On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Child Custody on Thursday, January 30, 2014. Chicago parents may be interested in proposed laws around the country that promote shared custody of children by divorcing parents. Many of the new laws would suggest or require judges to award equal custody between parents unless there is some compelling reason
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On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Divorce on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. Illinois residents know that January is filled with new beginnings and resolutions for the upcoming year. Some may call January “Divorce Month,” and according to some experts, it is the time in which many people decide to start researching their options. Visits to
On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Divorce on Sunday, January 12, 2014. When a Chicago-area couple undergoing divorce owns a home and struggles to divide assets, there are various ways to address this looming challenge. In many cases, it can make sense for one spouse to remain in the home while the other continues to pay
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
On behalf of The Walters Law Group, Ltd. posted in Divorce on Monday, December 23, 2013. Illinois residents may be interested in a recent ruling made by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Dec. 9. According to the ruling, after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, a woman who received alimony payments beyond the terms
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.
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
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
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
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
