Same Sex Divorce

Illinois was one of the few states that legalized same-sex marriage before the United States Supreme Court made such marriages legal at the federal level. Beginning in 2013, Illinois recognized same-sex marriages, paving the way for greater rights for gay and lesbian...

LGBTQ marriages were legalized throughout all 50 states by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Since then, gay and lesbian couples have been entitled to marriage equality with their heterosexual peers. With marriage equality, of course, comes divorce equality. However,...

Splitting up from your partner is a difficult situation to be in, but it becomes even more complex when there are children involved. The child custody process shouldn't be that much different than it would be in opposite-sex divorces but there are some challenges that...

Things have changed dramatically for same-sex couples over the last half of a decade. Same-sex marriage is now legal everywhere, prohibitions have been removed, and attitudes toward it from the general population have grown more positive than they used to be. That's...