Divorce is never an easy topic, but if you’re facing a divorce, it’s important to address the matter head-on. The sooner you consult with an experienced local divorce lawyer in Chicago, the better positioned you’ll be to protect your financial and parental rights. The fact is that the terms of your divorce can reverberate far into your future, and carefully attending to the details from the outset is the best way to proceed with increased confidence.
Your divorce will not be exactly like anyone else’s, but there are some divorce basics that pertain to every Illinois divorce. These include:
The formidable Chicago divorce lawyers at WARD FAMILY LAW have extensive experience helping clients like you obtain divorce terms that support both their rights and their unique needs. We’re also here for you, so please don’t hesitate to contact us for more information 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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