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.  Illinois law changed dramatically in 2017 when Illinois adopted the income-sharing model. Illinois child support law considers the income of both … [Read more...] about Practice Area – Child Support

In Illinois, the child support guidelines changed dramatically in 2017. Before then, we determined  child support on Illinois based on a simple percentage of the non-custodial parent's net income. In 2017, Illinois adopted our income-sharing approach. Illinois law now considers the net income of … [Read more...] about Illinois Child Support Guidelines and the Income Sharing Amendments

Over the past several decades, it has become Illinois has provided ever more tools to help enforce child support obligation. Illinois law has significant penalties for nonpayment including: Civil contempt; Criminal offenses, Suspension of driver's licenses, Suspending hunting and … [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