Covering both legal principles and practical strategies, this essential resource provides practitioners with clear instructions on advocating for their clients. With topics ranging from trial practice considerations, including declarations of invalidity of marriage, temporary orders, contested trials, and evidentiary considerations; to obtaining orders of protection; enforcement of judgments; and postjudgment proceedings, this handbook equips attorneys to help their clients make prepared and informed decisions at every stage. This title is also full of hands-on materials such as pattern questions for a variety of situations, a model script for presenting testimony, and numerous forms, including a Separation Agreement, a Petition for Temporary Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction, and an Affidavit in Support of Petition for Order or Protection.
Chapter 1 — Motion Practice Before Trial
Moria A. Bernstein, Law Offices of Moria Bernstein, Winnetka
Chapter 2 — Trial Practice Considerations
Donald C. Schiller and Anita M. Ventrelli, Schiller DuCanto and Fleck LLP, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Obtaining Orders of Protection
Russell D. Knight, Law Office Of Russell D. Knight, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Enforcement of Judgment
Steven A. Markoff, Jeffrey A. Albert, and Robert G. Markoff, Markoff Law LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Postjudgment Proceedings
Laura I. Baldwin, STG Divorce Law, Chicago, and Sean M. McCumber, Blacha Law Office, Naperville
Chapter 6 — Appeals
Benton H. Page, Howard A. London,and Matthew D. Elster, Beermann, LLP, Chicago