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  A person who may feel their safety is in danger may request the court to issue them an Order of Protection. The legal order will prohibit a person from committing any domestic violence acts or contacting the people...

  The Illinois Domestic Violence Act (IDVA) was enacted in 1982. It enabled protection to a greater class of persons who have been abused by a family or household member. Under the Act, survivors of domestic abuse such...

  Cultural shifts in behavior and attitude have enabled people to understand the meaning of marriage. The same shifts have reduced the years’ long stigma associated with divorce. Over the past century, the US...

Medical Decisions in a Parenting Plan That marriages sometimes end in a separation or divorce is not news. And when they do, children are usually placed with one or both parents, who then have to decide about the...

Divorce, or the dissolution of a marriage, is always a serious and touchy process. Emotions can be unpredictable. People can argue, assign blame, and even create some pretty crazy stories in an attempt to get the outcome that...