Many people do not know that the parties themselves have almost exclusive control over issues like property division in a high-asset divorce. Roughly 95% of divorce cases settle out of court. Judges usually encourage these settlements for various reasons. So, they usually approve almost any…
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…
The overall divorce rate is lower than it has been since the no-fault revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. But among couples over 60, the divorce rate is at an all-time high. As outlined below, these marriage dissolutions have some rather unique financial aspects. The…
Those are probably four words you never thought you would see together in the same sentence of a legal blog. Yet the saga of Frank and Jamie McCourt, the former owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is one of the best lessons in the nuts…
Successful military campaigns require things like ample supplies, high morale, and effective leadership. The initiative, however, might be the most important thing of all. The side that moves aggressively, perhaps by taking the high ground, often prevails. Similarly, success in a family law case often…
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