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Our Naperville adoption attorneys further explain Illinois law in the following companion article. Under the Illinois Adoption Act, there are the five different types of adoption:
To be eligible for adoption in Illinois you must have lived in Illinois for at least six months, not have a legal disability and have a good reputation. In most circumstances, the adopting parents must be over the age of 18.
Read the full article by our Naperville adoption attorneys explaining Illinois adoption law.
In this article, our Naperville adoption lawyers explain how multiple family child support works under Illinois law.
As of 2017, Illinois uses an "income shares" model to determine child support. A non-custodial parent's contribution is now determined by net income relative to the custodial parent, and not gross income, meaning that deductions to their gross income will affect their child support payments moving forward.
In this article, our Naperville adoption attorneys explain recent changes to child support laws in Illinois. We discuss in "income shares" model of determining child support and how that may affect your family law or adoption matter.
Read the full article by our Naperville adoption lawyers explaining these recent changes.