Sexual Assault Legal Services
Life Span’s approach to ending domestic and sexual violence is a nationally recognized model that provides safety, empowerment and a lasting solution.
Life Span attorneys provide civil legal services to victims of sexual assault and their families in order to provide them with safety and perpetrator accountability.
Life Span attorneys, paralegals and advocates have specific expertise in sexual assault and child sexual abuse legal issues and civil remedies.
Life Span Sexual Assault Legal Services
- Divorce (sexual assault by an intimate partner or family member and child sexual abuse cases)
- Child Custody, Visitation and Child Support (sexual assault by an intimate partner or family member and child sexual abuse cases, cases in which the victim becomes pregnant due to the sexual assault)
- Orders of Protection (sexual assault by an intimate partner or family member and child sexual abuse cases) link to order of protection page
- Civil No Contact Orders link to civil no contact order page
- Legal Advocacy in Criminal Court (for victims pursuing criminal charges)
- Legal Advocacy with Issues Stemming from the Sexual Assault
- Crime Victims Compensation Act (CVC) Advocacy
- Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) Advocacy
- Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act (SASETA)
- Illinois Safe Homes Act Advocacy
Sexual Assault Multidisciplinary Team (MDT SA)
Life Span has partnered with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Resilience (formerly known as Rape Victim Advocates), the Chicago Police Department, the Cook County Probation Department, and a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) to address sexual assault in the City of Chicago with a primary area of focus on Area North. As part of the team, Life Span provides civil legal representation to victims of sexual assault.
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