Month: February 2021

What is an uncontested divorce, and how does it differ from a contested divorce? Do most people realize there are two ways to approach divorce? Sometimes I have clients who know that there’s a difference between uncontested and contested. I would estimate that 50% of the clients know prior to our consultations. If they don’t, […]

Debt division In Illinois is different post-divorce compared to other states. Unlike the latter, the former requires that marital debt be divided equitably, not equally. In other words, a 50/50 division is not allowed. That’s because a number of factors are taken into consideration when it comes to determining who is responsible for what post-divorce. […]

Building a business until it is substantially profitable can take years, so how do you protect business assets after all of that effort? The last thing you want is to split business assets with your ex-spouse during a divorce. This can be a problem in Illinois since in the state marital property and assets are […]