You have to meet certain requirements to file for divorce in Illinois. One of them is that you have to live separately from your spouse for at least six months. The courts can waive that requirement in some situations, such as when both spouses agree. Many people...
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Setting boundaries can be crucial for co-parents
Co-parenting after divorce can be a challenge. That said, when parents continue to be active participants in their child's life and are respectful of each other, the arrangement can benefit everyone. To make the situation easier, parents can set some healthy...
Is your spouse hiding assets?
You know that you must have a firm understanding of your assets when you file for divorce. This allows you to get a fair split under the current laws. To help, you begin looking into your assets a bit more deeply than you have before. What you find is that, since you...
Should I file for divorce now or later?
Layoffs, shutdowns, reduced work hours and childcare challenges have affected nearly everyone’s lives over the past year due to the pandemic. For couples already experiencing marital difficulties when the stay-at-home orders began, life became even more complicated....
Could children benefit from their parents divorcing?
When people talk about the effects of divorce on children, the focus is almost always on the negative. Children might lash out, develop anxiety, become alienated from their parents or start struggling at school. However, those short-term hiccups in happiness and...
Mistakes to avoid after your divorce
Divorce can best be seen as an opportunity for growth. Learning from your mistakes can be a way to turn a divorce from something that could feel like the loss of a dream and a failure into a springboard to a happier future. That only works, however, if you avoid some...
How to reduce divorce stress
A divorce is one of the most stressful situations a person can go through. Did you know that even the human body has a negative response to divorce? Studies have shown that the stress of a divorce can compromise the immune system, which leaves people at a greater risk...
The financial implications that women don’t anticipate when they divorce
An online survey conducted by Worthy in 2018 captured how 46% of divorcing women noted that the end of their marriage brought with it some unexpected financial consequences. At least 22% of the 1,785 women polled by researchers were 55 or over. What factors tended to...
These are 2 possible impacts of your grey divorce
As you get older, your life changes. You may start to think about what you want to do in retirement or about starting a new career. If you and your spouse aren’t on the same page, then part of moving forward may be letting go of your relationship. If you have decided...
Can you have a low-conflict divorce?
One concern that people often have when facing divorce is the prospect of having a high-conflict case. They do not want to go through that, they don’t want to put their children through it, and they really hope they can keep conflict to a minimum while focusing on...
