File for Divorce in Illinois (Legal Survival Guides)

by Diana Brodman Summers

A divorce can be the most painful and expensive experience of your life. Whether you use a lawyer or not, protect yourself by getting all the information you need about divorce laws and your legal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572485108
• ISBN13: 9781572485105
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Sphinx Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

3rd Edition Vast Improvement

I recently bought the 3rd edition by Diana Brodman Summers. It is a clear, well-organized description of Illinois Divorce Law that includes sample forms for Cook and DuPage counties. The author warns that the law is changing all the time so you need to obtain the most current versions from the office of your Circuit Court. Appendix A lists contact information for all 22 circuit courts and the counties each court serves. Included are web site addresses for the Clerks of Cook and DuPage County. I was able to download the most recent versions as PDF files from the DuPage County Clerks web site. There is no superfluous discussion in the 3rd edition about how to re-enter the dating scene. Even if you ultimately decide to hire an attorney, I think the 3rd edition will educate you well about what your rights are and what you are paying the attorney to do. The author acknowledges the emotional pain of a divorce and advises seeking professional counseling for that, but she sticks to the law. She paints a sympathetic picture of the daily emotional drain on divorce lawyers who hear the horrible things spouses do to each other. I only gave the book 4 stars instead of 5 because I haven't used the book to file my own divorce. After I've gone through the experience with this book to help me, I might write another review.