All Divorces Are Now No-Fault Divorces in Illinois

Before 2016, divorces in Illinois could be either “no-fault” or “fault-based”. Each type of divorce had its own set of implications, and there were a great variety of reasons that couples cited for each. Let’s take a look at the difference. Fault-Based Divorce In a fault-based divorce, individuals were able to levy the reason for the failure of their marriage against a specific person or situation. One spouse could blame the failure on the other, for example, and this would affect the length of the divorce process asContinue reading