GEE? No, GED!By Terrence M. MadsenChild Law, October 2001Consider the following two paragraphs from the same judgment of dissolution. The first paragraph appears under a section of the incorporated settlement agreement entitled "Maintenance."
Lee/Ogle/Dekalb Intervention System’s Advisory Board (LODIS)By Ellen PaulingChild Law, October 2001A chronic or habitual truant is a child subject to compulsory school attendance who is absent without valid cause for ten percent or more of the previous 180 regular attendance days.
Balancing the perspectivesBy Fran StottChild Law, June 2001On one hand we have a deep understanding of the importance to the child of the family of origin.
From the chairBy Ruth GudinoChild Law, June 2001This has been a very busy year for the section council. Juvenile Law is changing every day and we are diligently working on legislative issues, setting up our Internet Site, and cable programs.
Major court decisionsBy Kulmeet S. GalhotraChild Law, June 2001In an unanimous opinion released in May of this year, the Illinois Supreme delivered the latest pronouncement on the topic of environment injurious in the case of In re N.B., 191 Ill.2d 388, 730 N.E.2d 1086, 246 Ill.Dec. 621 (2000).
Do children tell the truth?By Joy RogersChild Law, March 2001The December 2000 death of Peggy McMartin Buckey serves as an occasion in which both attorneys and mental health professionals might take the opportunity to reflect on our understandings of how children perceive both truth and reality.
Getting to know your council membersChild Law, March 2001Kulmeet S. Galhotra is an assistant public defender currently assigned to the felony trial division of the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Major court decisionsBy Kulmeet S. GalhotraChild Law, March 2001The biggest juvenile delinquency case to come down in the recent past is a case that is also helpful to criminal defense lawyers.
Case law updateBy Kathryn BischoffChild Law, December 2000Mother's appeal from termination of her parental rights. Reversed and remanded.
New rules for special educationBy Nancy HablutzelChild Law, December 2000The Illinois State Board of Education has finally released the new regulations for the implementation of IDEA 97 in Illinois.
Case law update: abuse/neglectBy Kathryn BischoffChild Law, October 2000The States' petition alleged the minors were neglected due to an environment injurious to their welfare.
Parental responsibility statutes to Illinois lawBy Stephanie A. RobinsonChild Law, October 2000Compared to parental responsibility statutes of other states and to common law, the parental responsibility statute of Illinois found at 740 ILCS 115/1 et seq., lies in the middle of a continuum, with low, very limited liability at one end and high, very expansive liability at the other end.
The family as a businessBy Michael F. ChiappettaChild Law, June 2000Families struggling with family problems often have difficulty resolving them because they lack a good model of how a family should operate effectively.
Maryville Academy: providing a continuum of care for youth in needBy Lindsay Bicknell-Hentges & John LynchChild Law, June 2000Maryville Academy was established in 1883 by Archbishop Patrick Feehan after various epidemics and the great Chicago fire resulted in hundreds of orphaned and homeless children.
A message from the chairBy Timijanel Boyd OdomChild Law, June 2000Following in the footsteps of my predecessor, Attorney Richard Larson, I would like to take executive privilege about a particular Juvenile Law Issue that has moved me to comment so publicly.
A treaty against children’s harmsBy Thomas W. SimonHuman and Civil Rights, June 2000The Illinois State Bar Association's (ISBA) Section Council on Human Rights took a stand in opposition to the United Nation's International Convention on the Rights of the Child long before I became a member of the Committee
Case law update: abuse/neglectBy Kathryn BischoffChild Law, April 2000Respondent mother appealed a permanency order for one of her children to continue to be long-term foster care with the paternal grandmother.
Civil prosecutionBy Catherine M. RyanChild Law, April 2000What is "civil prosecution"?
The Parent Education ProgramChild Law, April 2000The Cook County Juvenile Court Child Protection Division has established an education program for litigants on courtroom events and procedures in child abuse, neglect and dependency cases
Case Law UpdatesBy Kathryn BischoffChild Law, February 2000Mother appealed a termination of her parental rights. Appellate Court held the finding that mother had not made reasonable progress toward return of her children was against the manifest of the evidence. Reversed.
Opinions on welfare reformBy Richard N. PorterChild Law, December 1999I interviewed a welfare mother to get a sense of what welfare recipients thought about welfare reform.
View from the benchBy Judge Sophia H. HallChild Law, December 1999Do we as adults have a responsibility for children other than those in our family?
Children’s assistance programsYoung Lawyers Division, October 1999Over lunch one day at the Hickory Pit Restaurant, a good friend and colleague, John Fallon, told me about an organization that he actively supports and the inspiring story its founder, Ann Deuel. Ms. Deuel, guided by a divine sense of purpose, established Jamal Place, Inc., a not-for-profit agency established for children to provide therapeutic group home care for behavior disordered and socially or emotionally disturbed preteen and adolescents.