{"id":502812,"date":"2026-01-09T03:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502812\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:17:24","slug":"protecting-what-matters-most-a-fathers-fight-for-his-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502812\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting What Matters Most \u2014 A Father\u2019s Fight for His Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/Hanania.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ray-Hanania-Newsletter-300-wide-Banner.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe FREE to Ray Hanania&#8217;s Columns<\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>By Laura Reichel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a father fears for his children\u2019s safety, every moment can feel like a battle between hope and helplessness. For an Illinois dad, that fear became a harsh reality. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His two young sons were reported to be living in a dangerous environment, and their safety was in jeopardy. Refusing to give up on his children, dad turned to the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. to protect his children. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Leving legal team fought for them and won, securing custody of the children for dad and ensuring they were safe in their dad\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago based matrimonial attorney Jeffery Leving, President of the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd., will talk about this important case victory and more on the Dads\u2019 Rights Legal Hour, 9-10 a.m. CST Saturday, January 10th on Power 92.3 FM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27823\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"father and sons Leving\" width=\"584\" height=\"480\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/father-and-sons-Leving.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This show segment will be available for download on the Dads\u2019 Rights Legal Hour\u2019s Spotify page on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dadsrights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dadsrights.com<\/a>. Listen to this radio show for all children everywhere and share this victory and connect on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dadsrights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@dadsrights<\/a>. Every child matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dad was never married to the children\u2019s mother but has a close relationship with his two boys. Dad was worried about his sons and reported that the mother had a history of severe alcohol and substance abuse and that she had bad-mouthed dad in front of the children. He feared not just for his children\u2019s happiness, but for their safety, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desperate to protect his sons, he turned to attorney Jeffery Leving and his team for help in securing residential custody of his sons. The Leving legal team reassured this father that they would fight for them and they delivered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving swiftly, the Leving legal team demonstrated to the court that dad has consistently provided a safe, nurturing environment for his children and that the mother\u2019s actions placed them in potential danger. They fiercely argued that dad should be granted residential custody and decision-making authority for his children. They won. The judge granted dad full custody and parental decision-making rights and imposed limited, supervised parenting time for the mother, conditioned on her compliance with treatment and court orders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This court victory modified for publication placed two young boys where they belong \u2013 safe with their dad. Dad no longer has to fear for his sons\u2019 safety and can now support and raise his children. Every child deserves to feel safe and loved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matrimonial attorney\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jmlevinglawltd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffery M. Leving<\/a>\u00a0is the recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Joe R. Biden, Jr. in recognition of 7,500 hours of Leving\u2019s service to this nation. Leving is also the recipient of the President\u2019s Volunteer Service Award from President George W. Bush. Leving is a nationally recognized matrimonial and family law attorney.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about Leving, law and fatherhood, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dadsrights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dadsrights.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/suburbanchicagoland.com\/suburban-chicagoland-news-wire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"newswire info\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/grab545.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                         <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RayHanania.com\" class=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ray Hanania\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"319\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"Ray Hanania\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rayhanania03-2015smaller.jpg\"\/><\/a> Ray Hanania is an award-winning opinion columnist, author &amp; former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the recipient of four SPJ\u00a0Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American &amp; Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, and\u00a0Suburban Chicagoland.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His award winning columns can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Hanania.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.HANANIA.COM<\/a> Subscribe FREE today<\/p>\n<p>Hanania also writes about Middle East issues for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ArabNews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arab News<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TheArabDailyNews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Arab Daily News<\/a>\u00a0criticizing government policies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <\/p>\n<p>Hanania was named &#8220;Best Ethnic American Columnist&#8221; by the New America Media in November 2007, and is the 2009 recipient of the SPJ National Sigma Delta Chi Award for column writing.<\/p>\n<p>Email Ray Hanania at <a href=\"http:\/\/suburbanchicagoland.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#7f0d18171e111e11161e3f18121e1613511c1012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[email\u00a0protected].<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow RayHanania at <a href=\"https:\/\/Twitter.com\/rayhanania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><a\/><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RayHanania.com\" class=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ray Hanania\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"319\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"Ray Hanania\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rayhanania03-2015smaller.jpg\"\/><\/a>Latest posts by Ray Hanania (<a href=\"https:\/\/suburbanchicagoland.com\/author\/managingeditor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see all<\/a>)  <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t NPV: 9&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Click here to subscribe FREE to Ray Hanania&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":502813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[225488,960,225489,225490,225491,225492,5386,1818,225493,225494,225495],"class_list":{"0":"post-502812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-9-10-a-m-cst-saturday","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-dads-rights-legal-hour","11":"tag-dads-rights","12":"tag-fathers-fight-for-his-sons","13":"tag-fathers-rights","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-illinois","16":"tag-january-10th","17":"tag-jeffery-m-leving","18":"tag-power-92-3-fm-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115862978133169487","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}