The Quadrennial Child Support Review: An Opportunity to Effect Change
By Melanie Caspi
Family Law,
May 2022
Now that practitioners and judges have had an opportunity to use and evaluate the child support guidelines for the past five years, it is time to discuss needed changes, updates, and clarifications to section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
Representing the child in proceedings under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act
By Melanie Caspi
Women and the Law,
February 2004
Section 506 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act authorizes the court, on its own motion or by motion of either party, to appoint an attorney to represent the children "in proceedings involving the support, custody, visitation, education, parentage, property interest or general welfare of a minor or dependent child."
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