Illinois Divorce Lawyer Blog

Hey, I made #39! I received an email today from Anuj at Feedspot that Illinois Divorce Lawyer Blog made the “Top 75 Illinois Blogs, News Websites & Newsletters To Follow in 2018” About Blog: ” Divorce blogger and attorney Michael Roe is experienced in dealing with high-conflict divorce and child…

Many years ago, I helped a bit with Bill Eddy’s first book, a landmark publication called Splitting that discussed and defined for the first time what it can be like to go through a divorce with a High Conflict Personality, such as a person with BPD or NPD traits.  Here is…

FAMILY LAW: 3 Theories of the High-Conflict Case © 2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. I do a lot of consulting to family lawyers and their clients (often on the phone together), as well as many self-representing people in family court cases. These often involve high-conflict custody and access issues, although…

When a child is resistant to seeing a parent, the reasons can be reduced to two basic phenomena: alienation or estrangement. Alienation refers to a child’s resistance or refusal to see a once loved parent, typically within the context of divorce or post divorce. In the case of “Estrangement” it…

“Could you become a high-conflict person’s (HCP’s) Target of Blame? If you’re not watchful and careful, yes. HCPs generally pick on people they are close to or people in authority positions. These close personal or supervisory relationships usually involve the types of people we’re inclined to invite into our lives,…

Parental Alienation: What Can an Alienated Parent Do? Credit:   Susan Heitler Ph.D. Resolution, Not Conflict For starters, information is power. Here’s good news on where to get it. This post is in response to Parental Alienation Syndrome: What Is It, and Who Does It? by Susan Heitler In my recent blogpost entitled Parental…

” Is your partner emotionally explosive, regularly picking fights, and blaming others for all their troubles? Bill Eddy sheds light on how to manage conflict and communication with a high conflict person.” https://www.modernseparations.com/podcast/04  Christina: What type of preparation do you recommend? Bill: Well, a few things. First of all, get support.…

I have included below most of the text of the amended Illinois SB 4113, which seeks to establish a rebuttable presumption that an award of equal parenting time to each parent is in the best interests of the minor child(ren) in a divorce case. For many years, my firm has represented…

An article published in one of the leading bar journals discussed the use of social media postings as evidence in court cases. The article happened to concern a criminal case, where a Facebook posting allegedly made by a defendant using his mother’s Facebook page had statements from the defendant admitting…