One of the most common issues that comes up in a divorce proceeding is who gets custody of minor children. There are many different ways that the court can rule when it comes to deciding the rights of each parent moving forward. The court could decide to grant sole custody to one parent, joint custody, or sole custody to one parent with visitation rights to the other parent.
The implications of social media use for child support
In Illinois and nationwide, many custodial parents are left without the child support that they should be receiving from their children's noncustodial parents. In most situations, this is because the parents who should be paying child support simply cannot afford to do so because of employment or other issues. However, others do make enough money but refuse to aid their children financially.
A simple way to handle a divorce
Divorce cases can use collaborative law in many instances. The Uniform Collaborative Law Act was adopted in 2009 by the Uniform Law Commission and is available to be practiced in any state, including Illinois. Collaborative law is simply the idea that couples work out their own settlement, often with the help of an attorney, and avoid a court proceeding that may well not work out in a fashion that makes either party happy.
Pacers player petitions for sole custody of child
NBA fans in Illinois may be interested to read that Indiana Pacers player Paul George is seeking a second paternity test as part of a custody dispute with the child's mother. While records show that the woman has previously filed a paternity test that indicated with 99.9 percent probability that George is the child's biological father, George has stated that he has various "misgivings" about the accuracy of that test. However, he also says that if the second test confirms his paternity, he will embrace it and pursue sole custody of the two-month-old.
