If you ventured a guess that adverse mortgage-related entries besmirched more credit reports than any other negative consumer-linked information, certainly no one would belittle your response or suggest that it was off base. It would be wrong, though. In fact, the...
Most divorcing couples simply want to move on and begin new lives. From a financial standpoint, this usually means leaving behind old debts and financial problems that ruined the marriage. Unfortunately, tax problems created by an ex-spouse could raise their ugly...
In many -- in fact, most -- divorce matters in Arkansas and nationally, the parties at the center of dissolution-related issues are the so-called "nuclear" components, that is, mom, dad and the kids. Although that mix of parties and related interests most often...
We noted recently that the IRS and its Criminal Investigation division are under strong figurative fire from Congress and myriad critics for the latter's excessive zeal and troublesome tactics in what has essentially amounted for years to a shakedown of innocent...
Seize assets first, ask questions later -- and don't return the money you improperly took from innocent business owners. Oh, and make threats of criminal prosecution to ensure cooperation as you're draining the bank accounts of individual who have not engaged in any...
"Sometimes the law does not change as fast as society is changing." We heartily agree with that statement at the law firm in Little Rock (and with additional locations across Arkansas). In fact, we wrote it. Those words from our firm's...
Query to Arkansas residents who admittedly feel some appreciable stresses -- including financial pressures -- as they go about their daily lives: Do you want to move to Minnesota? Perhaps some of you might consider the idea, given that state's placement on a recent...
Some couples who were patiently and methodically planning their weddings slated for a late date in 2017 have now moved up their timetable, well, just a tad. In fact, they are now scurrying at full speed to get things formally done just as fast as they can by getting a...
If you ask most adults in Arkansas why adolescent criminal offenders don't routinely receive the same treatment from law enforcers and prosecutors as is meted out to adult offenders, the answer will be quick and simple. To wit: They're different. We just know that. It...
If you were asked as a pet-loving Arkansas resident for an estimate regarding how many cats and dogs live with families across the country as pets, what might you guess? Ten million? Double that amount? Fifty million? Any of those answers would be far off the mark....