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Appellate judges in IL have ruled in favor of Madison and St. Clair counties in a lawsuit contesting fees used for neutral-site exchanges in child custody cases.

Since 2000, Illinois has allowed counties to charge a filing fee on all divorce cases to fund neutral-site custody exchange centers. When visitation exchanges between divorced parents become disruptive, these sites — staffed by counselors and guards — allow one parent to drop the child off and the other parent to pick the child up without seeing each other.

via Appellate Court: Neutral site custody exchange fees constitutional | Metro-east news | News Democrat.