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Spousal Maintenance and Your Taxes By: M. Scott Gordon If you pay spousal maintenance (also commonly known as alimony), how does this affect your taxes? Under new Illinois divorce statute (effective January 1, 2016) (Public Act 09-0961), courts in Chicago and throughout Illinois now follow a formula for determining spousal maintenance if a couple’s combined […]

Illinois Inn Fined for Refusal to Host Civil Union Ceremony By: M. Scott Gordon If you want to have a civil union ceremony in Chicago, are you free to rent any location you choose, or can an establishment in the Chicago area refuse to host a civil union ceremony by claiming that “homosexuality is immoral […]

Difficulties with Child Support Collections Enforcement By: M. Scott Gordon For many Chicago residents who are having difficulty with child support collections, the fact that Chicago needs money to fund its child support enforcement program is no longer surprising. Indeed, we have previously discussed Cook County State’s Attorney’s plans to seek funding from the federal […]

Financial Pitfalls of “Gray” Divorce By: M. Scott Gordon The pitfalls of filing for divorce at any age are discussed with some frequency in Chicago, Cook County and the surrounding areas. In recent years, scholars and legal practitioners have begun to discuss the implications of divorce when you are already retired. According to a recent […]