Category: Marriage
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Child Support Modifications in Mid-Michigan: How to Adjust Your Support Order When Life Changes
Child support plays a vital role in maintaining a child’s care after a divorce or separation. But when jobs change, children grow, and financial circumstances shift, your child support order may no longer fit your situation. Michigan law provides a process for modifying it to fit a family’s evolving needs. If you live in Mid-Michigan—whether…
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Selling the Marital Home During Divorce in Michigan: What You Need to Know
If you are going through a divorce in Michigan, understanding how the sale of real estate is handled during the divorce can help you avoid costly mistakes and unnecessary conflict. Below are some frequently asked questions about navigating the home sale process during a Michigan divorce. Can the Marital Home Be Sold Before the Divorce…
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Understanding Annulment in Michigan: A Legal Guide for Individuals Seeking to Void a Marriage
For residents of Michigan, particularly those in Ingham, Clinton, Eaton County, and throughout Mid-Michigan, understanding how annulment works under Michigan law is essential if you’re considering ending your marriage in this way. Unlike divorce, which terminates the marriage, an annulment in Michigan is an adjudication that the marriage was never legally valid. Essentially, the marriage…
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If I Earn More Than My Spouse, Do We Still Split Everything Equally in a Michigan Divorce?
The Importance of Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements in Michigan Divorce Cases It is a common misunderstanding that if one spouse earns more, they should receive a larger share of the marital assets. This belief was more common in past decades, especially when men were predominantly the breadwinners of the household. However, as times have changed,…
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Alcohol Addiction in Divorce: A Guide for Michigan Residents
Divorcing an alcoholic spouse is usually a challenging journey, filled with emotional ups and downs. While the process can be draining and overwhelming, it’s vital to ensure your safety and the well-being of your children. In this article, The Kronzek Firm will outline the suggested steps and evidence required to prove alcoholism in Lansing area…
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Is it Normal to Fight so Much in a Marriage? Or Should we Get Divorced?
Do happy couples really fight? You bet they do! In fact, while it may sound counter intuitive, fighting can actually be healthy for your relationship. However, that only applies when you go about it in a certain way. In the same way that eating habits can be healthy or unhealthy, depending on what you eat…
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Is it Normal to Fall Out of Love With Your Spouse After Years of Marriage?
It certainly seems to be pretty normal in books and movies these days – people get married when they’re desperately in love and can’t imagine a future without one another. But over time that passion cools, and is replaced by the mundane trappings of daily life. Spouses wake up one day and realize that they’ve…
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Marital Fighting: When is it Healthy Fighting, And When is it Abuse? (Pt 2)
Hi there and welcome back. We’re having a discussion about fighting styles, and how fights can actually be healthy for your relationship, as long as you conduct yourself in a certain way during the argument. As we mentioned in the previous article, it’s not whether you fight that is an indicator of your marriage’s health,…
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Marital Fighting: When is it Healthy Fighting, And When is it Abuse? (Pt 1)
That title might have you scratching your head a little bit. Healthy fighting? Since when can having a fight be healthy, especially for a married couple? Actually it can! Believe it or not, there are certain instances when fighting can actually make your relationship stronger, and help you work certain issues out in an open…
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Time Apart From Your Spouse Can Help You Avoid Divorce! (Part 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on how spending some time apart can actually help strengthen your marriage. And no, we don’t mean a period of separation, we just mean regularly pursuing your own hobbies, interests and friendships, outside of your spouse. If you’re just joining us now, please take…