Child Support in Illinois Divorce Cases

Child support is a key issue in divorce and parentage cases involving minor children. Often tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars are at stake.  In 2017 Illinois adopted the income-sharing model. Illinois child support law considers 1) income of both parents and 2) how parenting time is allocated … [Read more...] about Practice Area – Child Support

Illinois child support guidelines changed dramatically in 2017. Before then, we determined child support in Illinois based on a simple percentage of the non-custodial parent's net income. Illinois now follows an income-sharing approach. The Illinois guidelines consider: 1) the net income of both … [Read more...] about Illinois Child Support Guidelines and the Income Sharing Amendments

Over the past several decades, Illinois has provided ever more tools to help enforce child support obligations. Potential penalties for nonpayment of child support in Illinois include: Civil contempt Criminal offenses Suspension of driver's licenses Suspending hunting and fishing … [Read more...] about Non-payment of Child Support

If a parent does not pay child support, the other parent will need to enforce the order to get the child support. Illinois law provides a variety of means to help collect child support. How big a problem is collection of child support? Big! According to the U.S. Census Bureau about one-third … [Read more...] about Child Support Enforcement