Jude Egan’s Blog

The Law Offices of M. Jude Egan has had over 400 family law clients in the last few years, the vast majority of whom have

Rites of Passage Time was when a child went through a teenaged rite of passage with the elders of his or her clan.  Such a

[Ed. Note: This post was written on Father’s Day 2013 but due to a technical glitch and site transfer, did not get uploaded until today.

A great article from several months ago by Julie Ross and Judy Corcoran deserves a repost here with proper credit.  They are marriage and family therapists who

First Steps Your soon-to-be-ex is a no good, cheating, lying jerk!  But for all of the nonsense he/she has been pulling for the past twelve

Calculating child support is contingent on two major factors: timeshare and income differential between the parties.  In basic terms, if you earn significantly more than your ex-spouse

In a recent and ongoing matter, I have come up against something I did not know even existed, the presence of text message anonymizers that

A great op-ed piece in the New York Times by Ruth Bettleheim on February 18, 2010 tackles a important issue in the family courts: no fault child

This is a repost of an excellent article by a Chicago divorce attorney with 48 years of practice.  He basically points out that virtually all divorces in

The number one question I hear in my elder law practice is: how do I help my parents protect their assets from nursing home costs? 

Good news….Veterans! If you served during wartime, even if you were not injured while on active duty, and even if you did not serve overseas

Did you know that your parent (likely your mom or grandmother given the earning gap between genders in the 1950s and 1960s) may be receiving

Here’s an interesting article from Vicki Larson about tort (personal injury) laws in some states that would allow a spouse to sue their spouse’s mistress (or mister)

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and it’s Senate companion bill the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are all over the news today (and have

This is just a short post today with a link to a fine article by Gregg Newby from my OptimumHealth about hiring an elder law