Child Support And Maintenance

You may be wondering whether child support will be enough to help you pay for your child's college expenses. In Illinois, those expenses are not solely your responsibility. You may petition the court for financial support from the other parent.  State law says that...

You already know that you must likely pay your former spouse child support, but you do not know the specific amount. What factors determine how much you must pay? Turn to Forbes for the answers you need to create a post-divorce budget. Being well-informed helps set...

Child support may act as a source of income to provide a reasonable living for your child, so it might feel like the floor is dropping out from you when those payments stop coming in. You might feel angry, anxious or even retaliatory in your search to find a quick...

When you fall behind on child support, it can lead to many financial and legal issues, which is the motivation to stay current on your payments. However, if you are in jail or prison, you may not have the ability to make enough money to pay your ordered support...

Determining the identity of a child’s father in Illinois can be vitally important to the child’s and both parents’ financial and mental health. Illinois law makes both parents responsible for the child’s welfare, and thus, a reliable identification of the father is...

Needing to modify a child support order, or child custody order, can be stressful, however, the family law process provides resources to help parents with modifications following their divorce. Life changes after divorce which is why the family law process can help...

Married couples and unmarried couples alike in Illinois oftentimes find themselves in a difficult position: ready to end their relationships. For an infinite number of reasons, sometimes relationships just don’t work out. However, when couples separate and they have...

There are always couples who have called into question the biological parentage of their children. Perhaps one woman slept with a different man during her marriage and got pregnant. Maybe there is a question about the legitimacy of the child and their relation to the...

Child support is something most divorcing couples talk about when they have children. Whichever party has the children more often may be entitled to child support, so that their children can live in a more financially stable home. Child support is paid by those who do...

Child support is typically paid by the parent who has visitation (but not primary custody) and sees their child less often. Their child may live with them only a couple days a week or just as often as with the other parent. For parents who have custody more often,...