Schaumburg, IL Family Law Attorney

Experienced Family Lawyer Helping Clients Throughout Cook County

Legal cases that are related to family relationships are likely to involve complex emotions, and they can affect families for years or decades to come. Anderson Attorneys, P.C. provides legal representation in family law cases throughout the Chicagoland area. We are here to help our clients protect their rights and interests and resolve these matters successfully.

Skilled Divorce Lawyer

We work with spouses who are taking steps to legally dissolve their marriages through divorce. We can help negotiate settlements in uncontested divorce cases, or we can provide effective representation in the courtroom during a contested divorce. Attorney Jonathan Anderson is a skilled negotiator and litigator who can address any and all divorce-related concerns, including:

• Division of property: Multiple different types of marital property will need to be addressed during a divorce. We can help our clients determine the most beneficial ways to divide assets such as bank accounts, vehicles, household possessions, real estate property, retirement benefits, and businesses, as well as marital debts. We can also assist with business valuations, help our clients protect professional practices, and work to uncover any hidden assets.
• Maintenance/alimony: Financial support paid by one spouse to the other may be a factor in some divorces. These payments can address a disparity in income or situations where a spouse has been a stay-at-home parent or has made sacrifices to support their partner and family instead of pursuing career opportunities.
• Child custody: Parents who go through the divorce process will need to address a variety of legal issues related to their children. Some of the key concerns will involve the allocation of parental responsibilities, which will determine how parents will divide or share the authority to make decisions about how their children will be raised.
• Visitation: Parents will also need to address physical custody, determining where their children will live on a day-to-day basis and creating schedules for the parenting time that will take place during the school year, during vacations, and on special days such as holidays and birthdays.
• Child support: Financial support will typically be needed to ensure that parents share the expenses involved in raising their children. While ongoing support payments may address children's daily needs, such as the costs of food, clothing, and housing, parents may also need to determine how they will divide other expenses related to child care, medical care, and extracurricular activities.
• Parental relocation: A parent may decide to move during or after their divorce, and this may affect the other parent's ability to spend the expected time with their children. We can help ensure that parents who plan to relocate meet the appropriate legal requirements, and we can also provide representation for parents who are seeking to contest a relocation that would reduce their amount of parenting time.
• Post-decree modifications: Changes in the circumstances of either party or their children may prompt an ex-spouse to seek modifications to a divorce decree or child custody order. We work to help our clients protect their rights and negotiate modifications that will address their new circumstances.
• Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements: These agreements can be beneficial for many couples, helping to reduce conflict in a divorce while ensuring that the rights of both parties will be protected. We can help draft and negotiate agreements, working to ensure that they will meet our clients' needs.
• Collaborative law and mediation: To avoid contentious disagreements and costly litigation, couples may use alternative dispute resolution to address the legal issues in their divorce and negotiate workable settlements.
  

We have the knowledge and experience needed to provide effective representation in high asset divorce cases. We can address complex financial concerns that may require assistance from accountants or other professionals to resolve. We know how to review and account for complicated financial factors that may affect a divorce while ensuring that our clients can achieve fair property settlements.

Legal Help With Family Law Matters

Our firm works to ensure that our clients can address other legal issues that may affect their families, including:

• Paternity/parentage: Unmarried parents may need to ensure that legal relationships are established between a father and child. We can help parents submit a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity (VAP), or we can provide representation in a paternity suit.
• Grandparents' rights: Following a divorce or the breakup of an unmarried couple, grandparents may seek permission to have regular visitation with their grandchildren. We can help grandparents determine their best legal options in these situations.
• Adoption: We work with parents and families to complete different types of adoptions, including private adoptions, international adoptions, stepparent adoptions, and DCFS adoptions.
• Orders of protection: In cases involving domestic violence or abuse, we can help family members obtain protective orders and ensure that they will be able to avoid situations that could put them at risk of harm. We can also help defend against orders of protection when necessary.
• Nontraditional families: Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ families may need to address unique legal issues related to their families. We work to protect the rights of clients and ensure that they can maintain positive family relationships.
• Cohabitation agreements: Unmarried partners may benefit from entering into legal agreements that protect their rights in the event of a breakup. We work to ensure that our clients will be prepared for whatever the future may bring.

Contact Our Schaumburg, Illinois Family Law Attorney

To learn more about how we can assist you with your family law matter, contact us at 847-850-8899 and set up a free initial consultation. From our office in Schaumburg, we serve clients throughout the Chicago area, including Cook County, DuPage County, Lake County, and beyond.