Below is a list of the Cook County Judges in the Domestic Relations Division at the Daley Center, 50 W Washington, Chicago, IL 60602. This list does not include the Judges in the Cook County suburban districts (districts 2-6). The Judges on Team C, D and E conduct divorce prove-ups one day per week. The […]
Child support in Illinois is based on the net income of the non-custodial parent. Net income for purposes of child support may not be the same as your take-home pay. For example, most employers withhold a little too much money for taxes, which means the employee receives a tax return at the end of the […]
In Illinois, the law makes a distinction between parents who were married and parents who never married. Non-married parents are allowed to ask for retroactive child support back to the date of the child’s birth. Married parents cannot. The theory is that married parents were both supporting the child before the divorce was filed. On […]
In Illinois, Child Support is based on the net income of the non-custodial parent and the number of children the to whom the parent owes support. Courts typically apply the percentages listed in the table below to determine the dollar amount of support. Number of Children Guideline Percentage of Net Income 1 20% 2 28% […]
In most cases where the parents are not living together, Illinois courts will award child support to the parent with whom the children primarily reside. This parent is usually referred to as the custodial parent, or the obligee. The parent who is responsible to pay child support is called the non-custodial parent, or the obligor. […]
If you are making or receiving child support payments in Cook County, Illinois through the Illinois State Disbursement Unit, they keep exact records of all of the payments posted through your account. Depending on how far back you need records, there are two ways to request the payment history. Records for the last 2 months […]
For most cases, Child Support will end when the child graduates high school. But the complete answer can be more complicated because Illinois law provides two definitions to determine when Child Support should end. 18th Birthday; High School graduation; or 19th Birthday In 750 ILCS 5/505(a), Illinois law provides a clear definition of who is […]
Jeffrey Esser is the founder and principal attorney of the Law Office of Jeffrey R. Esser. He has been practicing law since 2005 and has helped hundreds of clients with their divorce and family law cases in Cook County. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Jeffrey moved to Chicago in 1995. He graduated with honors from Northwestern University and the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law, where he served as his class president and graduation speaker. Jeffrey and his wife live in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Chicago.
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