Matthew G. Shaw

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 37 years of experience

Family Law, Mediation, Guardianship, Collaborative Law

555 S. Randall Rd., Ste. 105, Saint Charles, IL 60174

About Matthew G. Shaw

Practice Areas

Education

Classes and Seminars

Presented and lectured, Negotiating/Drafting Maintenance Provisions, Lake Geneva, WI, June 22, 2007
Presented and lectured, Commingled and Transmuted Property, Chicago, IL, September 21, 2006
Presented and lectured, Evidence: Turning a Witness, New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2005
Presented and lectured, Ethical Dilemmas for the Family Law Practitioner, Bloomington, March 1, 2004
Presented and lectured, Custody Changes: What are Your Odds? Las Vegas, NV, February 15, 2003
Presented and lectured, Hot Tips for Custody Litigation, Lake Geneva, WI, June 21, 2002
Presented and lectured, Ethical Problems of the Divorce Practice, Peoria, IL, October 12, 1994
Presented and lectured, Organizing a Small Divorce Office: The Business of Law (panel discussion), Lake Geneva, WI, June 25, 1993
Presented and lectured, Custody Evaluations under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 215 (a) and (d) and IMDMA 604 and 605, Chicago, IL, December 4, 1992
Presented and lectured, Jurisdiction, St. Louis, MO, June 28, 1991
Child Support Panel, Springfield, IL 1990
KIDS program presenter, 1993 - Present

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

Past Positions

Shaw, Jacobs, Goostree & Associates, P.C., St. Charles, Illinois, Founding Partner
Kane County Circuit Court Clerk, Child Support Attorney, 1987 - 1995

Published Works

Author, ISBA Family Law Handbook (Chapter One), 1995 and 2011
Author in Strategies for Family Law in Illinois (Maintenance Review: Jurisdiction, Procedure, Statutory Standards and Factors), 2015
An Introductory Overview of Jurisdictional Requirements under the IMDMA and UCCJA, ISBA Family Law Newsletter
Supreme Court Interprets Dissipation, ISBA Family Law Newsletter
Pre-nuptial Agreements, ISBA Family Law Newsletter
Interpreting “Prior Obligations”, ISBA Family Law Newsletter
Transfer of Marital Residence Found Fraudulent by Bankruptcy Court, ISBA Family Law newsletter
Author, Holiday Stress and Family Law
Author, Oral Agreements in Family Law
Author, When Dad’s not Dad* (and vice versa)
Author, Top Ten Internet Misstatements of Family Law
Author, Maintenance: ‘Til Death do us Part?
Author, Dissipation: When Does it Begin to Begin?
Author, Maintenance: Payable upon Death? Tax-free?
Author, Does More Parenting Time Justify Less Child Support?
Author, Custody Modification within two years of a Parentage Order
Author, Top Ten (Best) Things I’ve Heard an Attorney Say
Author, Commingling Non-Marital and Marital Property: Reimbursement for Contributions?
Author, Ever Read the Mental Health and Development Disabilities Confidentiality Act?
Author, Are Vacation Days Marital Property?
Author, UIFSA: Modifying Out of State Child Support
Author, Interest on Unpaid Child Support: Mandatory?

Matthew G. Shaw

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.