Writings of Gitlin Law Firm Lawyers

• Rules of Professional Conduct 2010 with Commentary
• Attorney's Fees
• Business Valuation
• Child Support and Maintenance
• Custody
• Evidence in Divorce and Family Law Cases in Illinois
• Jurisdiction
• QDROs and QILDROs
• Reading Lists for Lawyers
• Removal and Relocation
• Case Law Summaries
• Technology for Family Lawyers
• Venue in Illinois Divorce Cases

RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT 2010 - with Commentary by Gunnar Gitlin

• The Rules of Professional Conduct 2010 with Commentary by Gunnar J. Gitlin

ATTORNEY'S FEES IN ILLINOIS DIVORCE AND PATERNITY CASES

• The Revolution That Wasn't: Leveling the Playing Field, 14 Years Later

  • Pdf of Leveling the Playing Field Article

 

BUSINESS VALUATION IN ILLINOIS DIVORCE CASES AND DISSIPATION

• Business Valuation in Divorce Cases - 101 - What Any Family Law Lawyer Needs to Know to Competently Represent Your Client

• Issues in Valuation Businesses in Divorce - National Article for 2012 Seminar.  Updated Comprehensively 2012
  • Summary of States Treatment of Personal and Enterprise Goodwill

• Classification of Retained Earnings of a Premarital Business in Illinois Divorce Cases:  Based upon a Presentation of January 2010 to the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

• Dissipation in Illinois Divorce Cases: When Does the Clock Start Ticking for Dissipation Claims

CHILD SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE (ALIMONY) IN ILLINOIS DIVORCE CASES

• Child Support in Illinois - Statutory and Case Law.  2011 Pdf of Entire Outline

• Child Support Withhold Draft Form for Comment

• Child Support Enforcement in Illinois - The New Vehicle - Suspension of Driver's License Privileges

• 2007 Legislation - Car Boots (Impoundment) (pdf)

• Penalties of $100 Per Day Due to Failure to Withhold / Pay Child Support and the Illinois Supreme Court Miller Decision / 2010 Case Law 

• Rules of Thumb in Illinois' Divorce Cases as Applied to Child Support and Maintenance Awards and Maintenance Guidelines from Around the Nation

• Nuts and Bolts of Support and Maintenance Tax Law

• 2012 Trends in Maintenance Awards in Illinois / 2010 Pdf of Article regarding Trends in Illinois Illinois Maintenance Awards

• Maintenance Case Law Summary 2005 through 2012 (pdf). 

• Income Averaging and its Use in Determining Child Support and Maintenance Awards - Examples of How to Income Average

• Support Arrearage Qualified Domestic Relations Orders -- Collecting Arrearage through QDROs in light of Thomas

 

CUSTODY

• Use and Misuse of the MMPI-2 in Child Custody Proceedings

• Gitlin Law Firm Joint Custody Case Law Spreadsheet (pdf format)

  • Abbreviated and Updated Joint Custody Spreadsheet (pdf format)

• Supreme Court Family Law Rules with Commentary

 

EVIDENCE

• Objections in Illinois Family Law Cases

 

JURISDICTION

• Illinois Law Re Jurisdiction: A Primer re Jurisdictional Law Affecting Family Law Cases

Child Support

• Interstate Enforcement of Support: A Short Primer on Federal and Uniform Law: The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the 2001 Amendments and Significant Case Law from around the Nation

• Compendium of National Case Law Regarding the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

• Jurisdiction of Illinois Family Law Courts to Enter Penalties of $100 Per Day Due to Failure to Withhold Child Support

Custody

• A Comprehensive Analysis of Illinois Case Law Addressing the UCCJA (and PKPA)

• Jurisdictional Issues in Custody (Visitation) Cases: The PKPA/UCCJA and UCCJEA

 

QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS

• Pensions and QDRO's 101: An Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Drafting Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plan QDRO's

• "In-House Spreadsheet" Re Present Valuation of Defined Benefit Plan

• Retirement Benefit Case Law -- Case Law Review 2001 to 2011 Reviewed

 

READING LISTS

• Family Law Lawyer's General Reading List - for Illinois Lawyers

• Family Law Lawyer's General Reading List

 

REMOVAL OF CHILDREN FROM ILLINOIS (RELOCATION)

• Post-Eckert and Collingbourne Trends in Child Removal in Illinois:  Has the Pendulum Swung Back to the Middle?
  • 2012 Updated Version of Removal Article (pdf) Updated March 14, 2012

• Intrastate Removal (Relocation) Issues:  Rights of Parents to Move within Illinois and Agreements Limiting Right to Move

 

SUMMARIES OF ILLINOIS DIVORCE AND PATERNITY CASE LAW - 2000 through 2012

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2000

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2001

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2002

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2003

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2000 to 2003 Comprehensive Outline Updated (pdf)

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2004

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2005

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2006 / Updated Pdf of Case Law Update 2006

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2007 (pdf)

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2008 (pdf)

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2009 (pdf)

• Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2010 (pdf)

• 2011 Case Law Outlines:
  • Main Outline Re Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases 2011-12  - Updated March 14, 2012
  • Supplemental Outline:  2011 Attorney's Fees, 2-1401 Petitions, Right to Counsel and Immunity for Child Rep, Conflicts of Interest, Attorney's Fees - Updated March 14, 2012
  • Supreme Court Rules and New Statutory Law 2011
• 2012 Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases - Updated March 14, 2012

TECHNOLOGY FOR FAMILY LAWYERS

• Technology for Associates: What You Need to Know to Become a Premier Family Lawyer (technology outline)

 

VENUE

• Venue in Divorce Cases: What is Residency?

 

APPEALS

• Appeals in Illinois Divorce and Paternity Cases: The Elusive Final and Appealable Order in Light of the 2008 Gutman Decision and the 2010 Amendments Re Custody Decisions

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