Illinois Divorce: Tactics of Parental Alienation Control: 4 Revealing Insights
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Illinois Divorce: What is the Financial Affidavit used in Illinois Divorces?
In Illinois, divorcing parties fill out a Financial Affidavit statewide form to provide a clear and comprehensive snapshot of their financial situation during the divorce process. This form is a standardized document that helps promote transparency and fairness when it
Illinois Divorce: The Early Bates Case: Parental Alienation
It’s always interesting to read the famous Illinois Supreme Court case of In re Marriage of Bates, 212 Ill. 2d 489. As a younger lawyer I was an attorney on this case, and later was subpoenaed by the trial counsel
Illinois Divorce: Basic Tips to Address a Parental Alienation Campaign
Some basic tips for addressing the appearance of an alienation campaign against you:
1. Recognizing the Signs
- Your child is suddenly distant or hostile without a clear reason.
Illinois Divorce: Signs of Parental Alienation
Signs of parental alienation include: badmouthing the other parent, limiting contact with the alienated parent, interfering with communication, forcing the child to choose sides, creating a perception of danger from the alienated parent, asking the child to keep secrets, referring
Illinois Divorce Lawyer: How is Child Support Now Set in Illinois?
The question of child support seems to be a basic question, but one that sometimes causes confusion. It used to be some years ago that the noncustodial parent was obligated to pay child support to the parent with the “primary
Illinois Divorce: Use of Generative AI Tools in Family Law
The subject of the use of Artificial Intelligence in medicine, engineering and other professions has become heightened and very contentious. AI, as many people know, has the ability to very quickly aggregate and analyze data (information), and to provide contextual
Illinois Divorce: privacy interests of children in family law cases
Why are the privacy interests of children important in family law cases? A case cited below kind of highlights the need for courts to have the ability to receive information (perhaps from a GAL) in the privacy of chambers with
Illinois Divorce Lawyer: Nonmarital and Marital Property
A “source of funds” rule refers to a legal principle, primarily used in divorce proceedings, that determines whether a property should be classified as marital or separate based on the origin of the funds used to acquire or improve it; essentially,
Illinois Divorce Lawyer: Building a Strong Child-Centered Case
WHEN CHILDREN RESIST/REFUSE CONTACT with a parent after the breakup of the family, the cause for the contact resistance can be from various sources. When children resist/refuse contact with a parent and when it is objectively determined that parental alienation