This involves the state of Illinois predominately, with a bit of Missouri as well.

My fiance is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a contempt of court hearing for failure to pay childsupport....

I do think that you can name your child whatever you wish, and that includes surnames.....

I once worked with a man who was such a bon jovi fan he had his name legally changed to john bon jovi.....

I am not trying to discourage you, but if part of the reason you are wanting your birth...

Now that you are an adult, I am pretty sure that you can change your name to whatever you like. As far as putting him on the birth certificate, that may be a different matter. But you can change...

As far as her having her 'monthly cycle' after their encounter, it should be noted that it is entirely possible to have some bleeding while pregnant, and often times especially during early...

This involve Illinois.

And its more about curiousity rather than a particular case (although it may come in handy later).

From the way I understand Illinois law regarding child support if a NCP...

Trust me I have realized the issues with it all. As a matter of fact, I have even considered NOT getting married just so his arrearage cannot be levied against MY tax return. Its not that he or I...

Technically for the next 8 days he is my fiance. The wedding is fastly approaching. That is another of my concerns, our finances wil be fully entertwined in less than 2 weeks. We already have a...

This is about an Illinois case.

My fiance has just recieved a request to produce at the same time he recieved a petition for adjudication of indirect civil contempt. The court date for the...

Thank you. I appreciate the advice. I had origionally posted this in the a\paternity forum before realising that there was a child support forum.

This is a post about ILLINOIS law.

What can be expected in a contempt of court hearing? My husband was just served with papers ordering him to appear in court for a contempt of court hearing, for...

His family doesnt particularly think at times. They dont like her, and assumed I guess that if they ignore it it would go away. As I said, it was his sister, and she has had issues with drugs and...

My question involves paternity law for the State of: Illinios and/or Missouri.

My husband and I recently checked our credit reports as we do approx. once a year. On his, we noticed a collection...