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Articles From Nancy Chausow Shafer

Changes Are A-Coming: SB3524 Child Support Changes By Nancy Chausow Shafer Family Law, May 2026 Child support disputes have often been dominated by "the Cliff," or the change in child support if the parenting time of each parent is at least 146 overnights. SB3524 would alter the current child support landscape, by providing additional adjustments for 110 to 146 overnights. 
We Can End the Suffering: Illinois’ Child Marriage Problem By Nancy Chausow Shafer & Fraidy Reiss Family Law, May 2025 Thousands of Illinois girls are being legally married off to adult men, without any input from the girls, often before the girls are legally old enough to consent to sex. Always before the girls are old enough to enter a domestic violence shelter. Or old enough to file for divorce. But we can end the suffering.
Child Support in Illinois—Multiple Answers to a Single Question By Nancy Chausow Shafer Rural Practice, April 2025 This article discusses allocation of the dependent tax exemption and designation of the majority-time parent—two tax-related choices often misunderstood and used incorrectly.
Child Support in Illinois—Multiple Answers to a Single Question By Nancy Chausow Shafer Family Law, February 2025 This article discusses allocation of the dependent tax exemption and designation of the majority-time parent—two tax-related choices often misunderstood and used incorrectly.
The Illinois Child Support Guidelines Quadrennial Review Report and the Updated Child Support Guidelines By Margaret A. Bennett & Nancy Chausow Shafer Family Law, March 2023 A summary of the Illinois Child Support Advisory Committee's review of child support guidelines.
New Legislation Amends Health Insurance Provisions in 750 ILCS 5/505.2 By Margare A. Bennett & Nancy Chausow Shafer Family Law, September 2021 On July 9, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 258, now Public Act 87, into law, amending provisions in 750 ILCS 5/505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
Child Support Guidelines and Shared Care Parenting Formulas By Margaret A. Bennett & Nancy Chausow Shafer Family Law, April 2021 A look at the income shares model for determining child support, which is now used in 40 states including Illinois.
Fairness and Child Support in Illinois: Incompatible Goals or Unreasonable Expectations? By Nancy Chausow Shafer Family Law, January 2020 A look at the income shares method of computing child support guidelines.

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