Gunnar J. Gitlin will be a featured speaker for two upcoming seminars! First, he will present at the IICLE's Martin Luther King Day Seminar 2021, " Business Valuation, Financial & Tax Issues in Divorce: Defining & Understanding Income. He will be the opening speaker providing the case-law … [Read more...] about Gunnar J. Gitlin will lecture for IICLE’s Martin Luther King Day seminar and the ISBA’s Guardian ad litem Seminar
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Gitlin Law Firm Receives Ranking from U.S. NEWS – BEST LAWYERS® ‘BEST LAW FIRMS’ 2021
Gitlin Law Firm is pleased to announce that we have been selected as a ‘Best Law Firm’ in the area of Family Law for the Chicago region by U.S. News annually for the past decade! To be selected, a rigorous evaluation process initiated that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, … [Read more...] about Gitlin Law Firm Receives Ranking from U.S. NEWS – BEST LAWYERS® ‘BEST LAW FIRMS’ 2021
McHenry County Illinois Court Status and Family Law Division: Zoom Court and Other Procedures
Effective December 1, 2020, remote appearance is strongly encouraged by the 22nd Circuit, and is the only option in some courtrooms. Below is a listing of courtrooms which offer or require remote appearance for select appearances. This includes family-law matters before Judges Hansen, Hirsch, and … [Read more...] about McHenry County Illinois Court Status and Family Law Division: Zoom Court and Other Procedures
Gitlin on Divorce: 2020 Edition Available, 2021 Edition Coming Soon.
The 2020 version is now available of Gitlin on Divorce: A Guide to Illinois Family Law. By way of background, from 2015 to 2019 nearly all of Illinois statutory law has changed. These changes include: 2015: Original maintenance guidelines. 2016: 8-year process of updating Illinois … [Read more...] about Gitlin on Divorce: 2020 Edition Available, 2021 Edition Coming Soon.
New McHenry County Standing Order Re Mediation
Procedures in the Family Division for Mediation Pursuant to the Continuity of Operations COVID-19 Protocols IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and while the court is operating under the Circuit's Pandemic Continuity of Operations Plan and hearing only essential matters … [Read more...] about New McHenry County Standing Order Re Mediation
Remote Prove-ups
The impact of coronavirus on our court system has impacted the ability of the parties to a divorce to get their actual divorce. I will discuss new rules / standing orders in certain counties that allow for remote prove-ups in divorce case. This post will address the reason why prove-ups should no … [Read more...] about Remote Prove-ups