Understanding Special Needs Divorce

Divorce and custody issues impact many families and can be particularly daunting for parents of children with special needs. There are many more moving parts and no formulaic solutions for these unique families. At The Child and Family Law Center of the North Shore, A Division of Grund & Leavitt, P.C., we now devote a portion of our practice to divorce, parentage and post-decree issues. It has been a challenging but an important and interesting part of what we do. In counseling families in the midst of a divorce we have developed a checklist for things to consider in preparing the Parenting Agreement and Marital Settlement Agreements. The new state statutes in Illinois have eliminated the words custody and now reference instead decision making and parenting time. Learn More