Posted on September 06, 2013 in Family Law

Usually when a marriage ends, people call it a divorce, but there is actually another option to take when ending a marriage. A couple can also legally end their marriage with a dissolution. With an annulment, on the other hand, it's as if the marriage never happened in the first place.

In both a divorce and a marriage dissolution, a court judge legally ends the marriage with a formal judicial decree. The difference in divorce and marriage dissolution, however, is that in a dissolution of a marriage, the two spouses choose to end the marriage mutually and agree on how to divide assets. In divorce, one spouse chooses to divorce the other and there are often arguments over assets, children and other important parts of the marriage.

If you and your spouse have chosen to dissolve your marriage, you must file a joint petition to the court. The petition must also be accompanied by a plan for dividing marital assets, proving that you agree on the division. After the required length of time for a waiting period, the petition will be reviewed by a judge. The judge will double-check everything, then end the marriage completely.

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 Posted on September 04, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on August 31, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on August 30, 2013 in Family Law

Whether you were married for a year or 20 years, you have been out of the dating game for a while. The divorce is final and you just want to get back to being yourself again and enjoying life. According to the Huffington Post, reentering the dating game requires some tact and rules.

Dating vs. Therapy

You have to remember that a date is not a therapy session. The point is to have some fun while getting to know someone new. Don’t take your ex on the date with you. In other words, you don’t want to spend the whole time talking about why your marriage failed and detailing all the things that your ex did to hurt you.

 Keep the Kids in their Place

You are just dating, not shopping for a replacement spouse. No matter how excited you are about being single and dating again, these are not things that you should be discussing with your kids. The kids may seem like they are taking the divorce extremely well but remember, the family unit that they once knew is no more. Consider their feelings and let the kids stay in a kid's place.

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 Posted on August 26, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on August 22, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on August 20, 2013 in Family Law

According to new research from economist Enrico Moretti, parents of first-born girls are more likely to divorce. The researcher began his study with an interest in whether a child’s sex had any impact on the parent’s chances of getting divorced. Moretti partnered with prominent economist Gordon B.Dahl to uncover the potential links. A steady stream of divorce research has helped to make connections with leading causes for divorce, the emotional impacts of divorce, and what encourages individuals to stay in marriages versus make the step forward with divorce.

After reviewing U.S. Census data between 1960 and 2000, Moretti and Dahl discovered that families with first-born sons were less likely to divorce when compared with those whose first born was a girl. The researchers also uncovered another interesting aspect of a child’s sex: parents with first-born sons are also less likely to have more children. Moretti links this to a perceived demand for male children by arguing that these families with first-born sons feel less pressure to continue having children.

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 Posted on August 18, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on August 14, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on August 11, 2013 in Family Law

In order to fully implement a bird’s nest custody, you need to understand what implications it poses. This type of arrangement is where the parents center their decisions around their children, and not the other way round. What this means is that in the event of divorce, the children will not move with either of the parents, but will continue to reside in the same place, while the parents will alternate homes to care for the children. A compassionate DuPage County divorce attorney can take time to make you understand the implications of this type of arrangement that include making several important decisions, such as where each parent will live when they are not with the children. One cannot go far from the children; otherwise they will not be able to effectively play their role in the arrangement.

Since the children are the focus of the bird’s nest arrangement, the parents, being adults, see themselves through the trials of the divorce. This type of arrangement is recommended for parents who have equal custody of their children.

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