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Public commenters urge Cook County Board to investigate family-court practices and attorney conduct
Summary
Multiple public speakers at the Cook County Board meeting alleged family-court failures, named specific attorneys and guardian-ad-litem practices they say harm parents, and asked the board to initiate investigations; commissioners acknowledged testimony but the transcript records no formal referral.
Several residents used the Cook County Board’s public-comment period to describe prolonged family-court involvement and to urge the board to address perceived misconduct by court actors.
What speakers said: Alina Crowley told the board she has repeatedly reported judicial corruption and said she has been deprived of contact with her son for five years. Eddie Ingalls described 12 years of interactions with the family-court system and asserted that some guardian ad litems and evaluators profit from conflict; he asked the board to review the cases of a named guardian ad litem, Michael Lottemeyer. A speaker identifying with the Church of Family Quartel criticized modern judicial institutions and…
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