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Your family is unique. Your legal documents should be, too.
Whether you're establishing a parenting arrangement, changing an existing one, or addressing child support, DocDraft helps you move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Understand your next steps
Tell us about your family and what you’re trying to accomplish. We’ll help you organize the information relevant to your situation.
Prepare personalized documents
Get help drafting documents that reflect your circumstances and applicable Illinois requirements.
Get legal help when you need it
Some family matters require more than paperwork. Connect with attorney-support options when professional guidance could make a difference.
What can DocDraft help you with?
Decision-Making Responsibilities
Work toward clear arrangements for significant decisions about your child, such as education, health, religion, and extracurricular activities.
Parenting Plans & Parenting Time
Prepare a proposed parenting plan covering parenting time, holidays, exchanges, and other important details.
Child Support
Understand the information involved in establishing or addressing child support obligations in Illinois.
Parenting & Support Modifications
Prepare to request changes to an existing court order when your circumstances have changed.
Responding to Custody Cases
Organize your information and get help preparing an appropriate response to a parenting or support proceeding.
Co-Parenting Agreements
Document practical expectations and responsibilities to help both parents move forward.
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- Tell me what happened.
- We need a parenting time plan for our two kids in Illinois.
- Which Illinois county is this in?
- Cook County
- What would you like this document to do?
- A weekly schedule with holidays and school breaks.
- Parenting schedule outlineFirst draft ready to review
The children will follow a weekly schedule, with holidays and school breaks shared as set out below.
Understanding child custody and support in Illinois
Illinois law uses the terms allocation of parental responsibilities and parenting time rather than custody and visitation. Parental responsibilities include both parenting time and significant decision-making about a child's education, health, religion, and extracurricular activities.
These issues may be addressed as part of a divorce or in a separate case between parents. Parents generally must file a proposed parenting plan, together or separately, within 120 days after a petition for allocation of parental responsibilities is filed or served.
Courts generally allocate decision-making responsibilities and parenting time according to the child's best interests. Child support is addressed under Illinois guidelines that generally consider both parents' incomes, along with individual circumstances.
If you already have a court order, changing it generally requires a modification through the court. A private agreement alone does not change an existing order.
DocDraft helps you get organized and prepare for the process.
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Some questions call for more than paperwork. Explore document review and consultation options with a licensed attorney.
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