Holly Agers, the Illinois mom of the five year old in this case, entered into an agreed parenting schedule with the child’s father. Without any notice to the father, she stopped the parenting time and alleged that the father was sexually assaulting their daughter. Holly hired a therapist who agreed with the mom. The mother
Continue Reading »The Illinois Supreme Court announced Monday that it has amended rules that would expand mediation for child custody cases to include requests by a custodial parent to move a minor child to another state. Mediation programs for child custody and visitation cases have been a requirement for each judicial circuit in Illinois through Supreme Court
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Cohabitation pursuant to 750 ILCS 5/510(c) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act Parties that are obligated to pay maintenance to their former spouses upon dissolution of a marriage often times may terminate their maintenance obligation if their former spouse is found to be cohabiting on a resident, continuing conjugal basis with another
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Tomasz and Dawn had three children. The mother kept sole custody of the parties’ children and Tomasz was required to pay $1,280.00 in monthly child support. Tomasz made less money than Dawn did however, and after he paid his 32% in child support, Dawn had a lot more money then he did. Dawn sought to
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All I can say is, it’s about time…..to think that we even needed the court to decide this is sad, but its done. The Defense of Marriage Act, the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states, is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday by a 5-4 vote. “The federal statute is
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Mexican Street Dogs There are thousands of stray dogs living in the streets and on the beaches of Mexico. Though there are no hard and fast stats for how many dogs are eking out an existence, Mexico City authorities report that they capture and kill an estimated 20,000 dogs per month in their city alone.
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