When a couple has children together and decides to divorce or to separate, one of the parties may be required to pay child support to the other. The amount…

When a marriage breaks down, one spouse may decide it is better to hide or spend–or even destroy–certain assets rather than risk the other spouse gaining control of the…

An often-overlooked issue in Illinois divorce cases is whether or not a spouse–usually a woman–wants to revert to the use of her maiden or former last name. Many people…

When it comes to divorce, Illinois courts will generally accept decrees issued by other states or foreign countries under a legal principle known as “comity.” But there are limits…

One of the most sensitive issues in any Illinois divorce is deciding how to best share child custody–or as current state law refers to it, the “allocation of parenting…