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Planning for Retirement: How Divorce Can Impact Your Retirement Plans By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC Planning for retirement after a divorce in the Chicago area can be complicated. You should know that, for many Chicago area residents, a divorce will result in the distribution of most if not all your retirement accounts. To be sure, Illinois […]

Top Questions to Ask a Divorce Attorney By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC When you are planning for a divorce in Chicago, you should be carefully thinking about the division of marital property. Under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (IMDMA), marital assets and debts are divided based on a rule of equitable distribution. […]

Access to Courts During Coronavirus Pandemic By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC Agreed Orders. If parties can reach agreements on any pending issues in their case, including financial or temporary matters, such as parenting time orders, support orders, or any other agreements, those agreements can be entered by the Court. The agreement will need to be […]

How Does Coronavirus Affect Parenting Time? By: Gordon & Perlut, LLC COVID-19 and restrictions caused by this pandemic are creating additional problems for many parents who are subject to the terms of Court-ordered parenting time schedules. The biggest challenge is many parents are concerned about exchanging children for parenting time during travel bans because they […]