Evanston Family Struggling to Keep Custody of Korean Baby
A couple in Evanston, Jinshil and Christopher Duquet, brought home a baby from their trip to South Korea last year. The baby was taken from South Korea shortly after birth last summer and moved with her new American family in Illinois. Now Sehwa Kim is 7 months old and the center of a possible deportation back […]
Two Child Custody Mistakes Worth Avoiding
Child custody battles can be very stressful to say the least, but sometimes they can also pop up unexpected. There was a blog in the Huffington Post Divorce about a fictional custody case that was based on a lawyer’s real experiences with clients. This blog pointed out two mistakes that should be avoided in divorce and custody […]
D is for Divorce
Divorce is a hard subject to deal with for all that are involved. Families are torn apart and sometimes the children are considered collateral damage. It is especially hard for children to understand how their parents went from loving each other so much to fighting over the children and the house. According to Time Health […]
Study Uncovers Effects of Divorce on Preschoolers
The Chicago Sun Times reported about a new study co-sponsored by the University of Chicago and Georgetown University which discovered a correlation between divorce and behavioral issues for smaller children. The resulting research has shown strong negative effects on the children’s behavior out of the nearly 3,500 children that were analyzed. It seems that around […]
Religious Views, Children, And Divorce
Today, many married couples do not share the same religious upbringing or views. This might not be a problem until they are facing divorce and have children, but as the numbers of interfaith marriages are increasing and divorces are still anything but uncommon, this is something to think about. The divorce of Tom Cruise and […]
Temporary Orders to Fill the Delay Gaps in Illinois Divorce Cases
The first step in a divorce after finding a good attorney to handle your case is to have that attorney file temporary divorce orders. These act essentially as temporary divorce decrees. Temporary orders consist of legally binding guidelines that both you and your spouse must adhere to until the final divorce decree is ruled in […]
