02/ 13
Property division is a key issue in any divorce, regardless of the length of time you and your spouse were married. You likely have personal property that belonged to your previously which you brought into the marriage, along with real estate, cars, home furnishings, and other items you may have purchased together with your spouse. The following highlights some of…
01/ 30
Child custody issues are frequently at the center of legal battles in divorce proceedings. For courts, the top priority is the best interests of the child, and judges generally aim for time sharing plans which allow both parents to remain active in their child’s life. There are situations where custody orders have failed to take into consideration all of the…
08/ 22
The term parental alienation is used to describe the systematic attempts of a parent to destroy the parent-child relationship between the other parent and the couple’s children. Sadly, parental alienation is often utilized as a tactic in custody proceedings, which can have devastating consequences for the emotional health of the children involved. If you are going through a divorce and…
07/ 25
In the groundbreaking case of Troxel v. Granville, the U.S. Supreme Court held that grandparents have a right to visitation of grandchildren if the child’s parents are deemed unfit. Last week, the Court of Appeals published a decision that helps incorporate the Supreme Court’s definition of a fit parent into Michigan’s Child Custody Act. Despite this clarification, it can still…
02/ 28
Parents are not the only ones who are affected by a divorce in Michigan; grandparents too may be affected, sometimes losing the ability to see their grandchild as much as they were previously used to, or the right to see their grandchild at all. For grandparents who wish to continue having a relationship with their grandchild, even after a divorce…
01/ 10
For military families in Michigan, it can be particularly difficult to think about divorce and its various implications. How will divorce impact finances? What does divorce look like when one member of the family is deployed? These are just a couple of the questions that military families often ask when it comes to divorce. To better understand the ways in…
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