J. Richard Kulerski

J. Richard Kulerski is a partner in the Oak Brook (and downtown Chicago) divorce law firm of Kulerski and Cornelison. Richard has over four decades of trial experience in the divorce courts of Cook and DuPage counties, IL. and is a Harvard trained mediator and settlement negotiator. Richard and his partner, Kari Cornelison, are staunch advocates of the settlement approach to divorce and both are active in divorce mediation, collaborative divorce law and in the rapidly growing cooperative divorce movement.

Loyola University Chicago

Undergraduate

DePaul University

J.D.

1960 - 1963

Benedictine College

Undergraduate

member - Board of Directors

Mediation Council of Illinois

1998 - 2002

The Secret to a Friendly Divorce

Wasteland Press

August, 2009

Divorce Buddy System

Author House

September, 2008

Illinois State Bar

Member

Current

Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois

Fellow

2002 - Current

DuPage Bar Association

Sustaining Member

1989 - Current

Illinois

Since 1963

Q. In Illinois, is child support mandatory in a divorce?

August 5, 2023

A: Child support is mandatory in Illinois. You have no right to say you don't want it. It's the child(ren)'s right - it is not your right to give away.

Q. Can my parents enter me (adult child) into a contractual obligation within their divorce decree without my signature?

April 19, 2023

A: It doesn't mean that you must pay one-third. It only requires your parents to pay one-third each. Their respective obligations are capped at one-third each. The court had no jurisdiction over you and could not order you to do anything.

Q. Can I remove my kids, 10 & 14, out of my husband's home and bring with to rent a house? In Chicago

January 25, 2023

A: Your Judgment for Dissolution should state who the residential parent is. If it is you, then you are free to move with the children.