There were allegations of abuse by their father, Jaime D. A 5-year-old boy, J.D., and his 2 sisters were placed in temporary custody of DCFS. A DNA test then showed that Jaime D. was not the boy’s father. Mother testified that a different man, Alejandro A., was the boy's father. Jaime D. had signed a [...]
Divorce case was in court. Husband filed a motion for finding of no paternity. He asserted that one of the two children born during the marriage was not his child. He presented DNA test results to confirm this. The Trial Court granted his motion. It found that husband was not the child's biological father. Therefore, [...]
A same-sex married couple is divorced. One of the couple, Dee, gave birth to a baby girl. She was conceived through artificial insemination. Seven months later, the parties separated. Dee filed a petition for dissolution. She filed a petition to stop Ashlie (the other of the couple) from having a relationship with the child. The [...]
Child is not born yet. Man files a petition under the Parentage Act. He wants to establish paternity. He wants to obtain joint custody and visitation. Mom is now living in Colorado. She says that she intends to permanently reside in Colorado. The child was born after Dad filed in Illinois. And shortly after Mom [...]
Susan gave birth to a daughter, Hannah, during marriage with James. Two years later, the couple’s marriage was dissolved. They agreed to joint custody of the children born during the course of this marriage, including Hannah. More than a decade later, Susan filed two separate parentage actions in the circuit court. The second petition asked [...]
An attorney represented the mother in a paternity case. The attorney petitioned the court for attorney fees. He wanted the father to pay some of the mother’s attorney fees. This is called a contribution hearing. Mother did not come to the hearing. Attorney did not present any specific evidence. The attorney simply showed a [...]
Father filed in parentage court. He wanted custody, visitation, and child support from Mother. He said that he had adopted his former fiancee’s daughter, when he and fiancée were together. She had adopted the orphan child from Slovakia. Father could not adopt then, as the parties were not married and he was not a [...]
Husband filed for divorce. He presented DNA test results that he was not the biological father of the child. Both husband and wife knew the minor child was not biologically his. The child had been diagnosed with a particular genetic disease at birth. The parties agreed to stay together as a family. They remained [...]
The father filed a petition to establish a parent-child relationship. Then, the mother filed a motion to dismiss on the basis that Illinois did not have personal jurisdiction over her. She stated that she lived in another State and that Illinois could not have orders against her. The trial court disagreed and entered a preliminary [...]