From a reader:
"Orders of Protection" are not at all unusual in a divorce proceeding in Illinois, particularly when a lot of money is at stake. This is a not a "No Fault" divorce state, so divorces can be hotly contested even between amicable parties. This could have been the scenario: Hull’s wife changes the locks on the house, puts his clothes on the sidewalk, and gets an Order barring him from entering the property. Suddenly possession of the house becomes her’s until the matter is settled, and possession is 9/10ths of the law — literally. Hull shouldn’t have to respond because he has children and grandchildren who love him and don’t need to relive a difficult time, just because he hasn’t lived the now-conventional life of the aspiring politician (squeeky-clean, all the right schools, degrees, jobs, etc.). One of the things that attracts me to Blair is that he is a true citizen-politician. He has lived a real life, full of successes and failures (some ugly). I’d rather him than some bubble-born child, scrubed since childhood, whose career choice is a life in government, and wouldn’t know a real-life problem if it smacked them in the face.
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While I disagree with the notion that he shouldn’t have to release the information, I think the above makes a good point about
1) not prejudging the situation
2) understanding that everyone is not perfect
I think the best strategy at this point is to wait for Monday.