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Communicating During Divorce By : Diana Mercer Expert in Family & Divorce Law & Estate Planning Conflicts Learning a few simple communication techniques can help keep the peace in your divorce and make life easier on everyone. Five qualities of a good family law attorney By : Illinois Attorney Michael Helfand Generally, family law includes divorce, child custody/visitation and child support. There are other things that family law attorneys can help you with, like drafting a premarital agreement or even handling an adoption, but the above issues are the ones that come up the most. Family Law By : Peter Charalambos Family law deals specifically with legal procedures related with family and relationships. Issues covered can include areas like marriages, domestic partnerships, spousal and child abuse, adoption, child abduction, legitimacy, surrogacy and all matters concerning and incidental to divorce and separation. Moving out of state with your child By : Illinois Attorney Michael Helfand If you want to move out of the state of Illinois with your child, and there is a custody order in place, you almost always need permission from a judge first. Sure, you may be able to get out of town without a problem, but skipping this step can lead to more trouble down the road. If you just leave, you can be forced to come back. And it won’t help your case that you split without going through the proper channels. Five tips for hiring a good Chicago divorce attorney By : Illinois Attorney Michael Helfand When it comes to choosing a divorce attorney, you can’t focus on wins and losses. First of all, it’s only part of the equation. Second, most divorce cases end in settlement, so it’s hard to know what counts as a win and what counts as a loss. Here are some more reliable considerations: Five things to think about in a child custody case By : Illinois Attorney Michael Helfand Nobody wants to go through a child custody battle. But if you do, here are five things that most people when all is said and done wish they had known in the beginning. The Legal Implications of Battered Woman Syndrome By : Su Ericksen Battered Woman Syndrome appears to be the product of legal advocacy and not science. It was first proposed in the 1970s to help defend abused women who are tried for killing their abusers. Is Battered Woman Syndrome an effective legal defense? The Laws of Marital Privilege By : Paul Bergman Expert in Criminal Law Two different marital privileges are potentially applicable when one spouse is asked to testify against the other spouse. This article briefly summarizes the two privileges.