In this video, our Chicago divorce attorneys explain how cooperative and collaborative divorce processes are a potential alternative to reduce costs and in-court litigation on issues that must be settled in a divorce proceeding. If successful, these processes can make a divorce less stressful and more cost-effective. In this article, our Chicago Collaborative & Cooperative Divorce attorneys look at both types of these divorce processes and weigh the benefits and disadvantages of each.

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In this video, our Chicago collaborative divorce attorneys discuss how mediation is an often undervalued method that can potentially solve many family law related issues outside of court that allows parties to come to some form of agreement to Chicago family related issues that also prevents having to litigate these issues in court, saving time and money. In this article, our Chicago family mediation attorneys discuss typical family mediation practices and explain the Chicago mediation process.

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In this video, our Chicago divorce attorneys explain how there are three factors that Chicago courts use to help determine whether to award spousal maintenance to a party in a Chicago divorce. Those include:

• Length of Marriage
• Sacrifices one spouse made for another
• Income of each spouse

In this article by our Chicago divorce attorneys, they explain how these are factored into the decision process and how each weigh on process.

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