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Aggravated speeding is charged under 625 ILCS 5/11-601.5 It comes in two classes: Class B – 26 miles in excess of the speed limit Max penalties: $1,500 fine, and 6 months county jail. Class A – 35 miles in excess of the speed limit Max penalties $2,500 fine, and 12 months county jail. 25 miles or less over the speed limit is a ‘petty’ offense (punishable by fine only) and covered by 625 ILCS 5/11-601. While jail and maximum fines are rare occurrences for these types of tic

To Plea or Not To Plea? If you're facing criminal charges, one of the most critical decisions you'll need to make is whether to take a plea deal  or go to trial . This isn’t just a legal decision—it’s a personal, financial, and emotional one. That’s why it should be strategic, informed, and grounded in logic . At The Law Office of Piereth & Sheen, we use a simple formula to help clients evaluate their options clearly: The Trial vs. Plea Formula: Likely Sentence – State’s Bes

What State to file in: Initial child-custody should take place in the child’s ‘home state.’ Under 750 ILCS 36/201. "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least six consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding. In the case of a child less than six months of age, the term means the state in which the child lived from birth with any of the persons mentioned. A period of tempo

Whether or not you have rights to your own child seems like an obvious question.   The answer is ‘yes’​…if the law recognizes it as your child. Fathers must first establish ‘paternity’.  Mothers don’t typically need to do this – ‘maternity actions’ are not common. There are three common ways (leaving out adoption and gestational surrogacy) to establish paternity  750 ILCS 46/201: Marital Presumption – if the child was born to a woman in wedlock, the law presumes her husband