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Dad reunited with disabled daughter after long separation

Posted on April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad reunited with disabled daughter after long separation
Dad reunited with disabled daughter after long separation

Dad reunited with disabled daughter after long separation By Laura Reichel A loving father was prevented from seeing his daughter, a young woman with a disability, for far too long. Desperate to see his daughter and unwilling to lose her, dad called attorney Jeffery M. Leving for help to fight for them. The Leving legal…

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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 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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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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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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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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Father dispossessed of his children, and apparently alienated, gains their return to Illinois

Posted on January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Father dispossessed of his children, and apparently alienated, gains their return to Illinois
Father dispossessed of his children, and apparently alienated, gains their return to Illinois

Father dispossessed of his children, and apparently alienated, gains their return to Illinois A father had two little boys, ages 9 and 6. Unfortunately, he recently broke up with their mother. Last summer, the mother took the children to her family’s home in Mississippi. The dad thought they were on vacation, but when school started…

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CLE at Leving firm to focus on John Madden’s hearsay exceptions to children’s testimony in order of protection hearings

Posted on June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on CLE at Leving firm to focus on John Madden’s hearsay exceptions to children’s testimony in order of protection hearings
CLE at Leving firm to focus on John Madden’s hearsay exceptions to children’s testimony in order of protection hearings

CLE at Leving firm to focus on John Madden’s hearsay exceptions to children’s testimony in order of protection hearings 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, June 21 at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle…

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Out-of-state father wins custody of childduring and after neglect investigation

Posted on March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 By News Editor No Comments on Out-of-state father wins custody of childduring and after neglect investigation
Out-of-state father wins custody of childduring and after neglect investigation

Out-of-state father wins custody of child during and after neglect investigation A father from out of state received a call from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that the agency suspected his 7-year-old boy was being neglected by his mother, and they were investigating. Dad came to Illinois, and DCFS placed the boy with…

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Dad rescues daughter from mother’s violent boyfriend

Posted on October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad rescues daughter from mother’s violent boyfriend
Dad rescues daughter from mother’s violent boyfriend

Dad rescues daughter from mother’s violent boyfriend A scared dad sought help to rescue his 8-year-old daughter from the mother’s reported violent ex-convict boyfriend. Dad had been told that the mother was living just over the Illinois border, with the reported dangerous ex-convict, and dad was worried that the mother would take his daughter from…

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CLE at Leving firm to focus on winning custody trials in protecting “at risk” children

Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 By News Editor No Comments on CLE at Leving firm to focus on winning custody trials in protecting “at risk” children
CLE at Leving firm to focus on winning custody trials in protecting “at risk” children

CLE at Leving firm to focus on winning custody trials in protecting “at risk” children 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 Thursday, August 19 at 6:30 p.m. at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago, and via…

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COVID Pandemic lockdown intensified domestic violence

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 By News Editor No Comments on COVID Pandemic lockdown intensified domestic violence
COVID Pandemic lockdown intensified domestic violence

COVID Pandemic lockdown intensified domestic violence The Coronavirus COVID Pandemic has had a terrible impact on our society but one overlooked aspect has been the domestic tensions it has created among couples, families and married couples. Domestic violence has intensified according to court records By Jeffery M. Leving In the early days of the pandemic,…

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