Category Archives: Family Law
Name Change After Divorce and a Better Approach to Maintenance
Family Law and Divorce Changes for 2018 On September 22, 2017, HB 2537 became Public Act 100-0520: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=100-0520&GA=100. This new bill makes changes to the Code of Civil Procedure and the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (IMDMA), which has been the subject of a major overhaul in the past few years. The… Read More »
Email Service of Legal Documents in Divorce Cases
The Law of Email Service Effective on July 1st 2017, email service is required and the death bell has rung for service by fax. Faxing documents is no longer the proper method for serving them. In addition, attorneys must now include an email address when they themselves can be served with documents on all… Read More »