As Illinois parents preparing to split, you have a lot of questions relating to your child. How do you break the news to them? Is there a right time and place? Is there a right way to do it? How involved should your child be, anyway? In this information age, it is too...
How to avoid big mistakes with beneficiaries
Estate planning is often a matter of organizing documents and making sure the right person signs in the right place. Nonetheless, it is easy to let things slip or forget to make vital changes. When it comes to beneficiaries, a small mistake here or there could result...
Contributing to college after divorce in Illinois
Illinois law allows courts to order parents to pay for a child's college expenses after divorce. As one of the few states with this law, Illinois extends support for children beyond their 18th birthdays. Parents with young children who are considering divorce should...
Critical documents for estate planning and medical issues
In the best of circumstances, you should complete health-care directives and documents that deal with compliance with HIPAA laws ahead of a crisis and in the clear light of calm reason. For the same reason, you should update critical paperwork for estate planning...
Is it in your interest to establish paternity?
Unwed fathers in Illinois have to go through extra steps to establish paternity. For some, the effort may not seem worth it initially. This is because fathers do not understand how crucial legal paternity is. Today we will look at exactly why this is so crucial. We...
Can joint custody benefit your family?
Illinois parents have to deal with a lot of issues when going through divorce. Your child takes precedent over everything else. You must ensure that what you do will benefit them now and in the future. Because of that, it is important to take care when choosing...
How does shared parenting benefit children
Deciding how to parent your children following a divorce or legal separation in Illinois may be one of the most difficult issues to negotiate in the final settlement. Depending on the circumstances of the case, the judge may award sole-physical custody to the primary...
Common reasons to modify alimony after divorce
It is not uncommon for one spouse to receive spousal maintenance in divorce, especially when that spouse depended on the other spouse for income during the marriage and would struggle to support themselves financially. Either the spouses agree on a spousal maintenance...
What are ways to plan a family business succession?
Like many business owners, you may want to hand off your business to one of your children upon your retirement. However, some businesses do not survive a transition to the next generation. In many cases, business owners do not recognize that what worked for them as a...
How can business debt affect your divorce?
If you get the business in your divorce, it may seem like a good thing, but if your business has debt, it could spell trouble. Debt can haunt you in many ways in a divorce. Forbes explains that business debt may not only make it tough to move forward with the...
