Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

My divorce case was filed March of 2011 and I have been traveling back and forth from California to chicago every couple of months. We have 2 children, ages 12 and 6. There is a history of domestic violence by the petitioner, my husband. On the first day of our divorce trial, the lawyers, the judge, and the child reps had a pretrial conference. Afterwards, the judge said she was not going to bifurcate it. What does this mean? Why did the judge do this?


Asked on 7/11/12, 12:03 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sue Roberts-Kurpis, Esq. Law Office of Sue Roberts-Kurpis

Why aren't you asking your lawyer this? Bifurcation generally means that the divorce gets entered first and the custody and/or property issues are resolved later. Bifurcation is disfavored in Illinois except in extreme circumstances.

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Answered on 7/11/12, 2:16 am


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