Modifications

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.

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.

Illinois dropped the newspaper publication rule for adult name changes and cut the residency requirement to three months. Here is how it works now, and the free shortcut if you are in the middle of a divorce.

Illinois just lowered the shared-parenting threshold from 146 overnights to 110 and replaced the all-or-nothing cliff with graduated adjustments. The new law also counts daytime parenting, changes the rules for low-income and incarcerated parents, and requires annual income disclosure. Here's what changes January 1, 2027 — and why existing orders don't update automatically.

Most school-year parenting problems are visible in July — they just don't get handled until they're urgent. Here's what Illinois co-parents should review before the first day of school: whether the parenting plan matches reality, exchange logistics, school records access, extracurricular decisions and costs, and when it's time to modify the order instead of fighting it all year.

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