Illinois divorce laws explained: the one legal ground, residency rules, and how property, support, and parenting time get decided.

Less scandal, more spreadsheet. Why prenups went mainstream, and why deciding your own terms beats taking the state's.

How to get an order of protection in Cook County: who qualifies, how to file, the emergency hearing, and what comes next.

Is Illinois a no-fault state? How is child support calculated? Who gets the house? Straight answers to the questions we hear most.

Fighting over everything is the most expensive way to divorce. How emotion drives up legal fees in Illinois and what a smarter approach looks like.

Most people who call our office have never hired a lawyer before. They are not sure what a consultation involves, whether they need to have made any decisions yet, or what happens if they say the wrong thing. So here is exactly what to expect, what to bring, and how to get the most out of the meeting. You do not need to have decided anything A consultation is not a commitment to file for divorce, and it is not a commitment to hire us. It is information gathering. Plenty of pe

llinois child support generally ends at 18, or at high school graduation (no later than 19). What each parent has to file and what happens to arrears.

Is a trust marital property in an Illinois divorce? How courts classify trust interests, and what spouses need to know about tracing and distributions.

What a prenup in Illinois can cover, what makes one enforceable, when to start, what it costs, and the document checklist we give our own clients.

If you have a parenting order in Illinois and want to move with your child, 750 ILCS 5/609.2 controls. Here is what counts as relocation, what notice you must give, and what the judge is actually deciding.