The goal of Gitlin, Busche & Stetler is to provide clients with superior legal services .

Three objectives help Gitlin, Busche & Stetler achieve this goal.

The lawyers at Gitlin, Busche & Stetler practice exclusively in the field of family law. The firm handles:

• Original divorce proceedings
• Post-divorce judgment enforcement proceedings
• Child custody cases
• Adoptions
• Surrogacy (both traditional and gestational)
• Premarital agreements
• Parentage (paternity) proceedings
• Sexual abuse cases (including allegations in divorce custody cases, civil suits for survivors, and juvenile defense).

By limiting their practice, the lawyers at Gitlin, Busche, & Stetler are very familiar with family law. Limiting the practice also increases a lawyer's efficiency in handling a case--as it is highly likely that a similar case was handled before.

The lawyers at Gitlin, Busche & Stetler have an active, working knowledge of the most recent changes in the family law area. Their research and writing abilities enhance their ability to remain up-to-date on ever-changing laws. Each member of the firm participates in researching and writing firm publications, including:

• Gitlin on Divorce: A Guide to Illinois Matrimonial Law, a three volume work, which provides the legal community with a comprehensive survey of Illinois matrimonial law.
• Gitlin on Divorce Reports, a bimonthly report of recently decided family law cases with commentary. These publications are used as reference tools by other lawyers and judges.
• Gitlin's Illinois Annotated Family Practice Desktop Code, contains the statutory subjects that are significant to the practice of domestic relations and family law, including full statute text and casenote annotations.