750 ILCS 5/602.9 is facially unconstitutional
By Lane Harvey
Family Law,
September 2017
Author Lane Harvey argues that, given the current statute, there's no circumstance in which a non-parent can ever meet the compelling state interest test or that the court may substitute its judgment as to the reasonableness of a fit parent’s decision regarding the persons with whom his or her child may associate.
Chairman’s column
By Lane Harvey
Family Law,
June 2017
The final column from Family Law Section Chair Lane Harvey.
Chair’s column: The conundrum of client relations in family law
By Lane Harvey
Family Law,
February 2017
In order to do our jobs in compliance with, inter alia, the obligations imposed by Rule 2.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, we must often take positions with our client which may be opposed to their immediate desires but which may serve their long-term interests.
Chair’s column: An action brought pursuant to the IMDMA is a civil proceeding
By Lane Harvey
Family Law,
November 2016
Our Section Council’s November 17th table clinic includes such topics as requests to admit per Supreme Court Rule 216, use of pre-trial motions, matters related to the depositions of a party, and the use of the opposite party’s substantive admissions made prior to trial as substantive evidence during trial.
Chairman’s column
By Lane Harvey
Family Law,
July 2016
A message from 2016-17 Section Chair Lane Harvey.
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