If you already have a consumer debt that has been to court and wage deductions have been ordered this declaration probably does not affect you, BUT: In order for a new wage garnishment to go into effect, the Governor has eliminated steps necessary for a creditor to collect. Effective Read more…
The governor listed them as follows in Executive Order Number 8 of March 17, 2020: Essential businesses include: Grocery, medicine, food, beverage, cannabis production, agriculture, shelter sales, kennels and pet adoption centers, food banks, emergency shelters, services for disadvantaged and disabled, media, gas stations, auto repair, banks, lenders, pawnbrokers, Read more…
Yes, if a restaurateur can be cited for disobeying health code violations in your jurisdiction (county, city, etc.) you can probably be cited for a health code violation and written up to a $500 ticket. This has already happened many times in Cook County where a man was alleged Read more…
Or so social media said after the Illinois Governor’s Emergency Order of April 6, 2020. Governor Pritzker did nothing to release prisoners in Executive Order 2020-20. Instead he basically decreed, “don’t come back to the Illinois Department of Corrections with Covid.” Furloughs are a release from prison for a Read more…
On March 26, 2020 Governor Pritzker declared in Executive Order 2020-13, that all transfers from Illinois jails to Illinois prisons will cease unless exceptions are determined by the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections working with County Sheriffs.
The simple answer is, YES! Illinois law created by the legislature, 20 ILCS 3305/7 sec. 7 (use that citation as a search term and look it up) gives the Governor Emergency Powers for 30 days at a time. He can suspend any regulatory statute regarding state business, control entry and Read more…
According to the Illinois Governor’s proclamation of March 21, which was extended to at least April 30, 2020 “Travel required by…court order, including to transport children pursuant to a custody agreement.” is classified as Essential Travel, and therefor not prohibited by the proclamation. So the answer is clear. Read more…