A charge or accusation of domestic violence in Illinois may be confusing to you if you have never reacted physically against a member of your household. Your confusion is understandable, as the general term includes a wider range of behaviors than a strict...
Part of divorcing is deciding who gets what and how to deal with certain property. For example, you will have to decide everything from who gets the living room furniture to which of you is keeping the dog. For some property, it is easy to make these kinds of...
We all make mistakes, and our mistakes often come with unwanted consequences. What’s important is how we learn and recover. We don’t want to make the same mistakes again, and we want to get ourselves back on our feet as fast as possible, especially if our...
The concept of self defense seems relatively simple to understand. If you are attacked, you have the right to use a degree of force to protect yourself from injury. However, a behavior may only fall under the classification of self defense in certain situations. Here...
From an emotional point of view, family law matters can be very difficult. Whether someone is struggling with the outcome of a dispute over child custody or they are worried about child support payments, alimony, property division or some other issue, family law can...
If your pet is a beloved member of your family and you and your spouse will soon get an Illinois divorce, which of you gets custody of the pet? Believe it or not, if you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse cannot agree on which of you the pet will live with after your...
