Volume 07| November 2019

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Happy Thanksgiving! We hope to provide updates and awareness of legal issues through this newsletter. In this month's issue we focus on holiday parenting time and orders of protection. We hope everyone has a fun and safe Thanksgiving.

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Holiday Parenting Time The holidays can be a special time of year to spend with family and friends. It can also be a stressful time with so much to do. Dealing with holiday parenting schedules can cause additional stress and unwanted conflict between separated and divorced parents. Including a specific holiday schedule in your parenting plan can help both parents plan for the upcoming year, make special arrangements when necessary, and encourage cooperation when possible.  A holiday schedule should take precedence over regular weekend/weekday scheduled parenting time. The Court will seek to divide the holidays between the parties. Before considering how the holidays will be divided, a list of the specific holidays to be included in the holiday parenting schedule should be created. Some of the holidays that have been included in parenting plans include: (Read more) What is an Order of Protection? An Order of Protection is governed by the Illinois Domestic Violence Act. It is a Court Order that protects an individual from abuse by a family or household member. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act is intended to recognize domestic violence as a serious crime against the individual and support the efforts of victims of domestic violence to avoid further abuse by promptly entering and enforcing court orders which prohibit abuse. One of the goals of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act is to reduce the abuser’s access to the victim and address issues such as parenting time and economic support to avoid retaliation, financial dependence or feelings of being trapped in an abusive situation. 750 ILCS 60/102. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act supports the efforts to avoid further physical abuse, harassment, intimidation of a dependent, interference with personal liberty or willful deprivation but does not include reasonable direction of a minor child by a parent. (Read more)

Spotlight

President George Washington proclaimed November 26, 1979 a "Day of Public Thanksgiving". President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed in 1863 that Thanksgiving should be celebrated on the last Thursday of November each year. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was concerned about the impact that celebrating Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November would have on the shopping season. President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the second to last Thursday in November in 1939.

Congress decided to set a specific date for Thanksgiving. On December 26, 2941, President Roosevelt signed the resolution to establish the fourth Thursday in November as the Federal Thanksgiving holiday. Regardless of what day Thanksgiving is being celebrated, we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/thanksgiving

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