Gitlin, Busche & Stetler

Law Firm Overview

The goal of Gitlin, Busche & Stetler is to provide clients with superior legal services .

Three objectives help Gitlin, Busche & Stetler achieve this goal.

• Concentrated practice

The lawyers at Gitlin, Busche & Stetler practice exclusively in the field of family law. The firm handles:

• Original divorce proceedings
• Post-divorce judgment enforcement proceedings
• Child custody cases
• Adoptions
• Surrogacy (both traditional and gestational)
• Premarital agreements
• Parentage (paternity) proceedings
• Sexual abuse cases (including allegations in divorce custody cases, civil suits for survivors, and juvenile defense).

By limiting their practice, the lawyers at Gitlin, Busche, & Stetler are very familiar with family law. Limiting the practice also increases a lawyer's efficiency in handling a case--as it is highly likely that a similar case was handled before.

• Up-to-Date Practice

The lawyers at Gitlin, Busche & Stetler have an active, working knowledge of the most recent changes in the family law area. Their research and writing abilities enhance their ability to remain up-to-date on ever-changing laws. Each member of the firm participates in researching and writing firm publications, including:

• Gitlin on Divorce: A Guide to Illinois Matrimonial Law, a three volume work, which provides the legal community with a comprehensive survey of Illinois matrimonial law.
• Gitlin on Divorce Reports, a bimonthly report of recently decided family law cases with commentary. These publications are used as reference tools by other lawyers and judges.
• Gitlin's Illinois Annotated Family Practice Desktop Code, contains the statutory subjects that are significant to the practice of domestic relations and family law, including full statute text and casenote annotations.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Adoption
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce

West Practice Categories

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce, Family Law