Category: Child Custody
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8 Tips For Parents Preparing For a Custody Battle (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about the issue of custody, and how parents who are preparing to go to war over the issue of who gets the kids, should have a handbook full of pointers and tips to help them make good choices. But since there isn’t a how-to-survive-your-custody-battle handbook,…
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8 Tips For Parents Preparing For a Custody Battle (Pt 1)
Getting divorced is hard. Very hard! But when you have kids, and you and your spouse can’t agree on who they should live with and for how long, things can get very, very complicated. Custody is always a touchy issue for divorcing parents, and having to duke it out with your least favorite person in…
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Toxic Co-Parenting: Heartbreaking Facts You Need To Know (Pt 1)
Being married to a narcissist, or a “toxic” person, is devastating. But trying to co-parent with one is the equivalent of trying to smuggle snowballs through the Sahara desert in your pockets – It simply can’t be done. Yes, we know, this sounds melodramatic and ridiculous, but the truth is exactly that: co-parenting with a…
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How do I Prove This Baby is Really Mine in Michigan? (pt 3)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for the final wrap up on this discussion about paternity and how you can establish paternity for your baby in Michigan. In the previous two articles we looked at the benefits of establishing paternity, and the first of three methods for achieving it. In wrapping this up we’re…
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How do I Prove This Baby is Really Mine in Michigan? (pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this ongoing discussion about paternity, and how to establish it in Michigan. In the previous article we talked a little about why it’s important to establish paternity, and what the protocol is when you’re married, versus not married. Next up we’d like to discuss the different…
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I’ve Got Joint Custody But My Ex Is a Terrible Parent! (Pt. 3)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for the wrap up on this subject on how to handle differing parenting styles that cause conflict after divorce. As we’ve explained in the previous two articles, Michigan family courts prefer to assign joint physical custody where possible, and this can cause conflict when parent don’t agree…
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I’ve Got Joint Custody But My Ex Is a Terrible Parent! (Pt. 2)
Welcome back to this discussion on what to do when you and your ex can’t agree on how to parent your kids after the divorce. As we explained in the previous article, there’s a difference between joint physical custody and joint legal custody. Which can mean that even Michigan parents who have primary custody…
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I’ve Got Joint Custody But My Ex Is a Terrible Parent! (Pt. 1)
It’s incredibly frustrating, isn’t it? You work soooo hard to be a good parent, to make sure that your kids go to bed on time, eat nutritious food, and get good grades in school. You even stay on top of their manners, working to ensure that your kids are respectful and polite. And then…
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Why The Court Can Make You Travel Hundreds Of Miles Out Of State For Proceedings!
Let’s say you and your significant other have a child together in New York, and then you both decided to separate. You and the child move to Michigan, and you ex-significant other moves to California. You file a request for child custody and child support here in Michigan, and the court tells you that…
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Are Frozen Embryos a Custody Issue? Or Asset Division?
Gloria Karungi and Ronaldlee Ejalu are the parents of a 7-year-old daughter who has sickle cell anemia – a disease which, up until now has offered sufferers no hope of ever being healed. However, a new stem cell treatment involving bone marrow transplants, offers new hope to those who can find donors who are…