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By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Sep 1, 2022

By Buffalo Grove Law Offices | Aug 30, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The mother filed a petition to establish the parentage of her minor son. She sought an order for the child ...