The Law Office of Stephanie Walker, PLLC

07/31/2026

Texas property owners who are over 65 and occupy the residence as their homestead, can file a form to defer taxes until they transfer ownership, no longer reside in the property, or pass away. When the appraisal district approves the form, a letter gets mailed out. It doesn’t stop taxes from accruing but it helps prevent the tax foreclosure.

With this and a few other steps, Stephanie Walker stopped an active tax foreclosure lawsuit for someone over 65.

This simple form can help folks who qualify avoid a tax foreclosure:

12/04/2025

If you haven’t considered where you stand on due process for immigrants, I pose this question: if an immigrant doesn’t have the right to due process and can just be deported, what rights do you really have? Due process requires that you have a chance to defend yourself. If some aren’t entitled to that opportunity, the reality is that no one truly is entitled to it. Without it, you could be swept off the street and deported and have to fight your way back into the country. How would you determine who is actually entitled to it without due process itself?

09/03/2025

New changes are going to impact family law cases.

How these new laws could affect your family.

05/02/2025

This week I got to inform two clients that they are officially onto the next chapter: divorced. 🥳

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day! Today was extra special as I presented my first adoption case and child found his forever home. 💙💙💙

10/31/2024

Today is the perfect day to end a chapter and be able to move to the next. Finalized a divorce today for my client with the judge signing the order.

10/26/2024

ECL members from past and present cohorts gathered yesterday to attend the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program’s Pro Bono Awards. Pro Bono work is important to our community as it provides access to legal services to those who cannot afford it. Congratulations to the firms who earned awards through their dedication to providing access to legal services.

02/05/2024

After you get an expunction, it is important to keep a copy of the order in case private companies still have records of the case and you need proof that the expunction was granted.

01/12/2024

If you are in Ellis County and need a warning center during the cold weather this weekend, here is the link.

WARMING STATIONS/RESOURCES WARMING STATIONS IN ELLIS COUNTY: WAXAHACHIE FAMILY YMCA – Select YMCAs, including the Waxahachie Family YMCA, are opening their doors to those in the community without power and or water as a safe place to warm up from 10:00am - 5:30pm on Wednesday, February 17 through ...