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Father with troubled past gains full parenting time

Posted on June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Father with troubled past gains full parenting time
Father with troubled past gains full parenting time

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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Dad reunited with young daughter after ex-wife obtained baseless Order of Protection against him

Posted on May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 By Guest Columnist No Comments on Dad reunited with young daughter after ex-wife obtained baseless Order of Protection against him
Dad reunited with young daughter after ex-wife obtained baseless Order of Protection against him

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…

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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 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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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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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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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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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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Children rescued from abusive home now safe, Dads’ Rights attorney Leving reports

Posted on April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Children rescued from abusive home now safe, Dads’ Rights attorney Leving reports
Children rescued from abusive home now safe, Dads’ Rights attorney Leving reports

Children rescued from abusive home now safe, Dads’ Rights attorney Leving reports Two boys were taken by their mother from Illinois to Oklahoma, where they were reportedly abused and neglected. The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. found them, rescued them, reunited them with their father in Illinois, and won custody for Dad, Dads…

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Dad, boys together again after long, difficult separation 

Posted on February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad, boys together again after long, difficult separation 
Dad, boys together again after long, difficult separation 

Dad, boys together again after long, difficult separation  A father broke up with the mother of his children, and she wasn’t allowing him to see them. He was pushed out of their lives. The children are boys, ages 4 and 2. If Dad did nothing, he probably would never see his boys again. He was…

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Reported False Claim for College Expenses Thrown Out of Court

Posted on November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 By News Editor No Comments on Reported False Claim for College Expenses Thrown Out of Court
Reported False Claim for College Expenses Thrown Out of Court

Reported False Claim for College Expenses Thrown Out of Court By Efar Veronique A struggling Illinois father was served with a summons to appear in court to defend against a Motion for College Expenses filed against him by his ex-wife for his estranged daughter. The mother was seeking reimbursement for nearly four years’ worth of…

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Leving reflects on case saving little girl and analyzes pre-nuptial agreements

Posted on September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 By News Editor No Comments on Leving reflects on case saving little girl and analyzes pre-nuptial agreements
Leving reflects on case saving little girl and analyzes pre-nuptial agreements

Leving reflects on case saving little girl and analyzes pre-nuptial agreements Nationally renowned matrimonial attorney Jeffery M. Leving has been fighting for fathers and “at risk” children for 40 years, accumulating many court victories. “All of the cases I have litigated are important,” Leving said. “They’re important to the dads and kids whose lives we’ve…

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Leving team reunites dad with sons after all contact cut off

Posted on August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team reunites dad with sons after all contact cut off
Leving team reunites dad with sons after all contact cut off

Leving team reunites dad with sons after all contact cut off A great dad who was very involved in his young sons’ lives – ages 3 and 5 – suddenly found himself cut off entirely from them for no reason at all, according to court documents. Devastated, he turned to attorney Jeffery M. Leving, founder…

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Court-ordered parenting time reunites dad with sons in fathers’ rights case

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 By News Editor 3 Comments on Court-ordered parenting time reunites dad with sons in fathers’ rights case
Court-ordered parenting time reunites dad with sons in fathers’ rights case

Court-ordered parenting time reunites dad with sons in fathers’ rights case Fathers’ Rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving helps fathers recover rights to see his children after the mother abruptly cut the father off from seeing his children. Leving discusses the case, family law, divorce proceedings, child custody and Dads’ rights during his weekly radio show on…

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How Facebook, Twitter and Zoom censor free speech on Live Radio

Posted on December 8, 2020July 13, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on How Facebook, Twitter and Zoom censor free speech on Live Radio
How Facebook, Twitter and Zoom censor free speech on Live Radio

How Facebook, Twitter and Zoom censor free speech on Live Radio Alice Speri, a writer with The Intercept, will join radio host Ray Hanania on Friday December 11, 2020 at 8 AM EST on “The Ray Hanania Show” on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit to discuss rising censorship on Social Media platforms like Facebook…

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Iranian Resistance leader discusses Iran sanctions and November election on “The Ray Hanania Show” on live Radio Wednesday

Posted on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Iranian Resistance leader discusses Iran sanctions and November election on “The Ray Hanania Show” on live Radio Wednesday
Iranian Resistance leader discusses Iran sanctions and November election on “The Ray Hanania Show” on live Radio Wednesday

Iranian Resistance leader discusses Iran sanctions and November election on “The Ray Hanania Show” on live Radio Wednesday Member of Iran’s Parliament in Exile will assess the impact of the November 3 Presidential election on the campaign to replace Iran’s religious dictatorship with Democratic institutions on The Ray Hanania Show on Live Detroit Radio Wednesday,…

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