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How Do I Protect My Business From My Ex? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC Contested Divorce And Business Assets Going through a contested divorce in which asset division has become an extremely contentious issue can be frustrating and challenging for both spouses involved. Under Illinois law, courts will classify property as marital property or separate […]

Who Pays For College Expenses In A Divorce Settlement? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC Divorce and College Expenses When you are planning for a divorce and you are thinking about child support payments, you should know that Illinois uses an “income shares” model to determine child support obligations. What this means is that the court […]

Can My Ex Get Part of My Social Security Income If We Divorce? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC Protecting Social Security Income If you are planning to file for divorce in the Chicago area and you are nearing retirement age, you likely have questions and concerns about your retirement benefits and your Social Security income. […]

How Do I File for Legal Separation in Illinois? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC Legal separation in Illinois is often preferable to married couples over divorce for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes a couple has religious reasons for wanting to avoid a divorce, but the parties still want to live apart from one another […]