Structuring and Scheduling Parenting Time

Just when you learned what Snapchat was, you started to hear crazy phrases like TikTok, Twitter Spaces, and Caffeine. Review social media platforms, new and old, and how to get content from these sites into evidence. Explore the relevancy of posts (whether posted by the parties, the parties' children, or third parties) in dissolution matters.

The Illinois Child Support Guidelines provide that the court may “deviate” from the presumptive award “if the application would be inequitable, unjust, or inappropriate.” Review how the guidelines were developed, what are they based on and what “other factors” have courts considered that should not be overlooked. Focus will be on how to argue for deviations including in a high-income case, how to argue for private school and extracurricular activities, and medical and childcare expenses.

Delve into the most significant family law cases decided in 2020. Topics include child support; maintenance; allocation of the marital estate; attorney’s fees and costs; civil procedure issues, including venue and judgments; Orders of Protection; and more.