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In this article our Rock Island County divorce lawyers explain the factors courts need to consider when determining whether to award spousal maintenance in a Rock Island County divorce matter. We discuss how length and duration of alimony is determined. Some of the factors courts consider are sacrifices one spouse made during the marriage for the other spouse’s career orbusiness.
In this article, Rock Island County family law attorney Kevin O'Flaherty discuses some alternatives to traditional divorce. Collaborative Law Divorce and Cooperative Divorce are two forms of divorce in which the parties involved work together to freely share information and negotiate the terms of a marital settlement agreement outside of court.
Collaborative Divorce is a process that attorneys from both parties must withdraw if the negotiation process is unsuccessful and litigation is necessary. In a Rock Island County Cooperative Divorce matters, the attorneys that represented the parties in the Cooperative Divorce can continue to represent the parties if the parties are unable to come to an agreement outside of court and litigation becomes necessary. These types of divorces can be efficient options to make the divorce
process less stressful and less expensive. Our Rock Island County divorce lawyers explain the pros and cons of each, and in which situation traditional divorce may be a better option.
In this article, our Rock Island County family law attorneys explain some recent changes to divorce law in Rock Island County. Beginning in 2016, these changes were made in an effort to reduce the likelihood of disputes and bring Illinois divorce law into the modern understanding of divorce, patenting, and marriage.
Irreconcilable differences will now be the only grounds for divorce in Rock Island County while previously, parties could list irreconcilable differences or one of the several specific statutory grounds when filing for a divorce.
Read the entire article by our Rock Island County Divorce Attorneys