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New Illinois Parentage Laws In 2016
Among the specific changes being made to Illinois divorce laws in 2016 are new statues around parentage rights. Key changes are as follows: NEW PARENTAGE ACT – The Parentage Act of 2015 goes into...
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Changes To Temporary Spousal And Child Support Laws
Next on the list of 2016 changes to Illinois divorce planning are updates to the Temporary Support laws, affecting both temporary spousal maintenance and temporary child support. This means that...
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Parenting Plan Changes for Illinois Divorces
Illinois parents who are considering or actively involved in divorce proceedings in 2016 should be aware of changes in both creating and maintaining a post-divorce parenting plan for their children....
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New Laws For Post-Divorce Child Relocation
Post-divorce custodial parents and children looking to relocate inside or outside of Illinois should be aware of new laws and procedures for this situation effective in 2016. See the brief outline...
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More On New Illinois Divorce Laws
For the past several months, I’ve been providing information on the new Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act that went into effect on January 1, 2016. Outlined below are a few more...
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How Divorce Affects College Funding
Divorce planning for parents with a child in or on route to college includes navigating some potentially difficult issues to ensure the best possible financial aid benefits. According to a recent...
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A Totally New Image Of Divorce
Social media has become the place to share meaningful life occasions such as birthdays, engagements, marriages…and now divorces. ENTER “DIVORCE SELFIES” The growing trend of “divorce selfies” shows...
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Can Mediation Work In A High-Conflict Divorce?
Divorce itself is difficult enough. Add animosity and lack of cooperation into the picture and the process becomes lengthy, expensive, and sometimes emotionally destructive. From a Huffington Post...
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Choosing Between Mediation And Collaborative Divorce
In many of my blogs, I discuss how mediation and collaboration are effective divorce planning alternatives compared to court-room litigation. While both are inexpensive compared to litigation, these...
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Why Fighting Can Actually Be Productive In Divorce Mediation
For many people, divorce mediation can be helpful at opening up channels of communication between parties to air their individual thoughts, desires, and expectations. It can also provide the...
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