The 2025-2026 version of Gitlin on Divorce will be the 6th Edition of the book! Gitlin on Divorce has been entirely edited and updated. The new statutory and caselaw for 2024, which is incorporated into the book, can be reviewed at the following link. Illinois Family Law Caselaw … [Read more...] about Illinois Family Law Statutory and Case Law Update 2024-25
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Kane County Bar Association
Illinois Family Law Caselaw 2024 Since April 2024 From May 1, 2022, to Current A Review of Critical Cases Developing our Caselaw By: Gunnar J. Gitlin For Kane County FLS—Nov. 21, 2023 The Gitlin Law Firm, P.C., Woodstock, Illinois © 2024 - Updated on November 20, 2024 … [Read more...] about Kane County Bar Association
Gunnar J. Gitlin presentations 2021-25
Gunnar J. Gitlin featured presenter for programs from 2021 through 2025! 2021 Programs. MLK 2021 to 2025 Seminars. Attorney Gitlin presented at IICLE's Martin Luther King Day Seminars in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025: "Business Valuation, Financial & Tax Issues in Divorce." He … [Read more...] about Gunnar J. Gitlin presentations 2021-25
90 Day Fiance Fans Take Note: Illinois Appellate Court Holds State Court Errs in Deferring to Federal Court re Breach of Contract Claim
In re Marriage of Bychina, 2021 IL App (2d) 200303 (June 18, 2021) presents a case of first impression in Illinois. The Second District Illinois appellate court held that the trial court erred in deferring to Federal court regarding an I-864 claim. The case reasoned that State court should be the … [Read more...] about 90 Day Fiance Fans Take Note: Illinois Appellate Court Holds State Court Errs in Deferring to Federal Court re Breach of Contract Claim
Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Testing the Water Doctrine for SOJs: from Palos to Katsup
Executive Summary. Illinois continues to adopt a lenient view regarding substitutions of judge as a matter of right. Illinois law. Illinois law provides: (a) A substitution of judge in any civil action may be had in the following situations: *** (2) Substitution as of right. When a party … [Read more...] about Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Testing the Water Doctrine for SOJs: from Palos to Katsup
Illinois Supreme Court Issues Important Decision in Sharpe v. Westmoreland
The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled in an important case involving a step-parent within a civil union. I had written in 2019 the 2019 update to Gitlin on Divorce that I expected a reversal of the appellate court’s decision. The background follows. Illinois passed the Religious Freedom … [Read more...] about Illinois Supreme Court Issues Important Decision in Sharpe v. Westmoreland
