If you are facing an issue related to your family, such as a divorce, child custody or child support modification, alimony, maintenance, paternity, or anything else, it’s a serious matter because it affects your family. Because it is such an important issue to you and your children, it’s always in your best interest to work closely with one of the best family law attorneys near Chicago.
Every divorce or family law matter has its own unique circumstances and involves its own unique family members, but there are specific matters that every divorce must address (as applicable), including:
Any one of these matters can significantly affect you and your children’s future, and all should be given the careful consideration they deserve.
Issues related to family law are important issues that are worthy of professional legal guidance, and the dedicated family law attorneys at WARD FAMILY LAW near Chicago have the experience, compassion, and focus you seek. For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us today.
I knew we were going to have a custody battle from day one. It was going to be mean and messy and expensive and long. I did not know if I could handle it but I had to do it for my kids. Jennifer litigated my case to the end - we had an attorney for the kids, we had psych evaluations, we had reports for the Judge, we had court date after court date. She was strategic, smart, planned well ahead, and kept on top of everything. Thanks to her and her legal eagles my kids are in a…
We were not married but had two kids and we were both listed as the parents on the birth certificates. What I did not know at the time was that the birth certificate (for parents who are not married) does not count in Chicago! You have to have a paternity test or have signed some special paperwork at the hospital that we did not know about at the time. Ward Family Law prepared the court filings so that we could establish our parental rights. Thank you!
At the end of my divorce case I realized that the paperwork required us to provide the court with a Qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) in order for our retirement and investment accounts to be divided as we had agreed. The problem was that we did not have them done in time. Jennifer and her team stepped in and handled contacting the plan administrators, completing the draft QDROs, submitting them for pre-approval of everyone and then presenting them to the court. While we had hoped this was super easy there were a lot of steps and a lot of things…
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