KYZ Law, P.C.

Apparently, based on Cook County statistics compiled since 2006, chances for either Plaintiff or Defendant of prevailing at jury trial are exactly 50/50. Of course, some cases merit a stronger likelihood of success than others, but statistically speaking, it is a 50/50 chance. It also means that both sides, Plaintiffs and Defendants are “getting a [...]

City Counsel voted to seize state income tax refunds to cover debt owed to the City of Chicago.  If you owe on red light tickets, parking tickets, city code violations and the like, and the City gave you an opportunity to contest such fines, and subsequently, the fine became adjudicated (final), they may tap into your tax refund [...]

Litigants must feel frustrated when they notice their cases are not moving along fast enough. Average case languishes on the court’s docket for about 2-3 years, some take much longer and some take much less. In order for the court’s to implement programs to help lawyers, judges, and pro se litigants to move the cases along [...]

Thinking about moving with your child out of state? Are you leaving the other parent behind, perhaps because he/she does not live with you? First, you must get the court’s permission. Halle Barry is doing just that right now. Halle Barry filed documents in Court asking permission to move with her fiancé Olivier Martinez and her daughter [...]

Illinois promulgated over 200 new laws, which went into effect on January 1, 2012. Here are some of them:  BIKERS CAN NOW RUN A RED LIGHT, IT IS LEGAL Motorcycles and bicycles, often not heavy enough to trigger sensors that switch traffic lights from red to green, will now be allowed to legally pass through [...]

All Counties will give you certain exemptions, if you qualify. Most common exemptions are general homestead exemption (primary residences only); senior citizen exemption; and senior citizen freeze. If you qualify, you can have all three exemptions simultaneously. Most misconstrue, however, what a freeze on property taxes means. Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze does not mean your [...]

Most people may know that if you transfer your real estate property to a family member, neither of you will have to pay a transfer tax because it is a transfer within a family. Similarly, if you are getting a divorce and one spouse transfers his/her share of martial home to the other spouse, neither [...]

Trust is more about what I believe about me than it is about knowing what someone else will do. “How would you live if you felt you could trust life fully? If you believed you were totally protected and secure, that forevermore your life would be filled with love and prosperity? Think of how your [...]

Appellate Court Victories Occasionally, trial courts make errors in their rulings. When these errors are serious enough, we have pursued appeals on behalf of our clients. In two separate recent cases, a commercial law case and a family law case, we appealed the trial court’s incorrect rulings and won victories for our clients in the Illinois Appellate Court. In [...]

Nearly 2,000 people are listed on the Mortgage Foreclosure Surplus Fund list and are owed money. If you lost a home in Cook County due to foreclosure and would like to find out if you are entitled any funds, please go to the “Mortgage Surplus Search” portal on the Clerk’s Office website.  

“Today, the engine of government says that we will move towards justice, towards fairness, towards equal protection under the law,” said Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Debra Shore, who attended the civil union kickoff this morning. “This is a day long in the making and I wish I could have been there to celebrate with [...]

Watch a 20 min. video of an actual couple who utilized Collaborative Process to fashion their divorce agreement and allowed it to be captured on tape. Click here to WATCH video For more videos and information on collaborative process visit Collaborative Practice Professionals of Illinois  

America prides itself on affording everyone to have their day in court. But because the losing party does not typically have to pay opposing side’s legal fees, some file frivolous lawsuits out of spite. Sometimes women falsely accuse their husbands of physical abuse in order to get an upper hand in the divorce. Companies file frivolous lawsuits against other companies to get rid of their competition. You should fight such lawsuits. But first you must prevail in an underlying (frivolous lawsuit), then you must demonstrate that the accuser had no probable cause to bring the action, and such action was brought out of malice.

Despite family laws making it clear that one cannot be discriminated against on the basis of sex, fathers throughout America and worldwide continue to feel discriminated against in family courts. Sir Bob Geldof from Australia is on a high-profile crusade speaking up for the rights of single fathers. He lost custody of his kids during the divorce, and although ultimately fought back and won at great financial expense, has written and speaks on the topic with a passion.