by Paul Johnson | Apr 12, 2016 | Family Law
As part of an ongoing process to standardize the forms used in the courts throughout the State of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice has approved a financial affidavit for use in all divorce, paternity, and family law court cases. The...
by Paul Johnson | Aug 26, 2015 | Traffic Law
The Governor of the State of Illinois has approved Public Act 099-0212, effective January 1, 2016, which amends Section 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections and provides that a first time aggravated speeding offender is eligible for court...
by Paul Johnson | Jul 8, 2015 | Bankruptcy Law
The United States Supreme Court, in Bank of America v. Caulkett, recently held that a debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding may not void a junior mortgage where the debt owed on a senior mortgage exceeds the present value of the property. The Caulkett decision...
by Paul Johnson | Jun 21, 2015 | Traffic Law |
On every Illinois driving abstract there is a column entitled “Type Action,” which contains a code for every entry on the driving abstract. In order to understand the entry, you must understand the code because the code defines the action that was taken...
by Paul Johnson | May 29, 2015 | Family Law
Section 215 (the “Section”) of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 (the “Act”) sets forth two different types of orders of protection – mutual orders of protection and correlated orders of protection. The Section expressly states...
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