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Case Citations July 2015 through February 2016 [1] (2015-2016)

handle is hein.ali/alifm0028 and id is 1 raw text is: PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF FAMILY DISSOLUTION CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TOPIC 1. SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS 2-7 OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER 2 (THE ALLOCATION OF CUSTODIAL AND DECISIONMAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILDREN) I. THE CURRENT LEGAL CONTEXT 111.2015. Subsec. (b) quot. in sup. Former fianc6 sought a declaration of parental rights in connection with a minor child who was legally adopted by former fianc6e in Slovakia during the parties' engagement. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's claims brought under common-law contract theories and, after trial, denied his claim brought under a functional-parent theory. The court of appeals affirmed the rejection of plaintiff's functional-parent claim but vacated in part on other grounds and remanded. Affirming as to the dismissal of plaintiff's claim that he was child's functional parent, this court held that plaintiff could not petition for custody, visitation, and support as child's parent because Illinois did not recognize the concept of functional parenthood. The court noted that, although the Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution distinguished between the terms psychological parent, de facto parent, and in loco parentis, which established gradations of parental rights and responsibilities in persons with neither biological nor adoptive ties, it also acknowledged competing public policy issues, which did not invariably point in one direction. In re Scarlett Z.-D., 28 N.E.3d 776, 789. CHAPTER 2. THE ALLOCATION OF CUSTODIAL AND DECISIONMAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILDREN TOPIC 1. SCOPE, OBJECTIVES, DEFINITIONS, AND PARTIES § 2.03 Definitions 111.2015. Quot. in disc. Former fianc6 sought a declaration of parental rights in connection with a minor child who was legally adopted by former fianc6e in Slovakia during the parties' engagement. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's claims brought under common-law contract theories and, after trial, denied his claim brought under a functional-parent theory. The court of appeals affirmed the rejection of plaintiff's functional-parent claim but vacated in part on other grounds and remanded. Affirming as to the dismissal of plaintiff's claim that he was child's functional parent, this court held that plaintiff could not petition for custody, visitation, and support as child's parent because Illinois did not recognize the concept of functional parenthood. The court noted that, although the Principles of the Law of Family uses i uaFor earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.

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