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...
by Paul Johnson | Apr 12, 2015 | Traffic Law |
The Illinois Secretary of State issues four driving abstracts types: (1) the non-exempt public driving abstract; (2) the public record driving abstract; (3) the court purposes driving abstract; and (4) the internal driving abstract. Each of the different types of...
by Paul Johnson | Mar 19, 2015 | Traffic Law
Regardless of whether you believe the Illinois Secretary of State had a legitimate reason for suspending your driver’s license, you must honor any suspension of your driver’s license and seek to have your license reinstated before you resume driving a...
by Paul Johnson | Feb 12, 2015 | Family Law |
The recent amendment to the Illinois maintenance statute brought with it many significant changes to the established maintenance law, the most substantial of which is new formulaic approach to the calculation of a maintenance award. The maintenance guidelines formula...
by Paul Johnson | Jan 31, 2015 | Civil Law
In Blumenthal v. Brewer, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, recently held that a domestic partner has the right to bring a claim of implied contract based on non-marital cohabitation against the other domestic partner. 2014 IL App (1st) 132250. In...
by Paul Johnson | Dec 27, 2014 | Family Law |
On January 1, 2015, the new Section 504 maintenance guidelines became effective in Illinois. Although this statute clearly applies to divorce petitions filed on or after its effective date, its retroactive application to cases filed prior to that date takes careful...
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