Family Law Lawyers in Wheaton

39 family law attorneys are listed in Wheaton — a concentration explained by the city's role as the seat of DuPage County and the home of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit courthouse, where the county's family cases are heard.

Illinois law speaks of the allocation of parental responsibilities and parenting time rather than custody and visitation, and requires a parenting plan; child support is calculated on an income shares model that takes both parents' incomes into account.

Because so many of these attorneys practise in one courthouse, local knowledge of the judges and of the county's mediation requirements is a real differentiator. Ask how often they appear there and how they handle a contested parenting case.

Lawyers listed in Wheaton also cover Divorce (28), Criminal Law (16) and DUI & DWI (11). The same practice elsewhere in Illinois: Chicago (12), Peoria (11) and Bloomington (11). Across Illinois the directory lists 133 attorneys in this practice; Wheaton is 1st by their number among 13 cities.