An uncontested divorce in Illinois should be fast, and affordable. It shouldn’t feel like beating your head into the wall. As a flat fee uncontested divorce lawyer in Illinois, My goal is to make divorce as easy as possible.
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Sometimes people can avoid feeling like they are beating their head against a wall by avoiding the blow mistakes.
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Having an Illinois order of protection against you can be scary. That’s why you need an Illinois order of protection defense lawyer. Representing yourself is risky, and increases the chance that you will be stuck with an order or protection against you. Check out his FAQ about being served with an order of protection.
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There are so many things to worry about if you have a UCCJEA case. The UCCJEA, or Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, is the primary way that states of multiple courts determine in which state a child-related case should be heard.
If you have an Illinois UCCJEA case, then you need an Illinois UCCJEA lawyer – not any old divorce lawyer who dabbles in the UCCJEA anytime a case happens to roll into the office.
(more…)If your are getting divorce with kids in Illinois, then you’re probably thinking about “child custody.” But as of 2017, that’s a term no longer used in Illinois. It’s now called “allocation of parental responsibilities.” Per the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, there are various factors a judge is supposed to consider when making an “allocation” decision. As a divorce lawyer in Illinois, I’ve presented the factors in a FAQ format to help you better understand how a court will allocation parental responsibilities.
(more…)If you have an Illinois child custody emergency, you may need to act quickly.
Consider the situation encountered by one of my colleagues. He received a very distressing telephone call from a mother in child custody dispute. She was in an absolute panic. “They’re going to take away my two girls,” she said.
She felt there was clear evidence that the father was abusing the children, but she couldn’t make her case in court.
She tried her best to explain her situation between bursts of tears. The father had hired an attorney and the mother did not. She said there was a court hearing in only a half hour, and it was about whether the mother would be jailed for disobeying a court order by keeping her children from their father. According to the mother, she had good reason to keep the girls away from their father. But now, she was in hot water – even though she wanted to protect her children.
If you are in an Illinois child custody dispute, it may very well be in your best interest to consult a Chicago divorce lawyer. While you understandably don’t want to waste money on at attorney, as the case just described shows, you could be setting yourself up for a major problem.
If you have an Illinois child custody emergency, please contact me, Chicago, Evanston and Schaumburg family law attorney David Wolkowitz; I may be able to help.
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