 per month to wife. Of the $4,000 sum, the parties agreed $2,000 ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The parties agreed to the amount of Aaron’s child support payments at the time of the divorce. The figure was ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Before the marriage, Steven held title to a vacant lot. He and his wife, Gina, agreed to take out a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The father filed a petition to establish a parent-child relationship. Then, the mother filed a motion to dismiss on the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In 2010, the trial court made a custody judgment awarding Mother sole custody of the three minor children. In 2012, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Kim and Paul got divorced in July, 2003. In their divorce settlement, they agreed that they would keep title in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

A video of the mother repeatedly hitting her young six-year old child, D.Q., and her three-month old child, J.C., with ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The husband and wife were married in Illinois. They were divorced in Connecticut. The husband was ordered to pay child ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Paternity Court granted mother’s motion to modify child support, for the parties’ one minor child. After hearing, it increased ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In this case, the husband filed an emergency petition to grant him a divorce from his wife before the assets ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The father wanted the mother responsible for visitation abuse and indirect civil contempt. He said that mother had caused several ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The husband’s brother-in-law received $575,000 of the sales proceeds of a marital business. This was during the time that Husband ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Husband and Wife had been married for seven years, when they each filed for divorce. The parties’ primary dispute was ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

On August 18, 2014, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) filed a petition for the mother to get ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In Re Parentage of A.H. et al, 2016 IL App (1st) 133703. A man who fathered triplets through assisted conception ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

A MOTHER WHO IS A FIT PARENT SHOULD NOT HAVE HER CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY FROM HER At the end of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Will County introduces team of therapy dogs to court system The therapy dogs, according to law, cannot be seen by ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In IRMO Piegari, 2016 IL App (2d) 160594, while the parties were involved in a divorce, Wife filed a motion to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In the case of In re Marriage of Allen, 2016 IL App (1st) 151620, Husband and Wife had been married for ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

I am often asked if a settlement amount from a personal injury, workmen’s compensation, or criminal case is non-marital or ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In re Marriage of Stuhr, 2016 IL App (1st) 152370, June 24, 2016, Cook Co. This case went to the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Too often, when the parties to a divorce begin to divide the assets between themselves, they find that they are ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

What is a bar association? There are local, county, state, national, and international bar associations (as with other types of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | President’s Page-Finding That Sense of Purpose

Henry David Thoreau is now considered to have been a century ahead of his time in realizing the problems that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Mediating Pet Agreements

Mediating Pet Agreements Pet mediators are available to mediate pet disputes and mediate pet agreements when the people in dispute ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

Wife appeals from an order upholding a pre-nuptial agreement she and husband had signed. The agreement provided that in the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

It was a month before they were married. Toni and Charles signed a “Premarital Agreement.” They agreed that the property ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Custody, Parenting Plans, The Best Interests of the Child

In dissolution proceedings, The Trial Court entered a parenting agreement. It granted sole care, custody, and control of the parties’ ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support, Financial Issues When Divorcing

The Trial Court denied husband’s petition to modify his child support obligation. The Court found nothing to indicate that husband’s ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

Husband engaged an attorney to assist him in the divorce. They executed a written engagement agreement providing for a $ ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support

The former wife initiated proceedings against the former husband to enforce child-support provisions of their marital settlement agreement. It had ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

The Appellate Court agreed with the wife’s argument that the trial court should not have entered a default judgment against ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Family law issues, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Husband filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against wife. He had filed divorce proceedings. He wanted the court to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support

The provisions of a divorce decree may be modified to require one or both parents to provide for the education ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Property Division

In a divorce case, there was a disputed $1,551,616.48 Fidelity account. At one time, this account contained the husband’s premarital ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Family law issues, Property Division

The man filed a replevin action against his former fiance for return of a diamond engagement ring. Attached to the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

The Trial Court entered an order extending the husband’s maintenance obligation. Husband appealed. The original divorce order had provided that ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence, Uncategorized

The Trial Court denied the ex-husband’s petition to modify or terminate maintenance. It granted the ex-wife’s motion to modify maintenance. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Uncategorized

The trial court entered a judgment of dissolution. A few days before trial, the wife’s attorney was allowed to withdraw ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Post-Decree Issues

The Trial Court entered a judgment for dissolution of marriage in 2011. It included the following language re the marital ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Property Division, Uncategorized

At the divorce trial, the Trial Court held that the marital residence was husband’s non marital property. It ordered husband ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Property Division, Uncategorized

The trial court held that the home in which parties resided for their 28–year marriage was marital property. It awarded ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support, Spousal Maintainence

The Trial Court initially awarded the wife $6,000 per month for maintenance. And $6,000 per month for child support for ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | DCFS-related, Family Law Articles

The child was adjudicated as a neglected minor on two occasions. The State alleged that the parents physically abused S.S. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Adoption

The rule is clear. A consent to adoption form is not equal to a surrender of parental rights. To have ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Adoption, Family Law Articles

