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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…
12/ 20
While recent studies have shown that overall divorce rates in America are declining, there is evidence that suggests more older adults are filing for divorce than ever before. A few years ago, a report authored by Susan L. Brown and I-Fen Lin, two sociologists at Bowling Green State University, discussed what the researchers described as “The Gray Divorce Revolution,” or…
06/ 21
When people think about who is most affected by divorce they usually picture the couple and any children they may share, but that is far from the whole picture. Extended family members and friends are also impacted by the divorce process as the parents figure out where they will live and a time schedule for sharing the children. One group…
06/ 07
There are few issues in divorce that can create more animosity than decisions around child custody and parenting time. The emotional charge around this topic certainly makes sense when one considers what is at stake, and both parties often have strong opinions about which one is better equipped to handle parenting the majority of time. Michigan courts prefer to order…
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