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Allocation of Parental Responsibilities and Parenting Time

For years, Illinois statutes referred to decision-making for the children of separated parents as "custody" and the time spent with the children by the non-primary parent as "visitation". As of January 1, 2016, the Illinois state legislature changed all the terminology presumably so that parents would no longer feel unequal with emotionally charged terms like...

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For years, Illinois statutes referred to decision-making for the children of separated parents as "custody" and the time spent with the children by the non-primary parent as "visitation".

As of January 1, 2016, the Illinois state legislature changed all the terminology presumably so that parents would no longer feel unequal with emotionally charged terms like...

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For years, Illinois statutes referred to decision-making for the children of separated parents as "custody" and the time spent with the children by the non-primary parent as "visitation". As of January 1, 2016, the Illinois state legislature changed all the terminology presumably so that parents would no longer feel unequal with emotionally charged terms like...

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