Long before there were Amber Alerts on smartphones, pictures of missing children appeared on milk cartons. This program began in neighboring Iowa in the early 1980s. Many people believed strangers had snatched these children. That was true in a few cases. But even today, the…
The process for a quick divorce, which is technically called a simplified divorce, is outlined in Section 452 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Statutes. In a nutshell, couples without children, assets, or debts might be eligible for this streamlined procedure if they totally agree…
Signing a child’s birth certificate is a symbolic step toward paternity acknowledgement, but it is only symbolic. A Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity is the first official step in this process. However, a VAP only establishes an administrative parent-child relationship, mostly for child support purposes. To establish a…
Pretty much everyone agrees that digital harassment is wrong and free expression is right. Largely because the internet is rather impersonal, digital harassment comes in many forms, such as name-calling, intentional embarrassment, stalking, and sustained harassment. But where does someone draw the line between bullying…
In ye olden days, divorce petitioners had to prove cruelty, abandonment, adultery, or another kind of marital misconduct by a preponderance of the evidence, or more likely than not. So, if a petitioner had insufficient evidence, the judge could easily deny the request. But Illinois…
Most divorces involve some level of stress and even animosity between spouses. Unfortunately, this is a normal part of the process that you must push past. In other divorces, one spouse can be entirely against the idea of a divorce and refuse to sign divorce…
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