ChildWelfare.gov — Custody Resources

Custody & Visitation · Illinois · Free

The federal Children's Bureau information gateway compiles state-by-state custody, kinship-care, and guardianship resources, including how Illinois handles relative placement and DCFS-involved custody cases. Mothers and grandmothers navigating informal custody after a DCFS investigation will find Illinois-specific kinship-navigator program information and links to Cook County Juvenile Court self-help materials maintained at no cost by HHS.

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More Custody & Visitation in Illinois

  • Illinois Courts — Family Law Self-Help — The Illinois Supreme Court's self-help portal hosts state-approved custody, parentage, and parenting-time forms for use in any of the 102 co
  • Cook County Domestic Relations Court — Chicago — The Domestic Relations Division at the Daley Center, 50 W Washington in the Loop, hears every Cook County custody, parentage, and divorce ca
  • Legal Aid Chicago — Family Law — Legal Aid Chicago's family law team at 120 S LaSalle, Suite 900 represents low-income Cook County mothers in custody, parentage, and order-o
  • DuPage County Family Court — The DuPage County Family Court at 505 N County Farm Road in Wheaton handles custody and parentage cases for the western suburbs including Na
  • Lake County Family Court — Located at 18 N County St in Waukegan, the 19th Judicial Circuit's family division serves Lake County mothers from Gurnee, Highland Park, an
  • Will County Family Court — The 12th Judicial Circuit family division at 14 W Jefferson in Joliet handles custody, parentage, and parenting-time disputes for Will Count