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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 […]

August is Child Support Awareness Month. The Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services (HFS) recently issued a press release that emphasized some of the talks and activities associated with Child Support Awareness Month, including efforts to improve child support collections in Chicago and throughout the state. What else do you need to know about […]

Divorce and Family Pets By M. Scott Gordon When couples in Chicago file for divorce, we often hear about issues that arise from friends and family members, such as spousal maintenance worries or concerns about how the court will determine the allocation of parental responsibilities (formerly known as child custody). Couples also have anxieties about […]