Posted on October 31, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on October 28, 2012 in Family Law

Illinois law offers divorces in two ways: those where a specific reason is given (“grounds), and those where no reason is given (“irreconcilable differences”). Before filing for an Illinois divorce it is important to discuss with your attorney the best course of action for citing a reason, as giving a reason with grounds could present burden of proof issues that could affect the outcome of the divorce dependent on the intent of your ex-spouse.

In Illinois we use the term "irreconcilable differences" to describe what others know as a "no fault" divorce. No-fault divorce is a divorce in which the dissolution of a marriage does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court or other court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party to the marriage, without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the respondent has committed a breach of the marital contract.

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 Posted on October 27, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on October 24, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on October 21, 2012 in Family Law

According to the chtribune, a new study has discovered that arranged marriages are not always necessarily unhappy. Contrary to common belief, they can be just as satisfying as free-choice marriages.

The study was done by a team of researchers at California State University who looked at the marriages of 58 Indian-Americans in the United States. 28 of the participants had an arranged marriage and the remaining 30 had married of their own free will. All the participants completed questionnaires concerning, for example, love and relationship satisfaction. It was discovered that there were no differences in the results between the two groups.

While the discovery was surprising, there are many explanations for it. For instance, even countries, such as India, which have a strong tradition of arranged marriage are not as strict about it anymore. Nowadays, families may “offer” more than one possible candidate for their child and he or she can choose the one they like the most. Therefore, it’s possible that the arranged marriages in the study were actually these more modern types of matrimonies. Secondly, the study was relatively small and arranged marriages in the U.S. most likely differ from arranged marriages in more traditional societies.

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 Posted on October 21, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on October 19, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on October 16, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on October 16, 2012 in Family Law

There was an article in the chtribune about a recently divorced woman who found out just how much paperwork a divorce can involve. Kirsten Lang, a 32-year-old massage therapist, divorced in March, which meant she had to go through various issues, including changing her insurance plans.

Removing your ex-spouse from a policy or getting a new insurance is important–otherwise you might become over- or underinsured, or not insured at all. According to Lang, her ex-husband attempted to change the conditions of her policy, for example, add costs and include an option to have her removed without notice. Her situation got even more difficult when her ex’s employer changed plans, causing an increase of $140 to her co-payments. Lang eventually managed to terminate her old policy and got her own plan, which her ex-husband could not affect in any way.

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 Posted on October 12, 2012 in Personal Injury

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