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Scott Tzinberg opened a private practice immediately after graduating law school and receiving his law license. Since he opened the firm, Mr. Tzinberg has concentrated his practice in the area of Domestic Relations. He handles contested and uncontested cases involving child custody, divorce, child support and paternity.

Law Offices of Annette M. Fernholz, P.C.

With numerous years of legal experience as a child custody, visitation, and child support lawyer, Annette M. Fernholz has counseled individuals and families throughout Chicagoland in cases involving parental rights, father's rights, paternity, visitation, joint custody, child relocation, and appeals. Child custody concerns the living arrangements, education, religion, lifestyle, health care, and values of children. We can help through mediation and collaborative law to establish a child custody arrangement that works for all parties. Our law firm will help you establish fair and reasonable child support by taking into account all discretionary factors, including contributions to daycare, health care and insurance costs, and education costs.

Sullivan Taylor & Gumina

In most cases, child support payments are determined by Illinois child support statutes. Maintenance (alimony) is much more complex. At the law firm of Sullivan Taylor & Gumina, in Wheaton, Illinois, our attorneys have an in-depth understanding of child and spousal support matters as they relate to Illinois divorce cases. Child custody and visitation schedules are often the most contentious issues associated with any divorce. They are also the issues most likely to require post-divorce modifications.

The court shall determine custody in accordance with the best interest of the child. The court shall consider all relevant factors including:

The wishes of the child's parent or parents as to his custody.
The wishes of the child as to his custodian.
The interaction and interrelationship of the child with his parent or parents, his siblings and any other person who may significantly affect the child's best interest.
The child's adjustment to his home, school and community.
The mental and physical health of all individuals involved.
The physical violence or threat of physical violence by the child's potential custodian, whether directed against the child or directed against another person.
The occurrence of ongoing or repeated abuse, whether directed against the child or directed against another person.
The willingness and ability of each parent to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing relationship between the other parent and the child.
Whether one of the parents is a sex offender.

The court may enter an order of joint custody if it determines that joint custody would be in the best interests of the child, taking into account the following:

The ability of the parents to cooperate effectively and consistently in matters that directly affect the joint parenting of the child. "Ability of the parents to cooperate" means the parents' capacity to substantially comply with a Joint Parenting Order. The court shall not consider the inability of the parents to cooperate effectively and consistently in matters that do not directly affect the joint parenting of the child.
The residential circumstances of each parent.
All other factors which may be relevant to the best interest of the child. Nothing within this section shall imply or presume that joint custody shall necessarily mean equal parenting time. The physical residence of the child in joint custodial situations shall be determined by: (1) express agreement of the parties; or (2) order of the court under the standards of this Section.

Child Support & Custody Lawyers in Chicago
Directory of Chicago Child Support Lawyers and Chicago IL Child Custody Attorneys including issues about Spousal Support, Child Support, Child Custody, Visitation Rights in Illinois.

Local lawyers and attorneys provide Child Support & Custody legal services in the following Illinois and Chicagoland areas: of DuPage County, Cook County, Will County, McHenry County, Kendall County, and Kane County, including the communities of Wheaton, Chicago, Arlington Heights, Romeoville, Rockford, Aurora, Batavia, Evanston, Winnetka, Waukegan, Lake Forest, Barrington Hills, DeKalb, Freeport, Kankakee, Joliet, Elgin, Springfield, Champaign, Peoria, La Salle, Decatur, Lincoln, Urbana, Oak Brook, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Roselle, Palatine, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Bensenville, Streamwood, Barrington, Elk Grove Village, Mt. Prospect, Bartlett, Hanover Park, Norridge, Rolling Meadows, Rosemont, Schiller Park, Elmhurst, Lombard, Wheaton, Naperville, Addison, Downers Grove, Darien, Willowbrook, and Chicago.