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6 Essential Things to Know About an Illinois Divorce
Divorce is confusing. What makes it even more confusing is that every state has different divorce laws. There is little to no standardization in divorce law across the country. To help yourself in the process, it is crucial that you know the specific divorce laws for your state, and an Illinois divorce has its own…
Read More5 Must Do’s for Selling the House During a Divorce
When going through divorce, one of many steps to contend with is dividing the marital assets. Oftentimes, the biggest of those marital assets is your house. However, your home is not the same as a bank account or a retirement account for many reasons, the most important being that there is an emotional connection to…
Read MoreTop Reasons for Divorce. Are You Living This?
Suspicious of getting trapped in a marriage that might erode, my friend and I used to joke that we could get our peers to leave a perfectly good relationship. In remaining single, we weren’t necessarily afraid of the infamous “Top Five Reasons” for divorce. It was more of a disinclination to trade freedom for emotional…
Read MoreThe 55 Must Do’s on Your Modern Divorce Checklist
Once you’ve reached an internal decision to divorce, you probably wonder what the external steps to the process will entail. The truth is that your journey is just beginning, and in order to determine the best possible outcomes, you’ll want to be educated and prepared. You may find yourself exhausted searching the internet for answers,…
Read MoreThe Decisive Value of Decentering Men from Your Life
I feel the buzz of excitement from within, in anticipation of the evening fast approaching. Anticipating a great date! I bought a new dress, a stash of alluring makeup, and even tried a new makeup technique. Despite hating it, I also plucked my eyebrows for the occasion. And oh, that perfume with the floral undertones…
Read MoreThe 13 Warning Signs of Divorce Women Ignore While Married
Sometimes they’re subtle, and sometimes they seem to smack us over the head with a mallet, but the warning signs of divorce may miss us simply because we’d prefer not to see them. There’s a host of reasons for turning that blind eye, from wanting to give a spouse the benefit of the doubt, being…
Read MoreHow Can a Court Custody Order Be Changed?
To parents, one of the most important aspects of the divorce process is custody of the children. While most people do not go to court for divorce in the United States, for those who do, the final court custody order is often the divorce’s most contentious and important part. This order can give you the…
Read MoreFinding Clarity in Your Divorce Chaos
How do you see straight? If you are looking for a particular kind of divorce help — finding clarity in the midst of your chaos — you would think it’s a normal question to be asking, a worthy goal, an actual state you could attain if you just put the time in or found the…
Read MoreSpousal Support, Alimony, and Maintenance: Who Gets It?
Spousal support goes by a lot of different names in the world of divorce law: maintenance, alimony, and spousal support can all be used interchangeably. Maintenance is the more modern, most common term that courts use today, though the concept of maintenance has been around for quite some time. In fact, the idea of alimony…
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