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Father with troubled past gains full parenting time By Laura Reichel A Chicago father with a problematic past, was being kept from his son. He drank a little too much back in the day, and he had a criminal record. When he and his wife separated, he initially had limited contact with his grade school-age son,…
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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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Dad reunited with young daughter after ex-wife obtained baseless Order of Protection against him By Kate Davis A Chicago dad had a great relationship with his 5-year-old daughter. Even after he and his wife split up, they shared parenting time, and were very amicable – that was until his co-parenting relationship with his ex-wife crumbled…
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 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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Federal lawsuit aims to protect kids from Social media By Jeffery M. Leving SM Despite several attempts at passing legislation to protect kids on social media, I fear lawmakers have not been able to get much of anything passed. Now, 33 states have banded together with the same objective — protecting kids — and are…
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New study shines light on need for gun storage laws By Jeffery M. Leving SM A new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicates what many have feared, that America’s gun violence epidemic has gotten worse. In total, 4,752 young lives were…
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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 Matrimonial Law Seminar: Strategies in settling difficult, contested 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, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. The keynote CLE speaker will…
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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 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…
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. 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…
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. 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…
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 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 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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