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Leving Team Protected Dad’s Little Girls Again, Ensuring Their Lasting Safety

Posted on November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Team Protected Dad’s Little Girls Again, Ensuring Their Lasting Safety
Leving Team Protected Dad’s Little Girls Again, Ensuring Their Lasting Safety

Leving Team Protected Dad’s Little Girls Again, Ensuring Their Lasting Safety By Laura Reichel When two young girls were rescued from a reported toxic and dangerous home, their devoted father believed the worst was finally behind them. The court victory granting him primary custody had given his daughters the peace and stability they deserved, allowing…

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Little Girl Rescued from Feared Danger and Reunited with Dad

Posted on October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Little Girl Rescued from Feared Danger and Reunited with Dad
Little Girl Rescued from Feared Danger and Reunited with Dad

Little Girl Rescued from Feared Danger and Reunited with Dad By Laura Reichel A frightened dad called Chicago attorney and fathers’ rights advocate Jeffery M. Leving for help after his worst fears came true: his ex took his eight-year-old daughter from him and vanished. Dad feared his little girl was at risk and that he…

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Chicago dad’s court victory protected sons from danger

Posted on May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Chicago dad’s court victory protected sons from danger
Chicago dad’s court victory protected sons from danger

Chicago dad’s court victory protected sons from danger By Laura Reichel A terrified Chicago dad feared for his children’s safety after it was reported his ex threatened to take his children away from him and kill him. Feeling compelled to protect his little boys, dad immediately called attorney Jeffery Leving for help in keeping his…

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Chicago dad’s court victory kept sons safe at home

Posted on May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Chicago dad’s court victory kept sons safe at home
Chicago dad’s court victory kept sons safe at home

Chicago dad’s court victory kept sons safe at home By Laura Reichel A terrified Chicago dad feared losing his children forever after their mother threatened to take them from him. Dad was horrified at possibly losing his boys forever. The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving, Ltd. fought for them in court and won, safeguarding…

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Dad who feared losing son forever, won in court, keeping son in the U.S. 

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad who feared losing son forever, won in court, keeping son in the U.S. 
Dad who feared losing son forever, won in court, keeping son in the U.S. 

Dad who feared losing son forever, won in court, keeping son in the U.S.  By Laura Reichel An Illinois father wanted to keep his little boy from being ripped from his loving home and whisked out of the country, where he feared he’d never see his son again. Desperate, he called attorney Jeffery Leving for…

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Dad released from prison, reunited with son and freed from child support

Posted on April 30, 2025April 30, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad released from prison, reunited with son and freed from child support
Dad released from prison, reunited with son and freed from child support

Dad released from prison, reunited with son and freed from child support By Laura Reichel A father released from prison reached out for help in reconnecting with his fifteen-year-old son, whom he hadn’t seen in over a decade. When dad tried contacting the child’s mother, hoping to reunite with his son, he was horrified to…

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Fathers are badly needed by their children in troubled times

Posted on April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Fathers are badly needed by their children in troubled times
Fathers are badly needed by their children in troubled times

Fathers are badly needed by their children in troubled times By Jeffery M. Leving While it can be highly questionable to give a minor an AR-15 as a gift for any reason, it is unconscionable that a parent would give an AR-15 to a child who has been bullied in school and questioned earlier by…

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Dad won in court after ex reportedly tried to erase him from daughter’s life

Posted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad won in court after ex reportedly tried to erase him from daughter’s life
Dad won in court after ex reportedly tried to erase him from daughter’s life

Dad won in court after ex reportedly tried to erase him from daughter’s life By Laura Reichel A loving father found himself in a horrifying situation, fearing that he was the victim of parental alienation. Dad reported that his ex constantly interfered with his attempts to be with his 7-year-old daughter and used his little…

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Leving Matrimonial Law Seminar: Essential Practice Strategies to Best Represent Clients in Complex Family Law Cases

Posted on April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Matrimonial Law Seminar: Essential Practice Strategies to Best Represent Clients in Complex Family Law Cases
Leving Matrimonial Law Seminar: Essential Practice Strategies to Best Represent Clients in Complex Family Law Cases

Leving Matrimonial Law Seminar: Essential Practice Strategies to Best Represent Clients in Complex Family Law Cases The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. will host the next presentation of the Arthur S. Kallow Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Series on April 15th at 6:30 p.m. CST at 225 W. Wacker Drive in Chicago.The Law Offices…

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Leving team gained court-ordered parenting time for dad who had none

Posted on January 31, 2025February 1, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team gained court-ordered parenting time for dad who had none
Leving team gained court-ordered parenting time for dad who had none

Leving team gained court-ordered parenting time for dad who had none By Laura Reichel A dad and his girlfriend were together for many years, and had two children, a boy and a girl, who are now both adolescents. After the relationship between dad and the mother ended, the children stayed with their father. Afterwards, the…

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Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad

Posted on August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad
Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad

Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad By Laura Reichel The Leving legal team won a critical decision from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in favor of an accused father they defended. It is terrifying for any father to be faced with the allegation that he neglected his…

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Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home
Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home

Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home By Laura Reichel A father’s greatest joy is brought by his children and his greatest fear is losing them. This is the fear a desperate father experienced after discovering his ex-wife was planning on taking his children away from him and exposing them…

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Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support

Posted on June 21, 2024June 24, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support
Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support

Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support By Laura Reichel A father who was raising his two boys, ages 15 and 13, alone suddenly found himself at risk of losing them. The mother was never much involved in the boys’ lives. According to court records, she moved from place to place and…

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Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings

Posted on June 18, 2024June 19, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings
Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings

Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. will host the next presentation of the Arthur S. Kallow Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Series on June 20th at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. The keynote CLE speaker, matrimonial…

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Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child

Posted on April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child
Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child

Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child The Leving legal team won an important case for a man who was ordered to pay child support for a little girl who was not even his biological child. The client and the mother were never married. The mother misled the client…

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Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death

Posted on March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death
Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death

Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death Dad was never married to the mother of his 5-year-old daughter, whom he cared for and loved deeply.  Despite Dad’s rocky relationship with the mother, he was constantly involved in all aspects of his daughter’s life and had a close relationship with her. This…

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Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children

Posted on March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 By Guest Columnist No Comments on Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children
Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children

Lonely fathers need to take steps to end epidemic and provide good examples to their children By Jeffery M. Leving Male loneliness is a problem in this country that you may not have heard of but some experts are now calling it an epidemic and saying it is not only hazardous to mens health, it…

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Leving team wins court victory for Dad and his little girl

Posted on February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team wins court victory for Dad and his little girl
Leving team wins court victory for Dad and his little girl

Leving team wins court victory for Dad and his little girl CHICAGO- Dad has been struggling to stay in his 7-year-old daughter’s life after a difficult divorce. Dad, despite his strained relationship with his ex-wife, has always been a loving and dedicated father to his daughter. Suddenly, Dad found himself being denied all contact with…

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