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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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Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Learn the effective use of mental health professionals in family law cases and the use of habeas corpus.

Posted on February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Learn the effective use of mental health professionals in family law cases and the use of habeas corpus.
Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Learn the effective use of mental health professionals in family law cases and the use of habeas corpus.

Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Learn the effective use of mental health professionals in family law cases and the use of habeas corpus. CHICAGO – The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. (Leving Firm) will host the next presentation of the Arthur S. Kallow Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Series on Wednesday, Feb. 21…

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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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Court orders wife to stop selling marital assets

Posted on September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Court orders wife to stop selling marital assets
Court orders wife to stop selling marital assets

Court orders wife to stop selling marital assets The father of a 7-year-old girl was rightfully upset when the child’s mother sold a very rare and expensive antique car that the couple acquired while married without his knowledge or consent and without sharing the proceeds. Attorney Jeffery Leving, founder and president of the Law Offices…

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CLE at Leving firm to focus on conflicts of interest in family law cases

Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 By News Editor No Comments on CLE at Leving firm to focus on conflicts of interest in family law cases
CLE at Leving firm to focus on conflicts of interest in family law cases

CLE at Leving firm to focus on conflicts of interest in 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 Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. Distinguished attorney…

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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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Using rules of evidence to achieve court victories to be topic of CLE seminar at Leving firm

Posted on August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Using rules of evidence to achieve court victories to be topic of CLE seminar at Leving firm
Using rules of evidence to achieve court victories to be topic of CLE seminar at Leving firm

Using rules of evidence to achieve court victories to be topic of CLE seminar at Leving firm 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 Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in…

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Dad wins in court vs. relatives to recover his children and bring them home

Posted on August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad wins in court vs. relatives to recover his children and bring them home
Dad wins in court vs. relatives to recover his children and bring them home

Dad wins in court vs. relatives to recover his children and bring them home By Kate Davis A loving father whose relatives turned against him needed legal help to prevent his children from being taken away from him. Renowned Fathers’ Rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving, whose firm won in court on behalf of this father,…

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New alimony reforms in Florida should be an example for other states

Posted on August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on New alimony reforms in Florida should be an example for other states
New alimony reforms in Florida should be an example for other states

New alimony reforms in Florida should be an example for other states By Jeffery M. Leving The reasons couples get divorced are usually complex and have a lot of nuance, yet too many states have a simple, one-size-fits all mentality when it comes to alimony. However, the State of Florida just signed into law an…

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Fathers’ Rights: Innocent dad in jeopardy of arrest wins in court, keeping him out of jail and with his kids

Posted on July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 By News Editor No Comments on Fathers’ Rights: Innocent dad in jeopardy of arrest wins in court, keeping him out of jail and with his kids
Fathers’ Rights: Innocent dad in jeopardy of arrest wins in court, keeping him out of jail and with his kids

Fathers’ Rights: Innocent dad in jeopardy of arrest wins in court, keeping him out of jail and with his kids A desperate father, who is raising and supporting two children by himself, discovered recently that he was the subject of a “body attachment.” That’s a court order that means he could be picked up and…

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Children taken out of state returned to father by Dads’ Rights attorney

Posted on May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Children taken out of state returned to father by Dads’ Rights attorney
Children taken out of state returned to father by Dads’ Rights attorney

Children taken out of state returned to father by Dads’ Rights attorney A father whose three school-aged children were taken from him to a different state by the biological mother had them returned by court order, said Fathers’ Rights Attorney Jeffery M. Leving. The father has three children with his girlfriend, with whom he’s had…

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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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