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(c) Can Stock Photo The process of determining custody of minor children in a divorce or a paternity situation often involves a Guardian ad Litem. What in the world is a Guardian ad Litem, and why is one needed, is the topic of this blog piece. Begin armed with...
(c) Can Stock Photo A Power of Attorney is a document by which one person (the principal) can appoint another person (the agent) to act on the principal’s behalf in regard to financial and property matters (Property Power of Attorney) and health care and personal...
(c) Can Stock Photo For many people, going through a divorce seems like an endless tunnel with the light that seems like a long time coming. When the light does come, and the process is over, the last thing a person might want to do is to think about death. You are...
(c) Can Stock Photo What can a divorce attorney tell you about having a successful marriage? They can say a lot actually. We see all kinds of marriages, including those on the risk of falling apart, those entirely broken and those hanging on by a thread. ...
(c) Can Stock Photo While many in Illinois flooded to their assessor’s office to prepay their property tax bill due to the reduction of the property tax deduction on their Federal tax returns, the recent tax reform act enacted by Congress and signed by President Trump...
(c) Can Stock Photo Many people may not realize, including some attorneys, that each installment of overdue support owed by a noncustodial parent becomes a lien by operation of law against the real and personal property of the noncustodial parent. That means that...
(c) Can Stock Photo As a new year comes, so do the effective dates of many new statutes that Illinois has passed in 2017. Several of these laws involve family law matters. Pet Custody The first and most talked about change is the authority for courts to now determine...
(c) Can Stock Photo Over the last several years, the issue of pets in family law situations has drawn an increase in attention. First, pets were allowed to be protected under an Order of Protection and possession be granted to one of the parties. Starting January 1,...
(c) Can Stock Photo Kids everywhere wait in anxious anticipation for the holidays, in particular, Christmas, because it means endless cookies, get-togethers with family, and most of all – presents! For the children of the separated or newly divorced parents, however,...
Roman Seckel recently spoke at the Kane County Bar Association annual family law seminar on November 16, 2017, at the Eaglebrook Country Club in Geneva, Illinois. His addressed the issue of Standing for Non-Parents in Guardianship and Allocation of Parental...