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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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Fathers’ Rights Court victory: After hard-fought trial, judge gives custody of children to dad

Posted on August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Fathers’ Rights Court victory: After hard-fought trial, judge gives custody of children to dad
Fathers’ Rights Court victory: After hard-fought trial, judge gives custody of children to dad

Fathers’ Rights Court victory: After hard-fought trial, judge gives custody of children to dad In a case that involved the heartbreak of a mother’s illness and death, we fought and won in court to bring grief-stricken children back to their father. I’ll talk about this case on my weekly Chicago radio show, the Dads’ Rights…

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Therapy under way to reunite dad and son

Posted on August 25, 2023August 26, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Therapy under way to reunite dad and son
Therapy under way to reunite dad and son

Therapy under way to reunite dad and son Fathers’ Rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving will speak on his weekly radio show about a case in which his law firm secured a long-sought victory. “We reunited a loving father with his young son,” Leving says. “It was a fierce battle, but we won. Failure was not…

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Incarcerated dad wins court order banning mother from relocating daughter to Georgia

Posted on April 29, 2023April 30, 2023 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on Incarcerated dad wins court order banning mother from relocating daughter to Georgia
Incarcerated dad wins court order banning mother from relocating daughter to Georgia

Incarcerated dad wins court order banning mother from relocating daughter to Georgia A father who’s in prison in Illinois has a 9-year-old daughter, whom he raised with the girl’s mother until he was locked up. He recently learned that his daughter’s mother planned to move, with the girl, to Georgia. This was jarring news to…

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Boy rescued from ‘toxic’ home, reunited with dad

Posted on April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Boy rescued from ‘toxic’ home, reunited with dad
Boy rescued from ‘toxic’ home, reunited with dad

Boy rescued from ‘toxic’ home, reunited with dad Renowned matrimonial attorney Jeffery M. Leving and his legal team won a case that took extensive, persistent work, along with patience and strength from their client and his son. Leving will speak about this hard-fought victory on his weekly radio show, the Dads’ Rights Legal Hour, 9-10…

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Leving: Father wins case to raise his daughters

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving: Father wins case to raise his daughters
Leving: Father wins case to raise his daughters

Leving: Father wins case to raise his daughters The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. won a case for a father who was happily and successfully raising his two teenage daughters – until the girls’ mother reappeared and abruptly took the girls away. Jeffery Leving will talk about the case on his weekly radio…

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Dad wins in court to get child enrolled in school

Posted on March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Dad wins in court to get child enrolled in school
Dad wins in court to get child enrolled in school

Dad wins in court to get child enrolled in school One of a father’s most important responsibilities is to protect his children, says Chicago-based family law attorney Jeffery M. Leving, founder and president of the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. “Fathers come to us because they are greatly concerned that their children are…

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Order of protection keeps mother’s reported abusive boyfriend away from dad’s children

Posted on December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Order of protection keeps mother’s reported abusive boyfriend away from dad’s children
Order of protection keeps mother’s reported abusive boyfriend away from dad’s children

Order of protection keeps mother’s reported abusive boyfriend away from dad’s children A divorced dad had two children with his ex-wife – an 8-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl. He wanted to protect his children from physical abuse he feared might come at the hands of his ex-wife’s new boyfriend. Attorney Jeffery M. Leving, founder…

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Order of protection keeps dad from his daughters until he fights in court and wins

Posted on November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Order of protection keeps dad from his daughters until he fights in court and wins
Order of protection keeps dad from his daughters until he fights in court and wins

Order of protection keeps dad from his daughters until he fights in court and wins A father is going through a divorce, which is always difficult, says Fathers’ Rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving, who has been through a divorce himself. He has to worry about maintaining his relationship with his children and he has to…

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State indicated dad neglected child, but he wins appeal, clearing his name

Posted on November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on State indicated dad neglected child, but he wins appeal, clearing his name
State indicated dad neglected child, but he wins appeal, clearing his name

State indicated dad neglected child, but he wins appeal, clearing his name Fathers’ Rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving will tell listeners to his weekly radio show about a decision his legal team won from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in favor of a father his firm represented. “I believe there is little…

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Court victory keeps boy close to his father

Posted on September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Court victory keeps boy close to his father
Court victory keeps boy close to his father

Court victory keeps boy close to his father When a father gets divorced, it’s usually great if his children live nearby – and that was the situation for an Illinois dad and his 10-year-old son. However, according to court documents, the mother suddenly decided to move with the boy out of state, to North Carolina….

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