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How Does Legal Separation Work in Chicago? By: M. Scott Gordon When Chicago residents are considering divorce, most decide to separate, which often involves one of the spouses moving out of the marital home and into a new residence. In some cases, these married couples might have heard that they should seek a legal separation […]

College Expenses and Divorce: Are Students from Divorced Homes Getting the Fairest Deal? By: M. Scott Gordon In case you did not know, Illinois law (750 ILCS 5/513) can require parents to provide educational expenses for a non-minor child following a divorce. In other words, under Illinois law, child support obligations do not always end […]

New Study Suggests Divorce May Be Hereditary By M. Scott Gordon Are some people in the Chicago area predisposed to divorce? In other words, no matter how carefully we consider issues of marriage, are some of us more likely to get divorced than others as a result of genetics? According to a recent article in […]

Learning More About Child Relocation After Divorce By: M. Scott Gordon Once your Chicago divorce has been finalized and you have a parenting plan or allocation judgment in place, you might be thinking about moving to a new house or even to a new state. As a brief reminder, under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution […]