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Oct. 7, 2019

Selling or buying home can try anyone's patience. Throw in an ongoing divorce, and it could easily turn into an experience to forget.

Sept. 16, 2019

Think you know what to do when your spouse wants a divorce? Take this short quiz and find out!

Sept. 2, 2019

These days, a traditional divorce for a couple over 45 with substantial assets can cost up to $100,000, or even more. However, there are ways to keep your divorce fees far lower than triple figures.

Aug. 19, 2019

No one would deny that Social Security is complicated. With about 2,700 policies governing benefits, it is no surprise that financial advisers and their customers are often confused as to how to maximize benefits.

Aug. 5, 2019

Common sense should dictate that you leave the children out of the nuts and bolts and day-to-day struggles of your divorce, even if that divorce involves a custody battle. Children are not emotionally equipped or mature enough to understand and deal with all the emotions that accompany a divorce, nor should they be asked to deal with them even if they are mature enough to understand and deal with those emotions.

July 15, 2019

For some reason, and God only knows why, there is a small but consistent percentage of clients who feel that they need to withhold information from their attorney. Let me propose some other scenarios to you, and you decide if the people in them are behaving rationally or irrationally:

July 1, 2019

Maybe your problem isn't anger or impulse control. Maybe your feelings about the divorce do not fall under the “retribution/get even” portion of the spectrum.

June 17, 2019

You've made a common mistake and moved out of the house once the divorce started. It's okay, a lot of men make this mistake. However, it's critical that you don't immediately compound that mistake by making another one.

June 3, 2019

In parts one, two, and three of this article, I discussed contribution to college expenses, and the most frequently asked questions regarding this portion of the law. In this part four, I will examine limitations of this section, burdens placed upon the child in the process, and ways that you can protect yourself financially.

May 20, 2019

In part one of this article, I give you a brief synopsis of section 513, which covers contribution to college expenses in Illinois. In part two, I answered the most common question in this area, namely, what am I on the hook for?