Maintenance (Alimony)

The Illinois maintenance (alimony) guidelines have been subject to more continual changes from 2015 through 2019 than in any other area of Illinois divorce law.  We have had significant amendments to the Illinois law regarding maintenance every year from 2015 through 2019.  2015 brought to Illinois … [Read more...] about Illinois Maintenance Guidelines including the Critical 2019 Amendments

Illinois statutory law regarding maintenance provides for termination based on “resident, continuing, conjugal cohabitation." And in 2016, Illinois clarified its cohabitation statute. It's now crystal clear that where a party receiving maintenance cohabits with another person in a marriage-like … [Read more...] about Illinois Termination of Maintenance Due to Conjugal Cohabitation

Since January 1, 2015, Illinois has been the only state in the union to adopt strict quantitative formula in determining maintenance. … [Read more...] about Illinois Maintenance Guidelines Applied: One Size Fits None

Over the years, I have written on the trends in maintenance cases. And in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, at least once each year, Illinois statutory law has been amended regarding maintenance. Illinois law regarding maintenance awards had been based on the facts and circumstances of the case. But … [Read more...] about Trends in Illinois Maintenance Awards 2020