Illinois Family Articles

In this article, we discuss how child support affects Covid-19 stimulus check disbursement and answer the following questions:, What is the Treasury Offset Program?, What happens to the child support deducted from my stimulus check?, If I file taxes jointly can the TOP take both me and my current spouse’s stimulus money?, How much of my stimulus check can be seized?, As the custodial parent, why haven’t I received my ex-spouse’s stimulus payment?, and Is there anything I can do to stop my stimulus payment from being seized for child support?

If you file for bankruptcy, you still have an opportunity to keep your house and vehicles. Whether this will be possible depends on four factors: (1) how much equity you have in the property that you are attempting to keep; and (2) whether your equity in the property exceeds the bankruptcy exemption for that type of property; (3) if you have a loan secured by the property, whether the bank will agree to reaffirm the loan despite the bankruptcy; and (4) whether you will be able to afford to continue to make your loan payments after the bankruptcy.

In this article we explain interstate child support jurisdiction and how to determine which state has jurisdiction to modify or enforce an existing child support order. Understanding child support is a complex issue, especially when multiple jurisdiction issues arise. Illinois abides by the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. This act sets the rules in determining whether a specific state court has standing to hear or adjudicate on an order that was rendered in another state.