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Articles From Michael Strauss

Testing the Waters By Michael Strauss Family Law, August 2021 A summary and analysis of Palos Community Hospital v. Humana Insurance Company, Inc.
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, June 2020 A note from the outgoing chair, Michael Strauss.
1 comment (Most recent June 17, 2020)
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, May 2020 A note from the chair, Michael Strauss.
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, April 2020 A note from the chair, Michael Strauss.
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, March 2020 A note from the chair, Michael Strauss.
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, February 2020 A note from the chair, Michael Strauss.
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, January 2020 A note from the chair, Michael Strauss.
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, December 2019 A note from the chair, Michael Strauss.
Chair’s Column: Rules or Mere Suggestions By Michael Strauss Family Law, November 2019 A note from the chair on the enforcement of court rules.
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, October 2019 A note from the chair about Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
1 comment (Most recent October 16, 2019)
Chair’s Column By Michael Strauss Family Law, September 2019 A reminder of the importance of professionalism and civility in the profession.
1 comment (Most recent September 17, 2019)
Chair’s column By Michael Strauss Family Law, August 2019 The chair, Michael Strauss, discusses the most influential people in his life.
A note from the incoming chair By Michael Strauss Family Law, June 2019 A spotlight on the incoming chair of the Family Law Section Council, Michael Strauss.
Equitable estoppel By Michael Strauss Family Law, June 2018 Equitable estoppel can be a powerful weapon to use under the correct facts to defend against past due child support.
1 comment (Most recent June 26, 2018)
Disney World or financial assistance? Leveling the financial playing field in the best interests of children By Michael Strauss Child Law, October 2014 A reading of 750 ILCS 5/505 appears to show that both parents can be ordered to financially support the child, but does that include actual child support from the custodial parent to the noncustodial parent?
Child support, daycare, extracurricular activities, uninsured medical expenses By Michael Strauss Child Law, February 2014 In Carlson-Urbanczyk, the Third District Appellate Court held that the ordering of the extra items has to be supported by the record and constitutes a deviation upward from the percentage child support.

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