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  • After a party is served with process, how much time will they have after service to file hire an attorney or file an appearance?
  • Am I entitled to maintenance?
  • Can a court order an employer to deduct child support from the supporting parent's salary and pay it directly to the receiving parent?
  • Can a parent be required to provide support in addition to the guideline amounts?
  • Can a parent get out of paying past-due child support?
  • Can maintenance be modified or terminated?
  • Can the child petition the court to enforce or collect past-due support?
  • Does it matter who files first for divorce?
  • How are child support orders enforced?
  • How are property and debt distributed between the parties in a divorce case?
  • How does a court decide which parent will get custody of a child?
  • How do I choose grounds for my divorce?
  • How long does it take in Illinois to get a divorce?
  • How much child support will be paid?
  • How much does a custody trial cost?
  • If I can't afford a custody battle, are there steps I can take in seeking custody without trying the case outright?
  • If the spouses have not kept their non-marital property separate, but they have combined their ownership in joint tenancies and otherwise, how does the court decide on property division?
  • Is joint custody better?
  • Is there more than one type of maintenance?
  • It is possible to avoid having a spouse formally served with the divorce documents?
  • May the support order be stated in terms of the percentage, and thus vary as the paying parent's income varies?
  • Must child support terminate when the child reaches age 18 or can it continue?
  • Must the court always follow the guidelines, or may special circumstances result in higher or lower than guideline awards?
  • Once a divorce is filed, is the other party required to vacate the marital residence?
  • What happens when the non-custodial parent's income cannot be ascertained?
  • What if the supporting parent is ill and can't work, or loses his or her job?
  • What impact does a parent's remarriage, or having other children, have on child support?
  • What is "marital property"?
  • What is a legal separation?
  • What is a material change in circumstances for purposes of modification of maintenance?
  • What is considered "non-marital property"?
  • What is dissipation of assets?
  • What is maintenance?
  • What is the definition of "net income" for child support purposes?
  • What is the difference between legal and physical custody?
  • What is unallocated family support?
  • What will my divorce cost?
  • When a supporting parent is unemployed, does the court have any power to require him or her to work and pay child support?
  • Who has the duty to pay child support?
  • Will my maintenance award be sufficient to allow both me and my spouse to live at the standard of living which we established during the marriage?
  • Will my maintenance terminate if I live with someone?
  • Will my spouse be required to pay my attorney's fees?
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