"cont'd Question" need to know if I can place a restraining order against my soon to be x husband's family?

Question

This question is a continuation of "where can I find a good civil suit lawyer? This has affected my live and my children's life deeply. My husband is not being advertised as a whore. So how come his family painted my as a dirty whore? Anyone who knows me knows that I am a good person . I cook, kill myself cleaning, doing the laundry, dishes, groceryshopping every week. I am an involved parent in and out of the classroom and my husbnd does little to nothing not even attend our kids kindergarten or preschool graduation because she doesn't feel like it.We have been under DCFS investigation because of how he teats our kids. I stay at home and I don't party. I have 1 girlfriend that I talk to evry now and then. I do my best to remain a decent person but how am I supposed to go on knowing that not only his family but people on the outside of the family have been informed on my imperfections. I was a woman looking for comfort and love that I wasn't getting or feeling from her husband.

Answer 1

Here is a link to the Chicago Bar..
Basically it's an organization that attorneys belong to....

http://www.chicagobar.org/

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http://www.chicagobar.org/public/referral/referral.asp


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Answer 2

Best advise I can give you is to stop focusing on your soon-to-be ex inlaws and focus on your kids. They are his family and they are going to take his side.

You don't need a Civil Court lawyer, you need a good divorce/family law attorney. If you cheated on your husband for whatever reasons, you will have no grounds in a civil suit for liable or slander. If you cheated on your husband in the presence of your children, a good divorce attorney (retained by your ex) could spin that in to you being an unfit mother. As you state the welfare deparment has already done an investigation because of how your husband treats your kids, you BOTH could end up losing custody and the children going to a foster home...I am sure you don't want that to happen.

If your soon-to-be ex-laws are calling you names in front of your children, you may have grounds to limit contact, or at minimum, the lawyer can put them on warning if the behavior continues, a Restraining Order may be sought against them (but may not be able to do it in reality...the only way a Restraining Order is issued is if there is a threat of harm to the children, which is unlikely and will be very hard to prove even if it is true).

Bottom line is when it is all said and done, the poor kids are caught in the middle and if they are fed the message that either or both of their parents are "bad" it will affect them negatively the rest of their lives and they will think they are bad. If you truly are a good mother and want what is best for your children, you need to put aside your personal feelings, and ask your ex to do the same, for the sake of the children and find a peaceful way to co-parent.

Answer 3

Lawyers can be found in bars, calling escourt services and chasing ambulances. A good one will ask you for $5000 retainer.