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Can I File for an Annulment Instead of a Divorce? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC When you are struggling with your marriage, you may be thinking about how to end your legal relationship with your spouse. For various reasons, some Chicago area residents want to be able to end the marriage without having to say […]

Parenting Time and the Right of First Refusal By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC When you have minor children from a marriage or a relationship and you are planning to get divorced or separate from your partner, parental responsibilities will need to be allocated between you and the child’s other parent. Under Illinois law, parental responsibilities […]

How is Child Custody Decided in Illinois? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC Whether you are just beginning the process of filing for a divorce with minor children from your marriage, or you are planning a separation from a partner with whom you share at least one minor child, you are very likely wondering: How is […]

Should I Allege Fault in My Divorce Petition? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC For quite some time, in order to get divorced, many states required the spouse petitioning for the divorce to allege fault-based grounds for filing. Until recently, although Illinois had a “no fault” option for filing for divorce, it still permitted the party […]