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Posted by Haiki
on 10/28/2006, 5:09 pm, in reply to "Veterans federal, Illinois v. Iroquois County law"
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A disabled veteran pays,...... and pays,......and pays.
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Ron Ehlers, in his divorce action, received a suggestion from his attorney, "I do have a female attorney in Illinois who said she would be willing to help me if I can show her proof of certain divorce cases where the disabled vet won and the ex was not allowed our disability money."
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Bingo! My letter to Iroquois County Circuit Court Judge Schmidt stated Illinois case law, Wojcik v. Wojcik, as well as federal law. Ron Ehler's lawyer received a copy of the letter from Judge Schmidt. After which she writes Ron, "My initial research finds that despite what federal law states, the trial court may properly treat a veterans' present and future disability benefits as income in determining your obligation to pay alimony or maintenance." Illinois case law Wojcik v. Wojcik, this was not good enough. Wojcik cited Hisquierdo, Railroad Retirement Act, Crook, Social Security Act, Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), these were not convincing for a young lawyer from Iroquois County Illinois. Nor was it important enough to bring it to the attention of the judge at Ron Ehler's recent contempt of court hearing. Or is there something else going on?
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Now, what good lawyer’s do, in a letter to Ron Ehlers, is cite exactly what was found in this initial research. But you see, although having this secret information, to see it there would have been another hourly charge.
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