Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

My domestic partner and I have been together since 1991 and we have two children. If we were to separate, would there be any forms or anything I need to do to protect my children and myself? What measures would I need to take. A family friends keep saying that I need to fill out some forms that I don't know anything about.


Asked on 1/13/12, 12:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Messutta

Illinois now allows civil unions -- for both same sex and heterosexual partners. It is patterned after the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. However you must enter into a civil union to obtain its benefits. There is insufficient information about the children to be of help; whose children are they?

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Answered on 1/14/12, 1:29 pm


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