Question: A couple months ago my ex-wife got angry at me, picked our son up from school and took him to live with her. He is unhappy with her and refuses to go back after spending the weekend with me so I am currently keeping him. What is my first …
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Question: My ex-wife is the custodial parent of our son and lives with both of her parents, a sibling and a boyfriend. Can the gross income of her “housemates” be taken into consideration as income of the household when calculating child support?
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To our readers, We understand the holiday season is often not so merry for many of you. Some of you are still trying to cope with being single again while everyone else around you is so joyous. You might even be spending Christmas morning away from your kids for the first …
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One of the more confusing aspects of the divorce process is figuring out how to sort out retirement accounts during the division of assets. A common end-of-divorce task is the drafting and implementation of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order – the legal document that instructs a retirement plan administrator on …
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On Jan. 1, 2016, the state of Illinois will overhaul its divorce law – known as the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act – for the first time since 1977. One of the major changes in the overhaul will be the elimination of at-fault divorce grounds. Now, the only …
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Question: My ex-wife has consistently been late on our home loan payments and I would like to file for contempt of court. What is the process for doing so?
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Question: Currently, I am going through a divorce. When we started the process I was making substantially more than I am now and my wife’s attorney calculated child support based on that amount. Since then my hours have been cut nearly I half and I will not be able to …
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Question: My 16-year-old daughter lives with my ex-wife and wants to move in with me. Can her mother prevent this? At the time of my divorce I was devastated and ended up with a bad custody arrangement.
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Over the last two months, much of the content on DadsDivorce has been devoted to helping divorced fathers survive the holiday season. We’ve covered different ways you can build new holiday traditions, explained how meditation can be used to cope with holiday stress, spoken with experts about guiding your children …
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The dissolution of a marriage has several major tax considerations. There are questions about who can take the deduction on the sale of the marital home. Is child support or spousal support deductible?
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