In Re Marriage of Hefer

How courts have described this case

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• stating the in camera interview “provides an incentive for parental manipulation and intimidation of the child”
• reversing order that gave controlling weight to - 30 - 2023 IL App (2d) 230210-U preferences of 13 and 9-year-old siblings
• “there is no presumption in favor of the existing custodian under section 602 [of the Act] as there is in modification cases under section 610”
• “A better way than an in camera hearing to get the child’s preferences before the court may be through admission of the child’s hearsay statements, through the testimony of a [GAL], or through professional personnel.”
• although there is not a presumption in favor of the existing custodian when making an initial custody determination as there is in modification of custody cases, a court may consider the period of time a child has spent with a parent under a temporary custody order
• although there is not a presumption in favor of the existing custodian when making an initial custody determination as there is in modification of custody cases, a court may consider the period of time a child has spent with a parent under a temporary custody order

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).