Mother and stepfather petitioned for termination of the biological father’s parental rights. They wanted to adopt the child together. The ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support

In the divorce decree, the parties shared custody of their minor child. A determination had already been made that the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Maintainence, Spousal Maintainence

The ex-husband filed a petition to terminate maintenance. He alleged that his former spouse of 17 years was cohabitating with ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues, Uncategorized

The parties had been married in Iowa. They lived together until her wife moved to Illinois. Wife filed a Petition ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues

The trial court entered a judgment of dissolution of marriage. The husband was ordered to pay $370 per month in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

Bruce and Linda were married. Bruce purchased two life insurance policies and an annuity from New York Life, and the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

The Trial Court found that the ex-husband had to reimburse their ex-wife for her marital share of funds used to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Divorce, Financial Issues When Divorcing

Woman was in a divorce case. She filed a breach of contract complaint against two sets of her attorneys. She ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Family Law Articles

The issue in this appeal is whether a court may impose sanctions in the form of attorney fees under Illinois ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support, Spousal Maintainence

The Trial Court entered a judgment of dissolution. It awarded permanent maintenance to the wife. The wife had spent several ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Property Division

The wife filed a petition for dissolution for marriage. Husband filed an answer and counterpetition. He also filed a declaratory ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Guardianships and Conservatorships, The Best Interests of the Child, Uncategorized

An attorney was appointed as guardian ad litem (GAL) for a minor plaintiff. There was a settlement for injuries she ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Family Law Articles

Chesapeake Bay Builders, Inc. (Bay Builders) executed a promissory note in the sum of $100,000. It was payable to the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Family Law Articles

The Court finds the facts as follows: the borrowers in this loan transaction are Samuel A. Linch, Marcia Penny Linch, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support

Hospital filed complaint under family expense statute against divorced, noncustodial parent (father) to recover costs of medical services rendered to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Property Division

At trial, the wife testified about and introduced into evidence several spreadsheets. She argued that they made a basic showing ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Property Division

Neither party presented the trial court with expert opinion testimony as to the value of the marital residence and a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | DCFS-related, Family Law Articles, Uncategorized

The Trial Court terminated the parental rights of the mother as to her daughter, age 9 at the time of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases, Uncategorized

THE DOWN SIDE OF USING A PREPRINTED FORM The Trial Court entered a two year plenary order of protection. The ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Husband had been involved in a motor vehicle accident. He sustained severe injuries that left him permanently and totally disabled. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Wife had filed a petition to dissolve her marriage to husband, which was granted. The judgment required husband to pay ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Adoption, Uncategorized

The trial court entered an order terminating father’s parental rights as to his minor daughter. She was then five years ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Property Division

The parties divorce. In their agreement, they are each to make and keep in full force and effect a valid ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Divorced mother petitioned for modification of child support. The Trial Court entered an order increasing Father’s child support obligation. Father ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

Husband incorporated JDS Homes, a construction business. In 2006, JDS Homes purchased a parcel of land in Burr Ridge known ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The trial court had found that wife was in need of assistance but declined to make a permanent award of ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

Mother filed claims for a “child’s awards” under the Probate Act of 1975. And for child support under the Illinois ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support

Prior to the 1991 amendment, case law did not allow children to obtain educational support from their divorced parents’ estates. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Father filed a petition to vacate portions of the Illinois divorce decree. The trial court vacated the child custody and ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Parties divorced in Illinois. Mother was granted leave to move to New York with the minor child. The removal and ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support

The trial court held numerous hearings on multiple post-judgment issues. These issues had been pending for several years. The trial ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The parties were divorced in North Carolina. Joint custody of the minor child was awarded to the parties by the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 20, 2021 | Child Support

Ex-husband filed a petition to reduce his child-support obligations. The trial court found that there had not been a substantial ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Child Support, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Family Law Articles

Parties are divorced in a country outside of the United States. For our purposes, let’s consider a Netherland’s Judgment for Dissolution ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Pet Issues, Pet Mediation, Treatment of pets in Family Law cases

Although there are no established laws on pet custody or visitation in Illinois or other states in the U.S., these ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Pet Issues, Treatment of pets in Family Law cases, Uncategorized

In a case in which the parties to a divorce can’t agree as to who gets to keep the pet(s), ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Paternity

Mother requested that the Court enter an order declaring the non-existence of a parental relationship. She had informed the court ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Court refused to offset the father’s unallocated maintenance and child support arrearage by the amount he allegedly paid to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

The Marital settlement agreement (MSA) provided that husband owed wife a child support arrearage in the amount of $79,301.44. He ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing, Post-Decree Issues, Property Division

After court entered judgment of dissolution. Husband died. Then, wife (Jodi) filed 3rd-party complaint against Mary. Mary was husband’s wife ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Family Law Articles

SHE and HE had a sexual affair, while they were each married to someone else. SHE was living apart from ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Property Division

Pursuant to the terms of the divorce judgment, husband was to make three $5,000 payments to wife over a one-year ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

