Judge guts Illinois law on parents; Walgreen CEO may lose grandkids to ill daughter
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The CEO of the drug store chain Walgreen's is engaged in a custody battle with his grandaughter Loren due to her alleged unfitness to be a parent. Charles Walgreen III is trying for the adoption of his two grandchildren because of his grandaughter's history of substance abuse and mental illness. On Nov 27, 1996, an Illinois judge struck down as unconstitutionally vague sections of the Illinois Adoption Act which allow termination of parental rights on such grounds. The case also represents the growing tension between advocates for parental rights and those trying to adopt abused children.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Child's alleged words spark dispute; Illinois prosecutors say child protection'hearsay exception covers murder
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Illinois prosecutors argue that Joshua Evans's eyewitness account of his mother and sister's murder a day before he was killed should be admitted under a common law exception to the hearsay rule admitting excited utterances. Defense attorneys argue that the adults relating what Joshua allegedly said are themselves not reliable witnesses. It is uncertain whether the family immediately believed Johua's account of what had happened because they returned him without resistance to the people he said had murdered his mother and sister.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Illinois tort reform: a cautionary tale; Illinois Republicans rammed tort changes through. Even defense lawyers say they reached too far
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The 1994-95 activities of Illinois Republicans getting their Civil Justice Reform Amendments through the state legislature were a partisan efforts which critics say is not the way to change tort law. The new amendments are criticized as flawed for weighting big business interest much more than those of traditional jurors. Some state judges have already agreed, with two declaring the whole statute unconstitutional.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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