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Conferences and Hotel Booking

These days we see the hotel’s ownership group calling the financial shots, and almost always with a near total disregard of maintaining the client relationship. One wonders at times if the owner cares about past relationships as well as future business. The sales manager cares, the general manager cares, but are we really sure about ownership?I recently had a mediation in …

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Illinois Child Support and Calculations

It’s a sad fact of life that relationships can end. Separation or divorce does not normally end your involvement and responsibility as a parent. When children are involved things can be much more complicated. Child support issues often come up during and after a divorce. Support is normally awarded to the custodial parent of a child from the non-custodial parent …

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Illinois Family Law in 2016: No More “Custody” or “Visitation”

Major changes are coming to Illinois Family law in 2016. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act is going through a major re-write, with new laws that will come into effect on January 1, 2016. One major change will be that the terms “custody” and “visitation” will no longer be used. Instead, these matters will be referred to as …