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Closely-held corporations, partnerships, and LLCs often require shareholders and partners to provide the business with a prenuptial agreement. Businesses are incredibly valuable financial assets and dividing them under a divorce can be exceedingly complicated and expensive. These mandatory prenuptial agreements are used to protect the operations of the business from the personal issues of its individual shareholders or partners.
Couples with children who want to get divorced in Illinois are required to take a parenting class, even if the divorce is uncontested. The class can be arranged through the parents or through a family law attorney who is handling the divorce.
Getting divorced is seldom easy, but getting divorced with a blended family can be complicated and full of legal challenges. Stepchildren, half-children, and adopted children may all be involved. An experienced divorce attorney can be crucial for a fair custody and support settlement.
Because Illinois recognizes that family circumstances can change following the issuance of spousal support orders, the law allows spousal support to be modified or terminated if one of multiple grounds exists. In order to secure a modification of the maintenance amount or a termination of the payments, the party seeking the change or termination must file a motion with the court that issued the order. The payments must continue as they are currently ordered until and unless the court grants the motion to terminate or modify the support payments. A family law attorney might help with drafting the motion and litigating the matter in a hearing before the court on his or her client's behalf.