Don't cancel the health insurance for your spouse just yet. While it does not happen often, there are cases were as soon as a divorce starts, one spouse cancels a group health insurance plan for the other spouse. Usually, this is a serious financial mistake. First, the cancellation probably should … [Read more...] about Don’t Cancel Spouse’s Health Insurance
Primary Driver of Divorce Cost
My father-in-law tells a joke involving two landowners in Ireland having a dispute. Each hires his own lawyer and files against the other. The lawyers meet for lunch. One lawyer leans over to the other and says "What we have here are two birds in fine feathers. You pluck yours and I'll pluck … [Read more...] about Primary Driver of Divorce Cost
Mediation for Other Issues
Mediation has gone from completely overlooked to mandatory for certain subjects in most of Illinois. In McHenry County, if there is any dispute regarding what we used to call custody or visitation [now referred to as allocation of parenting time or allocation of parental responsibility], the … [Read more...] about Mediation for Other Issues
Self-employed Child Support Enforcement
Beginning January 1, 2013 self-employed child support obligors who fail to pay support could be subject to additional requirements. If found guilty of contempt for non-payment of child support, the court can now order the self-employed obligor to seek employment and periodically report to the … [Read more...] about Self-employed Child Support Enforcement
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