What to know about liens and divorce

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Divorce on Sunday, January 19, 2014. Sometimes, when someone fails to pay debts, a lien is placed on a home to establish it as collateral as the debt collection is attempted. Chicago divorcees may be interested in the case of a woman who asked a debt advisor about removing

Joint finances for unmarried couples

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Unmarried Couples on Friday, December 27, 2013. When Illinois couples divorce, the procedure for dividing assets can be fairly straightforward. They try to negotiate an agreement, and if they are unable to do so, the judge will order an equitable distribution of all assets acquired by either spouse. However,

Information for relocating parents

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Child Custody on Friday, December 20, 2013. It is not terribly uncommon for one person to move to another state when preparing to marry. Thus, Illinois residents may wonder what happens if the couple later divorces, and one parent wishes to move home with children born of the marriage.

Illinois boy ordered to be returned to mother

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Child Custody on Monday, December 16, 2013. An Illinois mother will receive custody of her son after a federal judge ruled he must be returned from his father’s home in Ireland. The case, which is complicated by its international boundaries, is of interest to families on both sides of

Divorce battle continues with missing spouse

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Divorce on Friday, December 13, 2013. As one Illinois couple is finding out, when a marriage ends, sorting out the details can sometimes be a complicated process. When one of the parties is unable to be located, it makes a potentially unpleasant event that much more difficult. In this

What Illinois residents need to know about divorce

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Divorce on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Regardless of the particular circumstances, according to a divorce columnist on Huffington Post, going through a divorce can be an emotional process. To successfully navigate the divorce maze, a person should educating themself in order to know what to expect. If the services of an

Divorcees may face unexpected tax burdens

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Divorce on Monday, December 9, 2013. Financial columnists responding to divorced individuals noted that people may be confronted with unexpected taxes following their separations. In one instance, Illinois residents may have heard of a husband who failed to claim all of his income during his marriage, and his wife

Crackdown on delinquent child support

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Child Custody on Monday, December 2, 2013. More than 150 parents from five counties in south Texas were arrested in a week-long operation that was conducted last month. Officials with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office said that these individuals in Cameron, Starr, Willacy, Webb and Hidalgo counties had failed

Mother and son reunited after 35-year separation

On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Child Custody on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. After being separated for approximately 35 years, a mother and son will be reunited thanks, in part, to the kindness of a stranger. The separation began when the child’s father, who was estranged from the mother, picked the child up at his

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