I’m happy to announce that I was selected to be in the roster of family law mediators for the Sixth Circuit in Illinois. Specifically, I will be mediating custody and visitation issues (i.e., the allocation of parental responsibilities). The Sixth Circuit includes the following 7 Counties: Macon County, Piatt County, Champaign County, Dewitt County, Douglas County and Moultrie County. I’m …
Meet the New Associate Attorney, Kate Murray
The Illinois Office is growing! Kate joined our team this spring. She is an associate attorney with Rincker Law, PLLC working primarily from the Illinois office. Kate is licensed to practice law in New York and Connecticut. She is also a candidate to the Illinois bar. Kate concentrates in all aspects of family and commercial law. A portion of her …
Meet Carol Petersheim
Meet one of the 3 new friendly faces in the Illinois office. Carol works in the Illinois Office located in Downtown Champaign. She graduated from Arthur High School with Honors. She was a stay at home mom until filling the role of part time Legal Assistant at Rincker Law, PLLC. Carol grew up in Arthur, IL and currently lives there …
Amazon Suspension Prevention
There is an Amazon coach in my BNI Chapter and through my conversations with him, it’s come to my attention that entrepreneurs selling on Amazon.com run a risk of robots flagging something in their account and suspending it. In a sense, Amazon will suspend accounts and “ask questions later.” I regularly order goods from Amazon (pretty sure my postman thinks …
Depreciation of Farm Assets and Child Support in Illinois
Many times clients contact me on a child support matter who own farms and, accordingly, have expensive farm equipment. Farmers usually take deductions on the depreciation of expensive equipment on their tax returns. This MAY affect child support, as a trial court has discretion to include nonrecurring income in calculating net income for child support purposes. See In Re Marriage of …
Overview of Mediation
I will be speaking tomorrow at the crack of down tomorrow morning to the CU Sunrise Rotary Club on mediation. For those of you who are in Central Illinois, I would the support! The presentation is at 6:45am and coffee (and breakfast!) will be provided. Here are my materials for the presentation on mediation available on my JD Supra page …
Illinois Family Law: Relocation with Children
Various reasons prompt a parent to want to relocate with his or her child. Illinois, like most states, has strict procedures to follow when requesting a relocation since the relocation often times jeopardizes the relationship and time spent with the other parent. Relocation refers to three situations in Illinois, dependent on location: The parent moving more than 25 miles from …
Ask Cari: If a Parent Receives Money as a “Gift”, Does it Count as Income for Child Support Purposes?
Dear Cari, My parents give me money each month as I’m still a college student. Will this count as my “income” for child support purposes? I live in Urbana, Illinois. Thanks, Todd Dear Todd, Yes, the courts have the ability to consider that income. Consider these cases: In Re Marriage of Rogers, 213 Ill 2nd 129 (2004), which set forth …
An Overview of New York Right to Farm Law
New York, like most states, has its own “right-to-farm” law. Unfortunately for neighbors that are complaining of activities that are due to farming, right-to-farm laws serve to protect qualifying farmers and ranchers from nuisance lawsuits filed by individuals who move into a rural area where normal farming operations exist, and who later use nuisance actions to attempt to stop those …
Modifying Child Support in Illinois
Modifications to a child support order in Illinois can be granted based on a “substantial change in circumstances” since the last child support order was entered. In addition, a child support order can also be modified if the petitioner can show that the obligor’s child support obligations differ from the guidelines set forth in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution …
Retroactive Child Support in Illinois
You might wonder if child support can be awarded retroactively. In short, it can. In deciding whether to order retroactive child support or not, the court considers the following factors: A determination of the factors specified in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act; The noncustodial parent’s prior knowledge of the fact and circumstances regarding the child’s birth; The …