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File the original and 1 copy of your Motion, and the Certification, with the clerk's office in person or by mail. o To e-file, create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to select a service provider.

While some states require a 50-50 split of marital assets, Illinois does not. Instead, divorcing spouses in Illinois must divide their marital assets ing to the principles of equitable distribution.

Divorce laws in Illinois allow either party to receive alimony payments (or spousal support/maintenance payments). The court determines the amount of alimony as well as the duration based on numerous factors. Fault and marital misconduct are not among them.

Dissipation has been defined by the Illinois Supreme Court as the "use of marital property for the sole benefit of one of the spouses for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time that the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable breakdown." Marriage of O'Neill, 138 Ill.

Illinois is an equitable division state, so marital property does not have to be split evenly. Marital property is property owned by both parties. This type of property is split during the property division phase of a divorce. Marital property does not have to be split evenly, rather it is split equitably.

In a marriage of under 5 years, maintenance payments last for 20% of the marriage's length. For a 9-10 year marriage, alimony payments last 40% of the marriage's length. 20+ years of marriage means alimony will either last the marriage's length or indefinitely.