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Ask Cari: Do I Have to Pay my Illinois Employees Mileage?
I was asked the following question from a local entrepreneur in Central Illinois: What is the law with regard to reimbursing employees for mileage? To begin, Illinois has no laws regarding whether an employer must pay for mileage for business …
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Illinois Family and Animal Law: “Custody” of Pets
As of 2018, matrimonial judges can consider the “well-being” of a pet in deciding whether there will be sole or joint ownership. The new law expands the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (“IMDMA”). Now, 750 ILCS 5/503(n) states …
Animal Law: Federal and Illinois State Treatment of Emotional Support Pets
Pets are a large part of people’s lives, and many depend on them for emotional support. Thus, the issue of whether emotional support pets or service animals can accompany its owner to public places becomes an issue. This post will …
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New York Animal Law: Injuries by Pets and Farm Animals
A friend recently told me a story of a particular house in her neighborhood that she avoids on her walks with her children, since the dog “looks and acts vicious”. In the past, neighbors have complained of the dog running …
Illinois Animal Law: Replevin of Pets
Replevin is proper action to be brought by an owner seeking return of his or her pet when the pet “ha[s] been wrongfully distained, or otherwise wrongfully taken or … wrongfully detained”. See 735 ILCS 5/19-101. In a replevin action, …
Illinois Family Law: The Allocation of Possession and Responsibility of Pets
Until a few months ago, the only statute dealing with custody of a pet was found in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, which allows a judge to award temporary legal custody of an animal if domestic abuse is …
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Illinois Animal Law: Dangerous vs. Vicious Dog Definition
If you live in a village, town or city in Illinois that does not have it’s own definition of dangerous dog/animal or vicious dog/animal, then the definition set forth by the Illinois Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5 will apply. …
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Illinois Animal Law: Keeping Dangerous Dogs in Urbana
If you have been found to have a “dangerous animal” in Urbana, Illinois, then Section 4-28 of the Urbana code sets forth a few requirements: Post a sign in a conspicuous place noting that there is a dangerous dog on …
Illinois Animal Law: Pet Shop Lemon Law
In states without a pet shop lemon law, consumers must result to relief under the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”), which regulates the sale of “goods”. Since pets are more than “goods”, the UCC does not provide as much protection to …