All in the Family

On Aug. 18, 2009, Gov. Patrick J. Quinn signed into law amendments to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act relating to payment of attorney fees and other litigation costs. There were six important amendments to the act.The attorney fee statute was originally designed to allow the financially disadvantaged spouse to ask the court to order the other party to advance funds for their attorney fees and …

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