Articles From Rebecca Melzer

2025 Statutory Changes in Child Support Imputation By Rebecca Melzer Family Law, March 2025 On January 1, 2025, SB 3284 became law. As part of that bill, it amended the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to add specific criteria in the statute for determining child support if a parent is unemployed or underemployed. It further added the requirement that a court is required to conduct an evidentiary hearing to impute income to a party. 
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Language Matters: Timeliness of Enforcing Judgments By Rebecca Melzer Family Law, February 2023 With so many divorce cases being resolved by entering into a marital settlement agreement, practitioners should strive to help ensure that the agreement is enforced.

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