Divorce represents a critical time in your life. Not only are you facing emotional upheaval and a major transition for you and your children, but you also have a serious legal matter on your hands. Because the best path forward is through the difficult terrain ahead, don’t wait to consult with an experienced divorce lawyer in Schaumburg.
Divorce Basics
When you think about divorce as a whole, it can feel overwhelming, but when you break it down into its most basic terms (which apply across the board, as applicable), it can make the whole thing feel more manageable. These terms include:
Your Parental Rights
Those divorce terms that address your parental rights include:
- Parental Responsibilities – The term parental responsibilities refers to who will be making important decisions that affect your children’s health and overall well-being on their behalf. Such decisions include those related to their schooling, their religious upbringing, their healthcare, and their extracurricular activities.
- Parenting Time – Parenting time determines the schedule that divides you and your ex’s time with your children. When it comes to parenting time, there are limitless scheduling options, but there are just two basic divisions. Either one of you will become the primary custodial parent with whom your children live primarily (while the other parent has a visitation schedule), or you will divide your parenting time more equally between the two of you.
- Child Support – Child support is the state’s payment system that is intended to ensure that both parents contribute in accordance with their ability to do so to their children’s financial support. The careful calculation process takes varied considerations into account, but the primary factors involve the number of overnights each parent has with the children and each parent’s income.
Your Financial Rights
The financial rights that will be addressed in your divorce include:
- The Division of Your Marital Property – That property you acquire throughout your marriage (marital property) must be divided in a manner that is deemed fair (or equitable) upon divorce. Wide-ranging factors go into this process, and this division has the capacity (and the tendency) to become one of the most contested components of any divorce.
- Alimony/Maintenance – While alimony (or spousal maintenance) does not play a role in every divorce, it can play an important financial role when applicable. If one spouse has a divorce-related financial need and the other has the means to help offset it, alimony may be deemed appropriate.
An Experienced Divorce Lawyer in Schaumburg Is on Your Side and Well Prepared to Help
If you’re facing a divorce, the resourceful divorce lawyers at SLG Family Law in Schaumburg recognize how important the outcome is to you and your children’s future and are committed to skillfully advocating for your case’s best possible outcome. To learn more, please don’t hesitate to contact or call us today.
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