Family Law

By the time your marriage officially folded, you’d long mentally and emotionally moved on. Now that you’re no longer living with your spouse, you’d like to re-enter the dating scene – or maybe you’ve already found a new love interest. Dating before your divorce is...

Reaching the point where you realize that you want a divorce can be difficult. When you do finally realize that divorce is likely the only solution for your family, you then have to start thinking about the future. The first stages of divorce planning will occur...

The decision to get divorced is rarely easy. Neither is finding out from your spouse that your marriage is over. But whether you initiated the divorce or not, sooner or later you will have to tell your relatives what is going on. Your children, parents and other loved...

In Illinois, it is possible for stepparents to adopt their stepchildren under some circumstances. Doing so may be beneficial because it provides familial stability and makes sure that the stepchildren will remain with the stepparent in the case of their biological...