Illinois And Missouri Legal Blog

Imagine the following situation: You've been happily married for five years, and then you have a baby. At first, your husband was happy and excited to have your child, but after the baby was born everything changed. Your spouse refused to connect with your baby or...

Personal bankruptcy rates have been especially high for elderly individuals in recent years. This is partly because the baby boomer generation is getting older, and that means that a larger segment of the U.S. population is over 65, so naturally more older people will...

A recent study that looked at divorced dads across the United States showed that fathers in Illinois don't spend as much time with their children as dads in other parts of the country. This is because dads in Illinois often don't receive child custody awards that give...

A boat accident on the Lake of Ozarks in Illinois' neighboring state of Missouri claimed the lives of three adults and resulted in the injuries of two others on Saturday, May 16. Now, the 22-year-old who was operating the boat at the time it crashed is facing...

Setting up a trust for your heirs is an effective way to preserve what you have spent a lifetime accumulating — usually. There can be cases where it's important to go the extra mile and draft and fund a spendthrift trust for some or even all of your...

When a heterosexual couple with fertility issues decide to use a sperm donor and artificial insemination, the husband of a woman who gives birth automatically becomes the presumptive -- and legal -- father of that child. If the couple later splits, the husband still...

A divorce can be resolved in a variety of ways. One of the options that many divorced couples choose to pursue is mediation. If you are considering this resolution method, you need to make sure that you are prepared for the first meeting. You might be surprised by how...

People have spent a lot of time investigating car accidents, trying to find out how they happen and what can be done to prevent them. At the end of the day, though, the root cause is simple: People. Human error, according to the National Safety Council (NSC), leads to...

When you are ready to file for bankruptcy, you need to look into your life circumstances to determine if now is the best time to file. There are some situations that mean that you have to make difficult decisions about which matters to handle first. Divorce is one of...

With summer fast approaching, if you haven't made plans with your ex for how you will share custody and visitation of your kids, you should do it as soon as possible. If you detailed how summer custody is shared in your parenting plan, this should make things go more...