Whitehorse v. Critchfield

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• stating that, because of possible multiplicity of lawsuits resulting, civil sanctions for custodial interference best left to legislature
• stating that, because of possible multiplicity of lawsuits resulting, civil sanctions for custodial interference best left to legislature
• denying parent’s cause of action for loss of society resulting from acts intended to induce child to leave parental home
• denying parent's cause of action for loss of society resulting from acts intended to induce child to leave parental home
• declining to recognize cause of action for tortious interference with parent’s custody and determining Legislature to be more appropriate body to implement civil sanctions for such interference
• deferring to Legislature imposition of civil penalties for custodial interference because Legislature already had established criminal penalties for such an offense (citing Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 38, paras. 10-5,10-6 (1985))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).