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during his spare hours, "focusing on family law, divorce, paternity, and child custody". Leving's accomplishments include the co-authorship of the
Illinois Joint Custody Law, Illinois Virtual Visitation, Right to DNA Testing Notice, and Unlawful Visitation or Parenting time Interference Laws. He also delivered testimony before both branches of the Illinois Legislature on Joint Custody, Grandparent's Visitation and Child Support Accountability bills.
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have argued that parenting time interference can result from the custodial parent's relocation beyond a practical distance from the noncustodial parent, and have campaigned for a rebuttable presumption prohibiting such relocations. In 1985, Leving helped draft the
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when he discovered a gap in the judicial system. He started seeking equality and due process for fathers everywhere. In 1979, Leving became a staff attorney for the
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In addition to his writing, Leving is a painter, and showcases his artwork in an online gallery. In 2013, Leving sold an abstract piece memorializing the Elián González case.
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Buchanan, KS (2007). "Lawrence v. Geduldig: Regulating Women's Sexuality" (pdf). Emory Law Journal 56: 1235–1290. (parental and reproductive rights).
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judges to assign divorcing parents equal responsibility for raising their children. Leving worked for its passage in the
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Leving, Jeffery M.; Sacks, Glenn (August 9, 2006). "Respect a Man's Choice, Too". National Ledger. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
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