During trial, wife testified that the marital residence had been listed for sale at $279,000 with two outstanding mortgages, totaling ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The court entered an order finding that Respondent father was unfit to parent his 4-year-old minor child. It was in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Wife filed A verified petition for A plenary order of protection against her husband of 45 years. She alleged a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Treatment of pets in Family Law cases

1. Pet Custody, by Emily J. KellyWhen couples face divorce or legal separation, they must divide many assets, finances, property ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Parties are divorced already. The circuit court granted the wife’s Petition to increase child support. She also filed a Petition ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Is permissive pension service credit based on time served in the military marital or nonmarital property? The court needed to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Adoption, Uncategorized

Father filed a complaint to determine parentage in the trial court. He was initially granted supervised parenting time. Later, the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Mother filed a contribution petition requesting that father be ordered to pay an equitable share of the anticipated college costs ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Mother and father are the biological parents of L.W. The parties were never married. Father had been very abusive in ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Trial Court granted husband’s motion to terminate maintenance. It found that his decision to retire from his job as ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Treatment of pets in Family Law cases

TAKE THE HOUSE BUT THE DOG IS MINE:ANECDOTAL ‘TAILS’ ABOUT PET CUSTODY ISSUES IN DIVORCEPets have been considered as property ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | DCFS-related, Family Law Articles

In 1997, a class of parents and child-serving professionals filed a lawsuit against the Department of Children and Family Services, ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Family Law Articles

There are a legion of cases that describe why the Illinois courts will not give full faith and credit to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Family Law Articles

Mom gets a default judgment for dissolution of marriage in a country in Europe in l983. She and Dad have ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Divorce, Family Law Articles

Quite simply, Illinois courts will not enforce, but will only recognize, a judgment of a foreign country which granted a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Father filed a motion to modify his child support obligation. After the hearing, the trial court properly denied father’s motion. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Decedent had entered into a property settlement agreement (PSA) as part of a legal separation from her husband. He survived ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Trial Court entered an order extending maintenance wife until husband, a pilot, retires. The Trial Court also refused to ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The parties are involved in divorce proceedings. The Trial Court concluded that the wife was entitled to maintenance based on ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Child Support

The parties were back in court after the divorce. The Trial Court calculated that in February, 2016 father’s child support ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Wife filed a petition under 735 ILCS 5/2-1401. She wanted to set aside the parties’ Marital Settlement Agreement. It had ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

In the Onishi-Chong case just reported on, the wife had filed a §2-1401 action. It alleged fraud on the part ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues

Husband filed a petition for legal separation from his wife. She resided in Oklahoma with the parties’ two children. The ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Divorce, Family Law Articles

Joy and Joe have lived in Illinois. They were married years ago in China. They get divorced and Joy marries ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The parties had entered into a Child Custody Agreement in 2015. It contained one sentence (X(C), which is not a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Arlington Heights Protective Order Assistance in Family Violence Cases

Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of domestic battery. He was sentenced to 2½ years’ imprisonment. He appealed. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The parties got divorced. The Trial Court awarded the 80-acre family farm to the wife. Husband was to sign a ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Plaintiffs sued their son (Dale) and his wife (Tammy). They alleged that they owed them money relating to son’s farming ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The trial court created a $750,000 litigation fund as a result of the wife’s petition for interim and expert fees ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The ex-girlfriend sought an order of protection. The trial court ordered a two year, plenary order of protection against the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The husband and wife brought a joint motion to voluntarily dismiss their respective petition and counterpetition that were on file. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The trial court was calculating child support and maintenance. It found that the wife was awarded $1,136,535 in investments and ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence, Uncategorized

The Court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion of husband. He is disabled, has MS, and receives ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Parenting Plans

The Court entered an order for father to have primary parental decision-making authority for educational and healthcare decisions. And the ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Child Support, Uncategorized

The MSA provided that each year the parties would conduct a “true-up”. It would be based on husband’s tax documents. ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Spousal Maintainence

The trial court granted husband a reduction in the amount of maintenancehe was obligated to pay wife. It denied wife’s ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Financial Issues When Divorcing

In a divorce proceeding, wife filed an emergency motion for injunctive relief. She alleged that husband secretly amended his revocable ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships in Illinois

The child’s father died. His ex-wife refused to let father’s civil union partner see the child any longer. Father’s civil ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Circuit court had statutory authority to award the wife maintenance and child support from the date of her request ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jun 20, 2021 | Pet Issues

Plaintiff sued for injuries she sustained. Defendants' 105-pound dog bit her. She claimed negligence. The Trial Court granted summary judgment ...

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jun 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

The mother filed a petition to establish the parentage of her minor son. She sought an order for the child ...

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By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Divorce, Post-Decree Issues, Tax Considerations In a Divorce

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By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 23, 2021 | Child Support

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By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Jul 22, 2021 | Interstate and International Custody Issues, The Best Interests of the Child

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