After parents divorce, their financial or other circumstances may change over the months or years following the divorce. When the financial or living situation change substantially, they may want to pursue a modification to the divorce orders for child and spousal support or parenting time and responsibility. Typically, the court will not entertain changes to…Read More
Petition to Modify Allocation of Parental Responsibilities
Illinois allocation of parenting responsibilities, formerly known as custody, refers to parenting time and the authority to make significant decisions regarding minor children such as religious upbringing or education. When a divorce is finalized, an Allocation Judgement will be entered either by agreement or by a judge’s ruling, which will set forth the parenting time…Read More
Child Support Modification Due to Job Loss
While Illinois residents are celebrating summer with family activities, many sheriffs’ departments across the nation are gearing up for deadbeat raids in an effort to snare unsuspecting parents who are behind on child support payments. Child support debt in the U.S. has increased by 1000 percent, reaching over $114 billion last year. As debt skyrockets,…Read More
When Does My Child Support Obligation End?
When parents divorce, child support may be ordered to support the children of the marriage. A child support order will typically establish when the payer parent’s obligation to pay support ends. This is usually when a child turns 18 in the state of Illinois. If an order does not specify when the support ends, a…Read More
How Can I Modify My Child Support Obligation?
Sometimes circumstances change in people’s lives making it difficult to keep up with child support payments or spousal maintenance obligations. It may be a loss of employment, a reduction in wages or unanticipated expenses such as a medical bills or that the needs of a child have changed. If you have an order for child…Read More
Interstate Child Custody Determinations
Sometimes when couples separate, one may move to a different state to be closer to family, secure employment or other reasons. However, this may raise a question of jurisdiction when trying to get a divorce or determine child custody arrangements if there are children involved. In order to get a divorce in Illinois, the Illinois…Read More
Illinois Post-Divorce Modification Needed When Circumstances Change
Circumstances can change in all people’s lives making a post-divorce modification necessary with regard to alimony and child support. Recently, the actor Charlie Sheen filed court documents to have his child support reduced again. Citing the fact that his monthly income dropped from over a half million dollars to just under one hundred thousand, Sheen…Read More
