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Legal changes over the past years have affected the way spousal support or maintenance is calculated in Illinois. Maintenance, once known as alimony, is a post-divorce payment from one spouse to the other to help provide a financial equalizer, especially when there is...
There are a number of reasons why people in Illinois may decide to end their marriage, but some are more common than others. One study examined people who had participated in a premarital communication program but later divorced; they were asked about the reasons for...
The dawn of the new year in 2019 will also mean the introduction of new tax rules that could significantly affect Illinois couples planning on divorce. The end of 2018 will also be the end of alimony tax rules that have remained settled for decades; while the change...
When parents in Illinois get a divorce, they might know that the ideal is a cooperative, communicative co-parenting relationship. However, despite these good intentions, in some cases, there may simply be too much conflict for this to be successful. Since research has...
When parents in Illinois are going through a divorce, one may be worried about the child's safety with the other parent. This was the case for one parent who said the child's mother drank too much. When they separated, she took their 7-year-old son and cut off contact...
When Illinois parents decide to divorce, it is often a step taken after extensive thought and deliberation. Foremost in the mind of many parents is a concern about the emotional and psychological well-being of their kids following a parental divorce. The period...
Financial issues are one of the main reasons people in Illinois might experience marital discord. A survey by SunTrust Bank found that more than one-third of respondents said money is their main source of conflict in their relationship. People with higher credit...
People in Illinois who are in opposite-sex marriages and who work in a field that is dominated by the opposite sex may be at a higher risk of divorce than those who work in fields that are more mixed or dominated by their own sex. This was the conclusion of a study...
Older adults in Illinois may be more likely to divorce than the same age group was in 1990, and the risk may be even higher if the marriage is not the first or if it has not lasted very long. Compared to that year, the nationwide divorce rate for people who are 50 or...
When people in Illinois think about divorce, they may not consider the tax implications. However, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed into law in December 2017, has several significant effects on how taxes are handled for divorced people. One of the most important...