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New Study Shows Divorce Hurts Retirement Finances but Single Women Fare Better By: M. Scott Gordon If you are thinking about filing for divorce in Chicago but have concerns about how dissolving your marriage will affect your retirement funds, it is important to know that divorce does often change wealth calculations for retirement. However, according […]

Telling Your Children that Mom and Dad are Divorcing By: M. Scott Gordon Divorce can be emotionally traumatic for the adults involved. Now imagine how disorientating it is for your children. One day they have both of their parents at home, and the next either Mom or Dad will move out and live in their […]

Grandparents and Visitation: What to do if You are Denied Visits By: M. Scott Gordon Obtaining a visitation order is a sometimes an uphill climb for grandparents. Although Illinois law explicitly allows grandparents to seek visitation, they must show that a denial of visitation will cause undue mental, emotional, or physical harm to their grandchildren. […]

Enforcing Property Division Orders after Divorce By: M. Scott Gordon Divorce itself can be a long, drawn out process, especially contested divorces where spouses cannot agree on how to divide marital property. Once you finally receive the judge’s order, you might breathe a sigh of relief and believe this particularly stressful chapter of your life […]