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Can I sue my son school for making him sick

Yes, it is possible for you to sue the school. Whether or not you will win and whether or not it is a good idea to sue the school are much more difficult questions. Your suspicions won't be persuasive without a medical opinion that is inconsistent with the school nurse. If you have not taken your kid to a doctor already, do so right now. Suggest that the other kids' parents take them to doctors as well. A doctor might know whether this was the flu or food poisoning or something else. You...

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What are the steps I need to take to get a child support modification reduction in Chicago?

This is something you can do yourself if you can't afford a lawyer. It is not easy, but it is possible. There is a step by step guide to "Changing Child Support Payments" on illinoislegalaid.org. If you cannot afford to pay the court filing fee, you should start by completing a petition to get your court costs waived. Then, you will need to prepare a Petition to Modify Child Support and several other notices and disclosures. The forms are all included in the illinoislegalaid site. There is an...

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How can I get an emergency order of protection expunged from my record? This was a civil case but it was filed as an emergency.

You can't remove or expunge a civil order of protection in Illinois, whether or not it was an emergency order. You can't expunge other civil judgments either. For example, if someone sued you for breach of contract, you could not get that expunged. It is not a criminal record. The emergency order of protection is only valid for a short time. If the other party seeks a longer-term plenary order of protection, you can go to that hearing and contest it.

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Can i sue my child mother

I agree that this is a question about child custody and family law, not libel, unless there is something else going on that you didn't explain in the question. Your child's mother may or may not be required to communicate with you and make decisions together about your child's medical, dental, and school issues. If you already have a court order (from a divorce or parentage case) for joint custody which specifies that she must confer with you about these decisions, you would be well within your...

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I would like to change my sons last name without his fathers consent is this possible?

You'd have to try to contact him. A special process server could help. If he really has moved and it is not possible to find and serve him, you might be able to do service by publication. The court will decide whether or not the name change is allowed based on the child's best interests, taking into account a range of factors. The fact that a name change may contribute to estrangement of the child from the father has been recognized by Illinois courts. You will need to give the court a good...

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How easy is it to gain unsupervised visitation?

Unsupervised visitation is the default unless you prove that it would not be safe or appropriate for some reason: (750 ILCS 5/607) (from Ch. 40, par. 607) Sec. 607. Visitation. (a) A parent not granted custody of the child is entitled to reasonable visitation rights unless the court finds, after a hearing, that visitation would endanger seriously the child's physical, mental, moral or emotional health. Child support and visitation are completely separate-- he should be paying child...

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Do I need an attorney for a hearing?

It sounds like you child's father is trying to get a court order that establishes that he is the biological father and orders a set visitation schedule so that he has the legal right to visitation with his child. Even if you agree that this is your child's father and he should have visitation, you may not agree with the logistics and visitation schedule his lawyer recommends. Who will spend Christmas and birthdays with your child? What about vacations? Who will wind up paying the travel...

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Cure DEPRESSION by answering this question regarding filing documentation from summons.....

It is hard to give you a definite answer without seeing the documents. Please contact an attorney who can look at the letter, the summons, the forms, etc and help you to figure this out. Initial consultations are often free. Based on the few facts in your question, I can only speculate. If the next court date is in Markham, perhaps the case has been transferred from Chicago to Markham. If that is what happened, it is just as if the case was initially filed in Markham and you should file your...

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Married to first cousin

A marriage between first cousins who are fertile is prohibited in Illinois. Yes, if they were married while they were residents of a country or state where it was legal for first cousins to marry, then it is a legal marriage in Illinois and they will need to go through a normal divorce in Illinois. However, if they only traveled to the other country or state in order to get married then according to the following statute the marriage may be invalid just as if they had gotten married in Illinois...

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Can we modify the parenting agreement or do I have to change custody?

Yes, it's possible to file a petition to modify visitation without changing anything else. There's no reason to change to sole custody unless you will no longer be able to communicate and work together on parenting decisions. A lawyer will know how to do this, but if you plan to do it yourself, you can find a step by step guide including all of the forms and instructions about what to do in court in the "changing my visitation order" guide-me at illinois legal aid online: http://www....

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