A few lawyers have recently called asking me how to best value a home in a strong real estate market with scarcity of inventory driving prices upward on a near daily basis. And, I don’t see this trend slowing down any time soon because even higher interests rates didn’t seem to change things much. Fortunately, […]
Often spouses don’t know that they are married to someone with a personality disorder. They know the marriage is problematic, the household is generally dysfunctional, and the disordered spouse always seems to escape responsibility at every turn. Sometimes the disorder can be on the narcissistic scale, or more dangerous, are spouses with borderline personality disorders […]
Oswald case just dropped from the appellate court. Here is the case, if you want to read it yourself: IRMO Oswald. This was a Will County case where the husband was successful at reducing his alimony obligation from $2,500 per month down to zero. Nada. None. How does this happen? I typically advise my clients […]
All too often, spouses are surprised by a Divorce Decree that doesn’t have the prearranged terms that they negotiated with their spouse. More often than not, this happens when people try to represent themselves, which is never a good idea. One spouse files the case, and the other spouse is just along for the ride […]
I’ve seen several divorce lawyers over the years simply fail with their attempt to write and sell a book about divorce. I know the lure of wanting to write a divorce book because that siren has tempted me over and over again over the years. Heck, I even have a 300+ page book in complete […]
Often clients will ask me how just how do they go about getting their spouse out of the marital home. The answer to this question is not always very easy. Lawyers typically go through a very detailed analysis of the facts of the case in the effort to determine the best approach to this issue. […]
Enforcement cases are a sizable portion of every family law attorney’s case load. At times, one side or the other will purposefully or accidentally not follow the Court’s Order, Decree or Judgment. What should you do? First, you should understand your options when seeking to enforce a Decree, Judgment or Order. There are many options. […]
Having now been in Arizona for over 5 years, I’m finding Arizona’s approach to divorce is significantly different than in Illinois. One of the key differences also appears to be the worst possible thing you can do in a divorce. What is that, you ask? In Arizona, spouses are often lured into the false believe […]
Many divorced or separated parents soon regret not addressing parenting time before the holidays. Often is the case that one parent or the other misses out on valuable holiday time with their children. This all too often happening is because many parents struggle to justify the cost and expense of custody litigation before the holiday […]
It’s going to be interesting times in 2018 in divorce-land. The new tax law makes significant changes with the ability to deduct alimony payments. Alimony is also called spousal support or maintenance, and on the horizon, you will not be able to deduct those support payments from your income at tax time. Prior to President […]
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