The Illinois Family Lawyer

Commentary on the practice of family law (and other riveting subjects) from a Chicago lawyer

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

A nice overview of long-term care insurance in today's Sun-Times.

Here's a story about a Divorce 101 class being offered by Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg. Looks like a good class although I'd like to see more marriage classes rather than those where divorce is presumed.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Here's a piece about using spying technology to monitor your spouse's computer habits. The piece talks about trying to catch your spouse cheating. My thought about it is that in Illinois this stuff doesn't matter..."fault" isn't relevant. This stuff still is important in some of the so-called "fault" states.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Once you've been held in contempt of court, you need to be doing what a judge tells you or you may be going to jail. If it's pay child support, do it; keep a job diary, do it; come to court, do it. If not, you're going to be in jail and that doesn't do anyone any good.