Food-Related Legislation BillsBy Angela PetersFood Law, March 2023A list of bills reently sent to the Food Law Section Council for review and comments.
CLE ProgramsBy Angela PetersInternational and Immigration Law, January 2023Summaries of recent and upcoming CLE programs of interest.
Supreme Court Immigration Run DownBy Angela Peters & Carlos Cisneros-VilchisInternational and Immigration Law, September 2022Summaries of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases impacting the areas of immigration, immigration enforcement, and national security.
Illinois Food Law & Regulations to KnowBy Angela PetersFood Law, October 2020An overview of the Illinois Department of Agriculture Rules & Regulations, which seeks to inform farmers and growers about what they need to know to legally sell farm products directly to consumers.
Under the IMDMA, What Is the Well-Being of a Companion Animal?By Angela Peters & David HopkinsFamily Law, February 2020Effective January 1, 2018, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to allow parties going through a divorce to petition the court for sole or joint possession of companion animals.
Under the IMDMA, What Is the Well-Being of a Companion Animal?By Angela Peters & David HopkinsAnimal Law, August 2019Effective January 1, 2018, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to allow parties going through a divorce to petition the court for sole or joint possession of companion animals.
Animal law and environmental law: Exploring the connections and synergiesBy Angela PetersAnimal Law, December 2016Environmental law, with its intricate layers of international, federal, state, and local laws, is more established than its animal law counterpart. Yet animal law faces many of the same legal and strategic challenges that environmental law faced in seeking to establish a more secure foothold, both in the U.S. and abroad.
When can parents leave their children alone?By Diane L. Redleaf & Angela PetersChild Law, December 2015The current law and policy on the question of what constitutes “inadequate supervision” is, quite frankly, a mess. In Illinois, there are at least four different legal standards at play in Illinois’ intersecting criminal, juvenile court and governing child welfare reporting and investigations law.
Our survival as tinkerers and creatorsBy Angela Peters & Sabrina ShaferSenior Lawyers, November 2015The realities of mentorship from the perspectives of both a mentor and mentee.
When can parents leave their children alone?By Diane L. Redleaf & Angela PetersFamily Law, November 2015The current law and policy on the question of what constitutes “inadequate supervision” is, quite frankly, a mess. In Illinois, there are at least four different legal standards at play in Illinois’ intersecting criminal, juvenile court and governing child welfare reporting and investigations law.
Comments from the ChairBy Angela PetersAnimal Law, October 2013An update on the section's recent activities, from Chair Angela Peters.
Comments from the ChairBy Angela PetersAnimal Law, August 2013A message from Section Chair Angela Peters.
Pet Lemon LawBy Angela PetersAnimal Law, August 2013This new law provides consumer protections when purchasing cats and dogs from a pet store. It helps to ensure pet owners are provided with healthy pets upon purchase. If a licensed veterinarian determines an animal ‘unfit’ within 21 days of purchase, a buyer would have the option to get a replacement pet, a full refund on the animal, or be reimbursed by the pet store for veterinary fees.
Sperm donor can keep it in his pocketBy Angela PetersFamily Law, October 2012Can a biological father, who has paid child support for five years, file a MotiontoTerminatetheParent/ChildRelationshipbasedonhis claim that he merelydonated his sperm?
Yes, you have two husbandsBy Angela PetersFamily Law, November 2011Getting a divorce overseas is not a problem or something you should necessarily avoid, but be aware of the jurisdiction.
Take the home, the frying pans and all else, but Fido is mine!By Angela PetersAnimal Law, September 2011What guidance can the court employ to determine a proper value when the pet was purchased from a shelter, has been a family companion, and there are sentimental considerations from each member of the family?
Class action challenging unconstitutional DCFS practices concludes after 11 yearsBy Diane L. Redleaf & Angela PetersWomen and the Law, October 2008In 1997, a class of parents and child-serving professionals filed a lawsuit against the Department of Children and Family Services, seeking extensive reform of DCFS investigations, based on violations of due process.
Dupuy v. Samuels (DCFS Director), re DCFS safety plans case reportBy Angela PetersWomen and the Law, June 2006Entire families, including mothers, fathers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, male and females of any description are possible persons who can be affected by DCFS safety plans.
Case law reportBy Angela PetersInternational and Immigration Law, July 2005The American court properly declined to return the children to the father in Sweden, where the court found under Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction that returning the children would cause them grave risk of physical or psychological harm or otherwise place them in an intolerable situation.
International driver’s licenseBy Angela PetersInternational and Immigration Law, December 2002As international traffic began to expand in the post World War II years, government officials and motoring authorities in numerous leading countries realized that the existing treaty-convention in the field (Paris 1926) no longer met the growing needs of international motoring.
A primer on international driving permitsBy Angela PetersTraffic Laws and Courts, December 2002As international traffic began to expand in the post World War II years, government officials and motoring authorities in numerous leading countries realized that the existing treaty-convention in the field (Paris 1926) no longer met the growing needs of international motoring.
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