Rule 4-3.14 - Parenting EducationA. It is to the benefit of all parents, regardless of their parenting skills and in the best interests of their minor children, that they take time from their immediate personal concerns to consider the impact of the dissolution process on their minor children.B. Pursuant to the provisions of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 924 and the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, a Parenting Education Program ("PEP") shall be established as a resource to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.1. The PEP shall be created by the Court Administrator of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit and contracted for by the Chief Judge or designee.2. The contents of the PEP shall be directed to the best interests of the minor children of parties to dissolution, or post dissolution proceedings and shall concern the effects of these proceedings on the children. The program shall be educational in nature and not designed for individual therapy. The program shall be at least four hours in duration.3. The PEP described above shall be financially self-supportive through court assessed fees paid by the parties attending the program. The amount of the fee to be assessed for the program shall be related to the cost of conducting the program and shall be determined by the Chief Judge or designee.C. All parents of minor children who have appeared or who have otherwise personally submitted to the jurisdiction of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in any pre or post-judgment D or F case in which an aspect of the case involves the allocation of parental responsibility or allocation of parenting time of the children, shall attend the PEP prior to the initial LCR 43.10 Case Management Conference, unless otherwise ordered for good cause shown.D. The trial court may, in the best interest of the minor children, delay the presentment of evidence or the entry of part or all of the Court's findings pending completion by the parents of the PEP.E. The judge assigned to a case other than described in Section C above may, in his or her discretion, require parents of minor children or other parties to attend the PEP.F. Where a party required to attend the PEP resides outside of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, the Court may order attendance either online or at another similar parenting program in lieu of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit PEP.G. Persons registered for a session who do not attend and do not cancel at least twenty-four hours in advance shall be required to re-register and pay an additional full fee.Ill. R. Cir. Ct. Lake Cnty. 4-3.14