Illinois Family Law Insider
All about navigating Family Law in Illinois — your trusted source for expert answers on divorce, child custody, support calculations, and all family legal matters. Each episode features Managing Partner Katie Vandeusen having meaningful conversations with our seasoned attorneys who break down complex issues into practical guidance.
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Illinois Family Law Insider
Latest Episodes
Illinois Child Support: How to Protect Yourself in Court - #85
Illinois child support has four inputs: both incomes, number of kids, overnights, and add-on expenses. Most parents focus on the first two. The variable that shifts the payment most by hundreds of dollars per month is overnights. The 146-overni...
What Gray Divorce Actually Costs After 50 Years Old in Illinois - #84
Most people going through a gray divorce in Illinois focus on attorney's fees. The cost that actually shocks clients is the QDROs.Combined with health insurance, withdrawal penalties, housing costs, and indefinite maintenance for 20+ yea...
Illinois Child Support: Your Rights When You Were Never Married - #83
If you were never married to your child's other parent in Illinois, you might assume child support works differently for you. It doesn't.In this episode, we break down the paternity gate, how the formula actually works, the two paths to ...
Illinois Divorce: What Happens When Your Spouse Won't Cooperate - #82
A contested divorce in Illinois has four stages — filing, temporary orders, discovery, and trial. Everyone talks about the trial. Almost nobody talks about the stage that actually shapes the outcome: temporary orders. One hearing, early in the ...
Illinois Divorce Mediation: The Trap Most People Walk Into - #81
Mediation saves most Illinois couples fifty to eighty percent compared to court. It's faster, it's confidential, and you make the decisions. But mediation can also work against you — and nobody talks about that enough. When one spou...