Illinois Child Support Attorney - Donald E. Ray

    In Illinois attorneys can be hired to establish a child support order, to modify an existing child support order, issues in regards to a child support arrearage all based upon a hourly rate. The rate varies by attorney and there is no state standard.  This is how you will have to hire an attorney to handle many of the child support issues

    Illinois child support law allows attorneys  to be hired based upon a contingency fee plan on  the limited issues of collecting past due child support or for seeking penalties against an employer who does not withhold child support or who has withheld but sends the payments late.  A contingency fee plan allows you to pay no money up front. Payment occurs when the money is paid by or taken from the non custodial parent. My office is paid a 30% rate. Thus when a payment of $100.00 is received for the past due support. You would send to me $30.00. For more details about hiring an Illinois child support attorney on this basis please contact me.

     I can be hired to assist you on any level of child support problems you have even if the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Public Aid) is already assisting you. This agency can be very helpful you just need to know how they can help you.

    In addition to handling child support enforcement cases I have experience in handling the various non traditional cases such as:

• Seeking penalties for you against non compliant employers

• Tracking down unaccounted for SDU payments

• Errors in withholding notices sent by the State

• Serving in and out of state employers with the proper/court enforceable legal notices to withhold child support

• Establishing paternity so that child support can be set

• Assisting compliant payors with multiple notices to withhold served upon an employer including out of state actions.

 

    My internet information is as follows:

        Cases: In Re Marriage of Smith - in this case I argued against the noncustodial parent who owed in excess of $60,000.00 that his defenses were wrong. The appellate court agreed.

        Articles:  The Math of the 2006 Interest Laws, The Application of Child Support Interest: More Than Just A Sharp Pencil

    Answer:"F.I.P.S." is a number for each county in the United States and thus each county in Illinois.  If the attorney you talk to does not know this walk out the door fast and do not look back. This number is essential on the notice sent to the employer, without it you may not get your money.