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    •  We would like to thank those clients, family & friends who continue to ask for updates on the health of Victoria.  She is doing well and has been released from surgical care.

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    • Hamden suspension prevents a girl from going to Prom!  A Hamden High School Senior KMK gets the chance to go to her senior prom based on an injunction filed by Attorney Evanko.   Reports from KMK and her mother were, "Thank you so much for your help.  You took on this issue and made sure justice was served. KMK really enjoyed her evening and got to have the experience she deserved after a year of so much pain."

     

    • Loan modification saves a client from eviction due to foreclosure and sale.  A Client of E&A has been saved from eviction due to a last minute loan modification.

     

    • Client gains sole custody of minor child after a long battle in the courts.  A man gained custody of his minor child after a year apart.  The mother was on the run before the state of Connecticut caught up to her.  His now 1year old daughter is back at home with him in another state.  He says, "It is hard to get to know her again, but I am grateful to you for getting her back to me."
    • Appeal: Do siblings have  a constitutional right to remain in an intact family.

                              

         
         

     

     

      6/12/2009

      New Filing Fees - Effective July 1, 2009

       

      Effective July 1, 2009 there will be an increase in court filing fees:
       
      Dissolution of Marriage             $300.00

      Custody/Visitation Application   $300.00

      Motion for Modification                  $125.00
       
      Motion to Re-open                  $125.00
       
      Summary Process (Eviction)      $175.00

      Small Claims Writ                     $75.00

      Small Claims Executions            $75.00

      For other filing fee increases and more details see Public Act 09-152. 

     
    General Legal News

    Lesbian child custody battles and heterosexual divorce

    At the National Organization for Women's recent national conference, NOW declared that there is a "crisis for women and their children in the family law courts." According to NOW, fathers often "aggressively litigate against mothers" and "use family court to stalk, harass, punish and impoverish their former partners and children." But what happens in divorce and child custody matters when there's no man around to create problems?

    It can be ugly. Very ugly.

    There are now many publicized cases of lesbian custody disputes. While NOW blames fathers for contentious litigation, lesbian custody cases are strikingly similar to heterosexual ones. When a lesbian mother breaks up with her partner, she often tries to drive her partner out of their children's lives – just as some heterosexual mothers do.

    Moreover, lesbian mothers often employ the same tactics. These include: denying visitation or access to the children; making dubious abuse claims; moving the children far away; and denigrating the breadwinning parent's bond with the children.

    For example, in a recent Canadian case, English lesbian mom Connie Springfield employed the tactic of permanently moving the children to another country under the guise of taking them there to visit. According to the Canadian National Post:

        Couple Forces Child to Sleep in Cage!!!

          NORWALK, Ohio —  A couple who forced some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in wire-and-wood cages were sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, after the parents insisted they were only trying to keep the kids safe.

          Two of the children, however, said in statements read in court that they were treated harshly while they lived with Sharen and Michael Gravelle. One wrote that they should be imprisoned "for as long as my siblings had to be in cages."

          http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252397,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/lawcenter

           

        DIVORCED PARENTS LET COURT DECIDE WHETHER TO CIRCUMCISE CHILD

            CHICAGO —  Groups opposed to circumcision are watching the case of an 8-year-old suburban Chicago boy whose divorced parents are fighting in court over whether he should have the procedure.

            The child's mother wants him circumcised to prevent recurring, painful inflammation she says he's experienced during the past year. But the father says the boy is healthy and circumcision, which removes the foreskin of the penis, is an unnecessary medical procedure that could cause him long-term physical and psychological harm.

            "The child is absolutely healthy," the father said during a break in a court hearing on the matter Wednesday. "I do not want any doctor to butcher my son."

            The mother testified that her son has had five bouts of painful inflammation and has begged her to help him. Her son cannot wear underwear or jeans during the bouts and is comfortable only in loose-fitting pajamas, she said.

            "My child was in the bathroom crying. He asked me to come in because his penis did not look normal," she said, describing one of the episodes.

            The couple's 2003 divorce decree gave the father the right to offer input on medical decisions. Earlier this year, he sued to block the surgery and Cook County Judge Jordan Kaplan ordered the mother not to have the boy circumcised until he could hear from both parents and the opinions of doctors who've examined the boy.

            http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199596,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/lawcenter

             

     

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    N.Y. Court Expands Rights of Nonbirth Parents in Same-Sex Relationships
    By JEREMY W. PETERS
    Published: May 4, 2010

    ALBANY — New York State’s highest court somewhat expanded the rights of gay and lesbian parents on Tuesday in a narrow ruling that said nonbiological parents in same-sex relationships should be treated the same as biological parents.

    But the high court, the Court of Appeals, declined to resolve two cases involving lesbian parents and instead sent both back to lower courts, saying that the question of whether nonbiological parents should be given full parental rights was up to the State Legislature.

    In one case, the court found that a lesbian who had given birth while in a committed relationship was entitled to seek child support in Family Court from her former partner. The ruling was 4 to 3.  (for the full article read here)

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/nyregion/05gays.html

     

     

    Judge Upholds Illinois School's Ban on 'Be Happy, Not Gay' Shirt

    U.S. District Judge William T. Hart ruled in favor of the high school Tuesday in a preliminary injunction that would have allowed the students to wear the shirts the day after Wednesday's National Day of Silence.

    On the Day of Silence, students can refrain from speaking as an effort to protest discrimination against homosexuals.

    The Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund is representing Heidi Zamecnik of Naperville and Alexander Nuxoll of Bolingbrook in a lawsuit that claims Zamecnik's rights were violated last year when she wasn't allowed to wear the shirt in school.

    The Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian litigation group, will appeal the judge's decision on the preliminary injunction to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, attorney Jonathan Scruggs said. The lawsuit is still pending.