Subject Index Child Custody and Visitation

On November 13, 2007, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, affirmed the order of the Circuit Court of Cook County granting a modified joint parenting order allowing visitation of the minor child in a foreign country. 

On March 8, 2007, the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, reversed and remanded the decision of the Circuit Court of Lake County granting the petitioner's motion to dismiss the respondent's petition to enjoin removal of the parties' daughter Caylee. 

The Illinois General Assembly has created a new section to the Illinois Parentage Act in an effort to protect families who have been victims of sexual crimes. 750 ILCS 45/6.5. 

Due to the ever-changing definition of family, the Illinois General Assembly amended section 607 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. 750 ILCS 5/607.

On April 19, 2006, the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, reversed the decision of the Circuit Court of DuPage County, which found that it had no authority to determine whether equitable estoppel prevented a mother from collecting unpaid child support from the father. 

On February 2, 2006, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, reversing and remanding the Circuit Court of LaSalle County's dismissal of a petition for guardianship of a child. 

The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act has been amended by modifying the child custody proceeding requirements imposed by section 601(b)(4). 

On June 17, 2004, the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, held that the trial court's determination that removal of the petitioner's children from Illinois to Switzerland was not in the children's best interests was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

On May 19, 2004, the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, held that the trial court's denial of the petitioner's removal petition was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.