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Tracking Divorce Rates by the Season By M. Scott Gordon Do Chicago area residents tend to file for divorce with more frequency during specific time of the year? While it might not immediately sound likely, divorce rates do tend to spike during particular seasons. According to a recent article from Bloomberg, a new study conducted […]

How “Gray Divorce” Impacts Women Differently By M. Scott Gordon Over the last couple of decades, researchers have identified a trend in divorce rates and older adults. In short, more people over the age of 50 are getting divorced, according to a recent article in Forbes Magazine, and this phenomenon is known as “gray divorce.” […]

Spousal Maintenance and Your Mortgage By M. Scott Gordon When your divorce is finalized, will spousal support obligations—known in Illinois as “maintenance” (alimony), have an impact on your ability to obtain a mortgage? Spousal support payments can impact home loans both for payor spouses as well as for payee spouses. In other words, it is […]

Making Insurance Changes After Divorce in Chicago By M. Scott Gordon When you are in the process of filing for divorce in Chicago, or the surrounding area, you probably are not thinking a lot about various insurance issues that may be impacted by the dissolution of your marriage. Although divorce can be extremely difficult emotionally […]