SANCHEZ v. TORRES

No. 1-15-1189.

48 N.E.3d 271 (2016)

400 Ill. Dec. 322

2016 IL App (1st) 151189

Elisa SANCHEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Juan Jose Ramirez TORRES, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

January 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Duvall and Kelly R. Graf , both of Dentons US LLP, Los Angeles, CA, and Jennifer Payne , of Legal Assistance Foundation, Chicago, for appellant.

No brief filed for appellee.

Joan S. Meier , of Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, and Randall M. Levine , Stephanie Schuster , and Clara Kollm , all of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, both of Washington, D.C., and Scott T. Schutte , of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Anita Weinberg , of Loyola University Civitas ChildLaw Center, Kate Walz , of Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Debra P. Stark , of Domestic Violence Clinical Advocacy Program, Kathleen A. Doherty , of Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network, Elizabeth Monkus , of Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Matthew Hulstein , of Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, and Denise W. Markham , of Life Span Center for Legal Services & Advocacy, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae.


OPINION

¶ 1 When the petitioner seeks a plenary order of protection and, after an evidentiary hearing, the trial court finds abuse, may the court decide instead to issue a civil restraining order, which is a less severe remedy? No. A civil restraining order carries neither...

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