Can I choose to live with my father who only has visitation rights at 16?

your father could file a petition to have you live with him under 750 ilcs 5/610.5. you may not file anything since you are a minor. once you...

Can my 17 year old grandson choose to live with his father? His mother has always been custodial parent.

no, the boy may not decide. a judge may if the parents do not agree. the father should file a petition to modify parenting time. he would have to...

Can a wife gambling and forging a husband's signature on checks considered in a divorce in the state of Illinois?

yes it can if a notice of a claim of dissipation is made pursuant to 750 ilcs 5/503.

illinois no longer has any fault grounds. none. irreconcilable differences and a six moth separation is all that is needed anywhere in the state.

you should get a child psychologist to testify for you as to the developmental stages of infants and how they form attachments. how they need...

How should I handle the situation ?

you must obey court orders. you and she must keep child safe and in school. ask her to visit only in illinois. if she refuses, you risk contempt...

Child support confusion?

welcome to the confusing world of dept of healthcare and family services child support morass. damn near impossible to figure out or to get a real...

Can judges grant maintenance based on their own method or rule of thumb or do they have to follow the statute guidelines?

the guidelines are not mandatory. the judge could deviate from them but must explain why. if you do not now have a lawyer, you sure need one.

it stops the clock on the time for calculation for maintenance which is the illinois word for alimony. it does not stop anything else.

if what you wrote about the court order is correct, i do not know that, then yes, you may stop visits unless they occur in il. but what if he...