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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 […]

Issues to Consider in an LGBTQ Divorce By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC While same-sex divorces have more in common with opposite-sex divorces than differences, there are also important distinctions concerning same-sex relationships and divorces that LGBTQ couples considering divorce in Chicago should know about. A recent Business Insider article discusses LGBTQ divorces with legal scholar […]