My background with Justice Anne M. Burke is that she swore me in to practice law in Wisconsin! I agree entirely with Justice Burke's June 14th open letter that follows verbatim! Chief Justice Anne Burke Open Letter 6-14-2021 CHAMBERS OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANNE M. BURKE June 14, 2021 Re: … [Read more...] about Chief Justice Ann Burke’s Open Letter Confirming Support of Remote Court Appearances
Divorce
McHenry County Illinois Court Status and Family Law Division: Zoom Court and Other Procedures
Updated: July 15, 2021. Zoom Court. The divorce courts in McHenry County continue to offer remote appearance for routine matters. This includes family-law cases before Judges Justin Hansen, Jeffrey Hirsch, Mark Facchini and Judge Zalad. See: … [Read more...] about McHenry County Illinois Court Status and Family Law Division: Zoom Court and Other Procedures
Illinois Divorce and Family Law Legislation 2021
2021 Divorce and Family Law Bills Illinois. Executive Summary. As of July 2021, several important pieces of Illinois’ family-law legislation have become law: A host of changes to the child support health insurance provisions within § 505.2: Pub. Act 102-87. New law addressing temporary … [Read more...] about Illinois Divorce and Family Law Legislation 2021
Financial Affidavit Form
Illinois Income Shares legislation, effective since July 1, 2017, renders the currently approved Illinois Supreme Court Form as Obsolete. The form that is in use state-wide and is mandated by the terms of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act has been obsolete since July 1, … [Read more...] about Financial Affidavit Form
Pre-Marital Property – Title Still Matters
Title ownership matters. Even with the changes to the 2016 Illinois law. Its a common misconception that once you are married, half of everything each spouse owns belongs to the other spouse. As a result, people often see little harm in transferring a pre-marital asset titled in their own name … [Read more...] about Pre-Marital Property – Title Still Matters
Income Shares Comes to Illinois
With the passage of income shares legislation (Pub. Act 100-15), Illinois law regarding child support dramatically changes. Prior to the passage of the income shares legislation, Illinois had comprehensive changes to its family laws in virtually all areas other than child support. This is because … [Read more...] about Income Shares Comes to Illinois
