Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

Question: 

I met with an attorney 7 months ago and paid that attorney $50 to begin bankruptcy proceedings. I provided the attorney with all my personal financial information. I later decided not to file. Now my spouse is using this attorney in our divorce. I am very uncomfortable with that lawyer having all my information. Is this a conflict of interest?

I will not be using an attorney and want to know how I would go about having my spouse’s attorney removed because of the conflict of interest.

Question: Seven years ago, I got divorced in Illinois and was named the custodial parent of my children. Since then, I have moved to Texas. 

Now, 7 years after the fact, my ex suddenly is filing a request to take the kids away from me. There has been no wrongdoing on my part, I don’t have a criminal record or anything, and I’m recently married with a very happy, intact family. 

Is there any chance she can swoop in 7 years later and take my kids?

As part of the ‘national conversation’ on fatherhood that President Obama would like to have, we need to talk about the presumptions of Illinois divorce courts that influence our perceptions of the value of father involvement.

The de facto minimum parenting schedule used by Illinois courts remains, as it has been for decades, "every other weekend" with a weekly non-overnight "visit” for the non-custodial parent, normally the father.