Asset Division

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.

Chicago's West Loop and Fulton Market have become the city's center of gravity for startups, agencies, restaurants, and corporate leadership. When a business owner, founder, or executive ends up in a divorce, the questions are different from the ones most people ask. It is less about who keeps the couch and more about whether the company survives intact, how unvested equity gets split, and how much of the family's finances end up in a public court file. A high-asset divorce i

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

You bought the condo together during your engagement, so it must be marital property, right? Not necessarily. In Illinois, the date on the deed matters more than the date of the engagement, and how the property was titled, paid for, and treated after the marriage can decide who walks away with what.

Learn how Illinois divorce cases move efficiently when strategy, preparation, and realistic expectations are established early.

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.

Yes — Illinois judges can and do reject agreed divorce judgments. Learn the 5 most common reasons uncontested divorces get sent back, and how to avoid them.