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Leving team helped father and daughter reunite after long lonely separation

Posted on October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team helped father and daughter reunite after long lonely separation
Leving team helped father and daughter reunite after long lonely separation

Leving team helped father and daughter reunite after long lonely separation By Laura Reichel A father’s love and dedication for his child is a powerful thing. After this father and his seven-year-old daughter were unjustly kept apart by the little girl’s mother, it was his love for his daughter that gave dad the strength to…

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Children rescued from abusive home, safe with dad

Posted on October 11, 2024October 15, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Children rescued from abusive home, safe with dad
Children rescued from abusive home, safe with dad

Children rescued from abusive home, safe with dad By Laura Reichel A father’s worst nightmare became reality after the mother of his two boys took his children from him to Oklahoma, where they were reportedly abused and neglected. The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd.’s legal team found them, brought them back home to…

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Dad wins in court to protect daughter from dangerous household

Posted on September 28, 2024September 28, 2024 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Dad wins in court to protect daughter from dangerous household
Dad wins in court to protect daughter from dangerous household

Dad wins in court to protect daughter from dangerous household By Laura Reichel One of the most important responsibilities a father has is protecting his children. It’s a powerful instinct. This week’s victory involves a father who took this responsibility very seriously when he and his daughter were presented with severe adversity. Chicago matrimonial attorney…

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Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing

Posted on August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing
Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing

Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing By: Laura Reichel After the mother of his children told a Chicago dad that he would never see his kids again, the distraught father turned to the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. The Leving team went to court to…

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Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support

Posted on August 2, 2024August 3, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support
Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support

Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support By Laura Reichel A struggling Chicago dad survived a divorce several years ago. However, after the divorce, his ex refused to pay child support he badly needed to the point where she owed a sizeable chunk of money – many thousands of dollars. Chicago matrimonial attorney Jeffery…

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Dad won in court vs. relatives to recover his children and brought them home

Posted on July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad won in court vs. relatives to recover his children and brought them home
Dad won in court vs. relatives to recover his children and brought them home

Dad won in court vs. relatives to recover his children and brought them home By Laura Reichel A loving father whose relatives turned against him needed legal help to prevent his children from being taken away from him. Chicago matrimonial attorney Jeffery M. Leving will discuss this complex court victory on the Dads’ Rights Legal…

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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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Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife

Posted on July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife
Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife

Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife By Laura Reichel Divorce, even if it is an amicable one, is a difficult and emotionally complex life event. In many cases, the parties involved often seek to protect themselves financially or seek financial compensation from their soon-to-be ex. In a divorce, one spouse can be…

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Court orders divorced mother to allow son to visit dad’s critically injured relative

Posted on June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Court orders divorced mother to allow son to visit dad’s critically injured relative
Court orders divorced mother to allow son to visit dad’s critically injured relative

Court orders divorced mother to allow son to visit dad’s critically injured relative By: Laura Reichel A caring father of a 6-year-old boy shared custody of his child with his ex-wife. One day, Dad received news that a close family member had been hospitalized after a serious accident and was hanging on for his very life….

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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 team court victory achieves justice for struggling father and his little girl

Posted on April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on Leving team court victory achieves justice for struggling father and his little girl
Leving team court victory achieves justice for struggling father and his little girl

Leving team court victory achieves justice for struggling father and his little girl A desperate father contacted the Leving legal team for help after the mother of his little girl abandoned her. Attorney Jeffery Leving, founder and president of the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving, Ltd. in Chicago will talk about this father’s child…

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Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son

Posted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son
Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son

Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son CHICAGO- Dad feared he was at risk for losing his 11-year-old son. Despite his difficult divorce, he has remained an attentive and dedicated father to his child. However, Dad was shocked and horrified to discover that his ex planned to cut him out of his son’s life….

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Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together

Posted on March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together
Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together

Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together Dad’s two children, a 12-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, had been kept from him following the death of their mother. Reportedly, Dad and the mother were never married, but they had an informal agreement where Dad would have his children on alternate weekends, and he…

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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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Chicago and other cities should launch initiatives to help fathers

Posted on October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Chicago and other cities should launch initiatives to help fathers
Chicago and other cities should launch initiatives to help fathers

Chicago and other cities should launch initiatives to help fathers The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. is calling on the City of Chicago and cities all over America to create programs that are similar to Milwaukee’s Fatherhood Initiative. Attorney Jeffery Leving, founder and president of the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd….

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Systems can create parental alienation, and add barriers to healthy families and father inclusion.

Posted on October 19, 2023October 24, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Systems can create parental alienation, and add barriers to healthy families and father inclusion.
Systems can create parental alienation, and add barriers to healthy families and father inclusion.

Systems can create parental alienation, and add barriers to healthy families and father inclusion. These systems created for protection, should not become systems of harm. This is what I’ll be talking about on my weekly Chicagoland radio broadcast, the Dads’ Rights Legal Hour, 9-10 a.m. CDT Saturday, October 21 on Power 92.3 FM. I represented…

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Daughter threatened saved by father in legal fight, Leving says

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Daughter threatened saved by father in legal fight, Leving says
Daughter threatened saved by father in legal fight, Leving says

Daughter threatened saved by father in legal fight, Leving says A loving father who feared his daughter was being threatened physically turned to me for help — and we delivered for him. This is the case I’ll be talking about on my weekly radio show, the Dads’ Rights Legal Hour, 9-10 a.m. CDT Saturday, September…

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Dads’ Rights Victory: In battle of aunts, our client gains time with orphaned niece

Posted on September 3, 2023September 3, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dads’ Rights Victory: In battle of aunts, our client gains time with orphaned niece
Dads’ Rights Victory: In battle of aunts, our client gains time with orphaned niece

Dads’ Rights Victory: In battle of aunts, our client gains time with orphaned niece By Jeffery M. Leving A 3-year-old girl tragically became an orphan when both of her parents died. She has aunts who are still living – and we had to fight for one of them to see her own niece. I’ll talk…

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