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What Issues Can Complicate Property Division in an Illinois Divorce?
When a couple marries, they combine their personal lives and their financial lives. Reversing this entanglement during divorce can be quite complicated – especially when spouses have a high income or own complex assets and investments. If you are getting divorced, it is important to prepare for the property division process. The better informed you are about the legal and financial obstacles you may face, the better position you are in to face these challenges head-on.
Determining What Property is Marital and What is Non-Marital
Marital property includes assets and debts that were accumulated during the course of the marriage. Save for certain exceptions including property obtained through inheritance or gift, any property acquired by either spouse during the marriage is considered to be marital property. Non-marital property, sometimes called separate property, belongs only to one spouse.
How Illinois Handles Virtual Parenting and Custody Conflicts
As technology continues to advance, "parenting time" for many Illinois families may no longer describe actual, physical presence. Children may text, video chat, or even game online with parents, making technology an integral part of the parent-child bond. Unfortunately, this new parenting dynamic can also result in conflict between parents. Who controls the child’s phone? Can one parent restrict FaceTime calls?
Is the child allowed to use technology to contact a parent even when it is not technically that parent’s parenting time? What if one parent monitors or blocks communication? Many Illinois family courts are now incorporating "digital parenting plans" into traditional plans to define how parents and children communicate online before these disputes reach a courtroom.
Illinois law (750 ILCS 5/602.7(b)) defines parenting time broadly, including "reasonable communication." Since virtual contact is now a legitimate form of parenting time, parents must have a solid framework to reference in the parenting plan should a dispute arise. An experienced Kane County, IL family law attorney can ensure your parenting plan fully covers virtual contact and parenting time.
From our office in Geneva, we serve clients throughout Northern Illinois, including Plainfield, Sugar Grove, Shorewood, Joliet, Rockdale, Crest Hill, Aurora, Big Rock, Plano, Yorkville, Bristol, Naperville, Will County, and Kane County.
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