Child Custody Nightmare: Child removed from Illinois

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The UCCJEA: Overcoming Judicial Inexperience

Even though most jurisdictions divorce and child custody cases are handled by judges who only preside over those matters, most judges are surprisingly unfamiliar with the Illinois Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (the “UCCJEA”).  This is because most judges have very few UCCJEA cases in their entire careers. How Experienced are Judges with [...]

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UCCJEA judicial teleconference: brief, crucial

A UCCJEA teleconference is both brief, and crucial.  The UCCJEA is the law which, in 48 states (including Illinois), determines which of two states has jurisdiction over a child custody dispute. For instance, when a father files a custody suit in Illinois and the mother files one in Michigan, the UCCJEA will determine if Illinois [...]

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New Illinois Anti-Stalking Law: the Stalking No Contact Order Act

A new Illinois anti-stalking law, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, took effect on January 1, 2010.  Previously there was a gap in Illinois law in the protection of stalking victims. To receive many types of protection, victims either had to be in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator or be a victim of the perpetrators sexual assault; orders [...]

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Cook County, Illinois: Domestic Violence Oders of Protection Available Online

In Cook County, Illinois, the forms a victim needs to file to obtain a “domestic violence oder of protection” can be found online as part of a service called TurboCourt (find the Cook County forms here).  If you do not live in Cook County, Illinois, you will have to use a different method to obtain an [...]

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What is the Illinois Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (the Illinois “UCCJEA”)

The Illinois Uniform Jurisdiction Child Custody Enforcement Act (the “Illinois UCCJEA” or “UCCJEA”), is Illinois’ primary law for settling interstate child custody jurisdiciton disputes. For instance, the UCCJEA can come into play when an Illinois court, or the court of another state, has jurisdiction over a child custody case.  For instance, suppose Father, Mother and Daughter live [...]

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