If you have chilidren and are considering a divorce or separation in Micihgan, one of your primary concerns will be the custody of the children. This blog is written to broadly address the issue of custody in Michigan, if you have particular questions, please do not hesitate to contact us to sch...
This blog generally addresses whether day care expenses are included in child support in Michigan in cases where income is imputed to a parent that is not working "full-time" outside the home after the parents divorce or separate.
Regardless of your position on owning firearms, if you have a child, you should be aware of new legislation that took effect in 2024 which may have an impact on you. There are possible criminal repercussion's and potential serious family law problems that could result as an unintentional violati...
Divorce can affect every aspect of one's life. If you have children, the primary concern is how will custody be handled and how often will you be able to see the children. Many men that I talk to are very concerned about getting equal time with the children. Many of us grew up with the old fas...
Divorce is a difficult process to go through and typically causes massive change in a person's life but at some point, the divorce process comes to an end. When you have children together issues can arise until the youngest child reaches the age of majority (and even after that put the law does ...
Often the most emotional and just plain difficult area to handle in family law is custody and parenting time. In some cases, there are certain family members or relatives of the other parent you do not want to interact with the child. This blog addresses how you may handle that in a divorce or family law situation.
When a person with children is facing a divorce, often the most difficult issues to resolve are custody and parenting time issues. Parenting time, formerly known as visitation, is the schedule for what days and nights the children will be spending with each parent. This blog is written to broad...
If you are facing a divorce or separation and have children custody, parenting time and child support are extremely important issues that will be central to your case in most instances. Most people do not want to have to file for divorce hastily or before they are actually ready but in the insta...
If you are divorced or separated and have children in Michigan, then you are probably familiar with the term "parenting time". Parenting time is the schedule that governs with which parent the children will be staying on which days, nights, weekends and holidays. Once parenting time is establis...
Child custody, visitation or parenting time as it is known in Michigan and child support can be very conentious issues in divorce cases. In general the courts are moving toward an equal amount of time with the children to each parent. There are some cases where one parent will be very instant t...
Going through a divorce is a very difficult time for anyone and can be particularly difficult for spouses with children. The issues of custody, parenting time and child support can be some of the most difficult issues you will have to handle in your entire life. One question that should be addr...
For people that have minor children, the biggest concern they have when preparing to file for a divorce or custody proceeding is custody, parenting time and child support. The concerns become that much greater when there is no trust between the parents or one of the parents has issues with drugs...
How to Create a Parenting Schedule in Michigan Parenting schedules are required in most custody situations that go through the court system in Michigan. Creating these schedules, however, can be a time-consuming process. You want a schedule that works for you and the other parent but especially ...
Michigan Parenting Plan Guide We all want to make sure our children are not hurt by a divorce, separation, or breakup. Michigan courts also want to do their part to make sure that parents get quality time with their children because it is believed that the children, absent a valid reason like s...
Going through a divorce can be the most difficult time a person will have to face during their lifetime. It will have an effect on every aspect of a person's life, their financial security, their home and their family all must be addressed. If a divorcing couple has children, the most important ...
Is it Just a Threat? In a divorce, often the most important issue will be custody or parenting time of the children. This is the most emotion packed issue for many divorcing parents and sometimes can cause people to act in erratic ways. One thing that we encounter often in the filed of family ...
The most difficult issue in many divorce cases, is how to handle custody of the children. There are actually two types of custody, legal custody and physical custody as well as a parenting time schedule. Generally, legal custody refers to the ability to have a say in the child's upbringing, suc...
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