Yes. According to current Illinois law, you are entitled to $2,499 per month (taxable to you) for at least 20 years, and the amount is likely to be modified upon retirement). This calculation is according to Family Law Software, and is based upon the facts you have provided.

You can definitely get divorced after just a 10 month marriage. You have not provided enough facts to allow for an answer as to whether it can be quick and uncontested. Every case is different, and even cases involving short marriages can be difficult.

She does not have to leave your house... View More

Yes, you can obtain a divorce immediately upon getting married if the other party agrees. If he or she does not agree, you have to be separated six months.

No, you cannot force him to spend time with the children. Parenting time is his right, not his obligation. Similarly, receiving child support will be your right, but not your obligation. He can refuse to see the children, and you can refuse to cash his support checks.

With no court order in place, either or both of you can seek whatever parenting time you wish. However, neither of you will have the right to any specific parenting time until a judge decides the issue, or the two of you can reach an agreement that is mutually acceptable. Just because your husband... View More

Illinois is a no-fault state, so adultery, in and of itself, would have NO effect on a divorce. Evidence of adultery would be inadmissible, but the money (if provable) that the offender spouse spent on the paramour would have to be returned to the marital estate for division.

It is difficult to answer your question definitively without knowing more facts. For example, with whom have you been living for the past five years? Are your incomes such that maintenance would be warranted?

In general, however, maintenance would be determined by the years of the marriage,... View More

The only thing that would be "legal and bound" is a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage, which is signed by a real judge. This means you have to process your divorce through the court system. There is no such thing in IL as an Online Divorce.

Your husband is correct because the cost that is to be shared is limited to the actual cost of only the child's portion of the premium.

No, you cannot lock him out. It is your marital residence no matter in whose name the title or the lease is. If you did lock him out, he could hire a locksmith and lock you out. You both have the same rights of occupancy until a court says otherwise.

In any post judgment action to modify a support order, both sides have the same discovery rights and obligations that they had in the divorce case in chief. State and Local court Rules require this discovery.

You can file a two count petition with the court. In Count I, you would ask the court to modify the judgment to conform to the reality of your present parenting time schedule. In Count II, you would allege a substantial change of circumstance, and ask that the child support obligation be modified... View More

You do not say how long you were married and in the pension plan. This is critical to answering your question responsibly. She is entitled to one-half of the marital portion of your monthly pension payment. The marital portion is defined as the number of years of the marriage as the numerator, and... View More

In Illinois, you do not have to be separated even one minute in order to get divorced IF both parties agree that the divorce will be uncontested. If one spouse does not agree to divorce, then the other party must prove a six month separation. The other grounds you mentioned are no longer part of IL... View More

The current law will apply. With an 11 year marriage, the duration of his obligation under the new law is 5.28 years.

Your take on the law is not true. You do not have to be separated at all (not a minute) if both parties agree that it will be an uncontested divorce. If one party wants to fight, then, and only then, do you have to be separated six months.

You haven't explained what part of the new law he thinks affects his obligation. I think if such a part actually existed, he would be citing it. Is your child not maintaining a C average? is she outside of the applicable age brackets? Besides, in other areas of divorce law that have changed,... View More

The court is mandated to order child support. It must do so unless it can justify reserving the issue of child support, but the court must be able to justify why no child support is being ordered at the time. Child support is the child's right, and you, the parent, cannot waive the child's right.

There are five or six criteria that the court must use to determine whether to allow the removal of the children to another state. Your having family support in Texas and none in IL is only one of the factors.

If your spouse wants a divorce and you have been separated for six months, there is an irrebuttable presumption that irreconcilable differences have arisen, and you cannot stop the divorce from happening.