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 not to do so, such as a history of abuse by one parent. Advocates say that children benefit when they spend the same amount of time with each parent. Arkansas recently changed itsContinue reading
Tag Archives: Divorce
Is there a season for divorce?
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 popular websites focusing on divorce peaked in January between 2008 and 2011. However, some studies indicate that many people wait until March before they make their final decisions. Another popular time for filing divorce isContinue reading
Various real estate options exist for divorcing homeowners
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 his or her share of the mortgage. This may be a recommended scenario as a short or mid-term solution if a fixed mortgage is involved and moving elsewhere would be expensive. For thisContinue reading
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 a lien on the home she had previously shared with her ex-husband. The lien was placed because the woman’s ex-husband was behind in child support and alimony payments to his previous wife, andContinue reading
Woman still required to repay alimony after bankruptcy
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 ordered by the court still has to return the funds to her ex-husband. A report says that the couple was married in 1988 and filed for divorce in 2005. After the separation, the man wasContinue reading
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. Before up and moving across state lines, the custodial parent must obtain consent from the other parent or the judge. Some basic information on the process may help make things easier. First, theContinue reading
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 case, the ex-husband’s lawyers are trying to challenge trial court orders issued during his divorce, but they may have some trouble due to the man’s absence from the jurisdiction. There are at least threeContinue reading
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 attorney are being obtained, it is important at the initial meeting to ask the right questions. For example, if children are involved, how will the issue of child custody be handled along withContinue reading
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 was told that she was equally responsible for the outstanding amount after they obtained a divorce. Following her payment of a portion of the money, the woman filed her taxes first and ended upContinue reading
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 to pay their child support. It remains unknown how the arrests will affect the detainees’ child custody or visitation rights. The parents who were captured had warrants for their arrest based on nonpayment, and possiblyContinue reading