Regardless of what prompted you to file for divorce, you no doubt want to settle things as swiftly and amicably as possible so you can get on with your life. Your spouse's adversarial reaction to your decision may not have been unexpected, but when he or she threatened to make sure you "walk away with nothing," you knew you had a problem on your hands.
You are definitely not the first person in Illinois to face a contentious spouse during divorce proceedings. That doesn't mean, however, that you have to sit back and do nothing if your spouse is trying to short change when it comes to property and asset division. There are ways to tell if your spouse is hiding assets, and there are things you can do to bring it to the court's attention.
