Posts Categorized: Divorce

After a divorce agreement is finalized, it is common for a spouse who changed his or her name for the marriage to change it back to his or her given name or a former name. The process for changing a name after a divorce is fairly straightforward. What can be more complicated is if a minor child wants to change his or her name.   For people over the age of 18, name changes take time, patience and plenty of pens and paper, but it is a routine procedure. In Illinois, to change a name after a d...   Read more ...  

The military divorce rate is significantly lower than the national average. According to an article in Military.com, the overall military divorce rate was recently at a decade-long low at 3.1 percent. That figure suggests that the overall military divorce rate is declining, but it nonetheless suggests that married couples have to deal with significant stress in the marriage, especially when one of the spouses is deployed. Notably, the divorce rate for male military service members is markedly lo...   Read more ...  

Emotions run high during divorce. You and your spouse may agree on ending your marriage, yet that does not mean neither of you feel anger, frustration, sadness, or resentment. You may have numerous positive and negative feelings about the situation and each other. When the bad seems to outweigh the good, you can fall into a contentious relationship. However, there are ways to avoid this. It is possible to keep your divorce amicable while protecting your rights.   Maintaining an Amicable Rel...   Read more ...  

When you file for divorce, there really is no way to tell how long the process will take. In the past, Illinois couples who wanted to file for divorce based upon no-fault grounds (irreconcilable differences) had to show the court that they had lived separately for a period of time. This period of time was six months if both spouses wanted the divorce and two years if one spouse contested the divorce. Today, all divorces in Illinois are no-fault divorces and this waiting period has been eliminate...   Read more ...  

When a couple with children divorces, generally, the court imposes a parenting time agreement to ensure that the couple’s children continue to maintain substantive relationships with both parents. Maintaining healthy relationships with both parents after a divorce is important to children’s development and self-esteem. As a parent with a parenting agreement in place, it is up to you to work with your former partner to ensure that your child has this experience, rather than developing...   Read more ...  

When you are going through a divorce, you have multiple responsibilities. These responsibilities include submitting the required paperwork to the court and your attorney about your finances, working with the court and your former partner to work out an effective, appropriate parenting plan, and following the court’s orders with regard to your appearance in court, paying your former partner spousal maintenance, if applicable, and its orders regarding child support and parenting time.  ...   Read more ...