Case #23-0163645
(INTERMEDIATE) CHILD REP. Your client is a five-year-old boy who lives with Mother and has not seen Father since December 2022. This is a Domestic Relations Guardian ad Litem (GAL) appointment by Judge Kelley. Mother previously sought an Order of Protection against Father, but that OP has been terminated in favor of a mutual no […]
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(Intermediate) ADULT GAL APPOINTMENT, POST-ADJUDICATION. Appointed GAL on the Court’s own motion to investigate a need for a successor guardian. Adult Protective Services sent a letter to the Court that the current guardian has passed away. It appears there may not be other family to step in as successor guardian. The 26 year old Ward […]
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(Intermediate) ADULT GAL APPOINTMENT, INITIAL PETITION. Pro Se Petition filed by daughter for guardianship of the person only of 63 year old mother with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. She resides, possibly alone, on the south side of Chicago. Next Court Date 11/09/2023.
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(Intermediate) ADULT GAL APPOINTMENT, INITIAL PETITION. Petition filed with counsel by Adult Protective Services, seeking Office of the State Guardian’s appointment as guardian of the person only. The 79 year old Respondent has dementia and is currently in a nursing home in South Holland, IL. Next Court Date 10/2/2023.
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(Intermediate) CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY-Client is seeking assistance with a bankruptcy after having struggled to make ends meet as a result of two layoffs throughout the Pandemic. She is now working again, and although expenses are high, her income has been slowly increasing.
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(Intermediate) Chapter 7 Bankruptcy—Client is seeking assistance with a Chapter 7 bankruptcy after she was involved in and held responsible for a motor vehicle accident while uninsured. She now wishes to file for bankruptcy to reinstate her driver’s license.
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(Intermediate) ESTATE PLANNING—Client is seeking assistance to draft a will. She wishes to leave her main asset, a home, to her children and grandchildren upon her death. However, although she has amicable relations with her husband, she does plan to file for divorce in the near future and should be reminded of the implication on […]
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(Intermediate) LL-TENANT SUIT FOR DAMAGES. Potential client (PC) seeks assistance suing her former property management company after they illegally entered her unit and disposed of all of her belongings, including high-value items like her furniture, three televisions, two computers, and jewelry that she planned to pass down to her children, as well as her social […]
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(Intermediate) WILLS/TRUSTS – Client would like help updating her will to more accurately reflect her wishes. The document will be fairly detailed and may involve the creation of a simple trust. The client will also need updated powers of attorneys for both healthcare and property. This is a great case for a volunteer looking for […]
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(Intermediate) CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY—Client is seeking assistance to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Her now ex-husband had used her car—with a loan attached—for Uber, racked up a ton of camera tickets, failed to maintain car insurance, and the car was then stolen, involved in an accident, recovered, and subsequently repossessed by the creditor with $16,460 […]
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