Legal Information: Your Family
Pamphlets
- Getting a Divorce in Illinois
- Adoption
- Advice to Newly Marrieds
- Being a Guardian
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Guide for Parents Juvenile Court Abuse & Neglect Proceedings
Articles
Children
- Adopting a child born in another state more complicated
- Adoption is a legal transaction with certain duties
- Adoption of a child governed by Illinois Adoption Act
- Adoption of foreign-born child is a legal transaction
- Court determines child custody in divorce cases
- Guardianship for disabled adults
- Growing trend towards ‘Open Adoptions'
- Illinois law protects abandoned newborn infants
- Issues related to child support payments
- The juvenile court process
- Laws mandate that professionals report suspected child abuse
- Legal guardianship has many responsibilities
- New Illinois laws aim to help families, children
- Open versus closed adoptions in Illinois
- Parents have legal responsibility to support and supervise their children
- Parents in juvenile cases have many rights in court
- Penalties exist for failure to pay child support
- School safety law depends on following the law
- Selecting a guardian is an important part of creating a will
- Special laws apply to adults over 18 who sell drugs to minors
- State laws dictate when a child can be expelled from school
- Stepparent adoptions governed by Illinois law
- Useful terminology for parents involved in juvenile court hearings
- Visitation rights for grandparents changed
- What happens when a child becomes a ward of the court
- Your obligation to report suspected child abuse
Divorce
- 'Collaborative divorce' growing in acceptance
- How child support is determined in Illinois
- Know the grounds for annulment
- The legal issues involved in ending a marriage
- "No fault" divorce is commonly used
- Online divorce forms are not the best choice
- Taking the step to hire a divorce lawyer