Join &Rise to learn about your rights regarding custody and child support with experienced attorney Olivia Basu specializing in family law.
Do you have a child with an ex-partner, and have questions about what the law provides for co-parenting moving forward?
Do you have concerns about if, and how, you are to communicate with your ex regarding decisions for your child, and what financial obligations there might be?
Join &Rise and Olivia Basu from Wilson Family Law, as we discuss custody considerations, which include:
Major decision-making for a child, as well as what types of custody there are
How custody is determined, and how to seek it.
We will also discuss child support, including how it is calculated, and how it can be paid.
Olivia:
Olivia joined The Law Office of Erin M. Wilson, LLC as a Law Clerk in March 2019 and upon being admitted to the Illinois State Bar in January 2021, she became an Associate Attorney. Olivia received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Criminal Justice with a minor in Law and Public Policy from Indiana University in 2017. She subsequently received her Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law in May of 2020, with a certificate in Child and Family Law.
While attending DePaul University College of Law, Olivia volunteered with multiple organizations including the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic (now Ascend Justice) where she helped pro se litigants obtain Emergency Orders of Protection, the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago (CRFC) with the Lawyers in the Classroom program, and the Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program helping the southside of Chicago’s homeless population obtain state IDs and expunge their criminal records. She also was involved with the DePaul Child and Family Law Association and Phi Alpha Delta.
Olivia is originally from Woodbridge, Virginia and first moved to the mid-west in 2013. She has always been interested in helping and advocating for families and children through the law.
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