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If you have a television and have lived in the Chicago area in the last 20 years, chances are that you’ve seen a commercial of “Dad’s Rights” lawyer Jeffery Leving. He has been accused of unethical conduct by the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). The ARDC is the state organization that licenses and disciplines attorneys.

Few things before we get to the allegations:

  1. He should be assumed innocent until the hearing is over. While I have heard rumblings of the things he’s accused of, I have no direct evidence and like anyone else he’s entitled to the presumption of
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Last July Illinois changed the child support law.  Now payments are based on how many overnights each parent has with their child as well as the joint incomes of both parents.  There is a table that shows what payments should be based on these factors as well as the number of kids that you have.

Nobody was sure how this was all going to work out and it’s still not 100% settled as some aspects of the law are being challenged at the Appellate Court.  But I asked a Chicago family law attorney his thoughts on the law and here…
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We get this question a lot. The idea that fathers have rights that are different from those of mothers is a misunderstanding that has been created by the way some family law attorneys advertise. These lawyers try to get clients by suggesting they specialize in “father’s rights,” which makes fathers think they need to hire that type of attorney. It’s just a marketing gimmick.

There is no Illinois law that says a father gets more or less time with his children than their mother. (Note that we are talking about cases where paternity is not at issue.) What you really…
Continue Reading What are a father’s rights in an Illinois child custody case?