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Articles on General Practice

Avoiding payment of child support to the SDU By Chris E. Freese General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2000 If your client wants to submit to the court a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage that avoids the payment of child support through the State Disbursement Unit (SDU), can the court approve such a judgment?
“Choosin’ up” lessons in communication By John V. De Stefano General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2000 When I received my Norman Rockwell calendar for 1999. One of the drawings of the month entitled "Choosin' Up" depicts four young boys in baseball uniforms, two of which were standing eye-to-eye with their hands on a baseball bat.
Maintenance revisited By Howard W. Feldman & David K. Harris General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2000 The Fourth District Appellate Court in a decision dated February 9, 2000, affirmed an award of permanent maintenance to a 32-year-old wife, with a high school education, who had been married for 14 years.
Past chair’s column By John H. Maville General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2000 Most of you are probably familiar with proposed Rule 1.17. This rule would permit the sale of the goodwill of a law practice by a sole practitioner.
Want to challenge a sentence after a guilty plea? What do you file? By Patrick J. Hitpas General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2000 Your client has entered a plea of guilty to an offense and has been sentenced by the trial court.
Changing personnel policies and employee handbooks just got harder By Donald A. LoBue General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, March 2000 Attorneys representing employers should be aware of the recent Illinois Supreme Court case of Doyle v. Holy Cross Hospital 186 Ill.2d 104, 237 Ill.Dec. 100, 708 N.E.2d 1140 (1999) which held that modification of the terms of an employee handbook or personnel policy would not be enforceable without new consideration.
Food for thought: Estate planning for subsequent marriages By Babette L. Brennan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, March 2000 Even in a first marriage, there is potential for a conflict of interest when an attorney endeavors to represent both the husband and the wife in their estate planning.
Summary judgment entered for employer in an ADEA action if the employer honestly believes its nondiscriminatory reasons, no matter how trivial, for firing an employee By Angela Imbierowicz General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, March 2000 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA") protects workers who are at least forty years of age by prohibiting employers from engaging in discrimination because of the employee's age.
Revestment By Leonard Murray General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, February 1999 No doubt it is the common perception that once a dismissal for want of prosecution ("dwp") is entered in an action, unless otherwise vacated by order of court, it divests a court of jurisdiction of that action.
Reflection after 40 years By James J. Elson General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, January 1999 May 23, 1957, is the date when I was admitted to the bar. For most of the 40 years since, I have been privileged to be a general practitioner which in my opinion is the essence of real lawyering.
To get the job done By David Spagat General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, January 1999 You are an environmentalist. Your group has very important legislation to be proposed to Congress.

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