Family Law
Compassionate, aggressive representation by experienced trial lawyers.
Family issues sometimes require legal assistance. Working with an attorney protects your rights and safeguards your family’s interests. VF Law has over thirty combined years of family law experience, serving clients in St. Charles, Wheaton, and throughout Illinois.
What We Handle
A complete family law practice — under one firm.
We represent mothers, fathers, grandparents, and extended family members through every part of the family law system. Our attorneys are admitted across the Tri-City and Chicago metro region and appear regularly in Kane, DuPage, Kendall, McHenry, Will, DeKalb, and Cook counties.
Divorce
Contested and uncontested. Litigated, mediated, or collaborative — whichever produces the outcome you actually want.
Property Division
Marital and non-marital property identification, business valuations, dissipation claims, and the negotiations or trial work needed to resolve them.
Spousal Support
Maintenance under current Illinois guidelines — including deviations when the formula doesn’t fit the facts.
Child Custody
Allocation of parenting time and decision-making responsibilities, parenting plans, and the post-decree disputes that follow.
Child Support
Income shares calculations, modifications, enforcement, and contribution to college expenses.
Parenting Time & Visitation
Workable schedules — including grandparents’ visitation rights — and the litigation to defend them.
Allocation of Parental Responsibilities
Drafting and enforcement of allocation judgments under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
Adoption
Stepparent, agency, and private adoptions. Termination of parental rights when required.
Paternity
Establishing parentage, the related custody and support determinations, and challenges where appropriate.
Support and Custody Modifications
Post-decree modifications when income changes, when the parenting schedule isn’t working, or when relocation is on the table.
Orders of Protection
Emergency and plenary orders of protection. Quiet, fast, and thorough.
Stalking & No Contact Orders
Civil no-contact relief under the Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act and Civil No Contact Order Act.
Sometimes, court is the best option.
We attempt out-of-court resolution first wherever it serves the client — but the firm’s identity is built on trial readiness. When negotiation isn’t producing a fair result, the willingness to go to court is what keeps the other side honest.
“When you hire us to go to trial, you hire us to win.”
Discuss your family law matter — confidentially.
Call 331-223-4529 or send a brief message through the contact form. We’ll set up a consultation with the attorney best suited to your situation.