My daughters dad is taking me back to court and I don't live in Il I live in WV and I don't have the money to go there.

Register the order in WV when you can. An attorney can stand in your stead in court, contact one in the county the matter is pending for specific...

Family court or adoption court?

Consent adoption requires BOTH legal parents agree. If this is a situation where Parent 1 and Significant Other of Parent 1 want to adopt the...

My ex is not complying with our Child Custody Judgment.

A common tactic when one side files a contempt petition is to reciprocate in kind. In my experience, however, is that instead of cooling off the...

Can I file an appearance on the family case if I am the step parent?

Short Answer: No. Long Answer: As smart as you are, unless you are a disinterested 3rd party w/ a license to practice in Illinois, or a party...

Can a mother serve the father an order to appear in court, Markham IL?

Don't know the whole story, but since it's Markham I'm going to fathom a guess here: If there's been a support judgment, then she may have...

Spouse has debt of $50,000 from the past year. None of which was spent for me. Can I claim it all as marital dissipation?

When I think if dissipation, I think of marital assets/funds (as opposed to credit lines) used for an improper purpose w/o your knowledge at a time...

Unless you are using the royal "we," it sounds like you already have an attorney. Ask him/her; they have your entire casefile/case history, we...

I am challenging 2 issues with the divorce decree from 2 years earlier as significant changes occured. New unexpected challenge

Here comes the cold water: 1) Your right to appeal/challenge a defect in the judgment from 2 years ago ended 30 days after it was entered. ...

What is the physciatrist eval called where only evaluation is done on one party?

It's called a 215 exam, and per statute there are several stringent requirements that must be plead or the petition is DOA on presentation date. ...

Judge in Kane county Illinois came back with a radical divorce settlement. Now what

If you settled for this, then "that's that" 9 time out of 10. If it was a "recommendation" then you still have the right to trial. Too late to...