For many couples, navigating the process of divorce can be overwhelming. You may have many questions regarding alimony vs. child support and how these forms of support are determined. How... Read More
Whether you're a parent who wishes to relocate with your child, or you're paying child support to the custodial parent and have shared child custody, it's important to know the... Read More
If you're in the middle of a divorce or separation, and children are involved, the question, "When does child support end?" may have come up. An Order for Support specifies... Read More
Child support is financial support paid by one parent to the other parent to support one or more children. This support can be either voluntary or court-ordered. Although divorcing parents... Read More
Going through a divorce is a stressful and overwhelming experience. When children are involved, however, the entire process may feel impossible to navigate. That’s where decision-making responsibility and parenting time... Read More
Effective July 1, 2017, Illinois will join thirty-nine other states, in addition to Washington D.C., Guam and the Virgin Islands, that use an “Income Shares” model for determining child support. ... Read More
Illinois follows the Percentage of Income Model for calculating child support. The current law (750 ILCS 5/505) sets child support by a percentage of the net income of the party... Read More
Clients often ask if their new husband's or wife's income will be considered when determining that parent's contribution to his or her child's college expenses? After all, the new spouse... Read More
