When it comes to premarital or non-marital property, title matters. It's 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 into … [Read more...] about Pre-Marital Property – Title Still Matters
Divorce
Don’t Cancel Spouse’s Health Insurance
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
There are two questions that divorce lawyers cannot easily answer: How much will it cost? How long will it take? That's because almost all divorce cases are unique. The primary driver of cost in a divorce case relates to the level of litigiousness of parties to a divorce. I have read … [Read more...] about Primary Driver of Divorce Cost
Mediation for Other Issues
Mediation has gone from completely overlooked to mandatory for disputes involving children in divorce and parentage cases. In Illinois, 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 … [Read more...] about Mediation for Other Issues
