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How Michigan Courts Divide Child Support Among Multiple Families
Parents around Michigan counties like Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, and surrounding areas could find themselves in a situation where they have child support orders in different counties for children from different relationships. Our family law attorneys are asked how Michigan courts divide and allocate child support in these types of situations? Michigan law does not treat…
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Dividing Retirement Benefits in a Mid-Michigan Divorce
For divorcing couples in Mid-Michigan, including Lansing, East Lansing, Jackson, Howell, and Charlotte, a complex asset that needs to be divided is retirement benefits. Under Michigan law, retirement plans are generally treated as marital property. Whether you’re dealing with a pension, 401(k), or IRA, it’s important to know how these assets are divided during a…
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Domestic Violence and Personal Protection Orders in Mid-Michigan: What You Need to Know
Domestic violence is a serious concern for families throughout the entire Lansing, Michigan area, including communities in Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Livingston, and Ionia Counties, as well as cities such as Lansing, East Lansing, Charlotte, Jackson, St. Johns, and Brighton. Knowing your legal rights and remedies when facing abuse or threats in a domestic relationship is…
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Do You Have to Leave the Marital Home When You File for Divorce in Michigan?
Filing for divorce in Michigan, whether in Lansing, Eaton County, Jackson County, Clinton County, or Ionia County, does not automatically mean you have to move out of your home. Under Michigan law, both spouses have equal rights to the marital residence until a court orders otherwise. This means you can generally remain in the home…
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Is Waiving HIPAA Privilege a Joint Legal Decision in Michigan Custody Cases?
When parents in Mid-Michigan counties around Ingham, Eaton, and Clinton share joint legal custody of a child, important medical, educational, and legal decisions must often be made together. One question that arises in Lansing-area custody disputes is: Does waiving HIPAA privilege to allow a third party access to a child’s medical records count as a…
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The Collateral Damage of Parental Alienation
Written by Monica Borschel, Ph.D. and Charles Kronzek, Family law litigator Parental alienation is the deliberate or accidental turning of your children against the other parent. Deliberate alienation is badmouthing the other parent, family, ethnicity, culture, or religion. Part of the alienation includes spoiling the child, confiding in the child, or parentifying the child.…
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My Spouse is Hiding Money
The Kronzek Firm Have you recently felt as though there are more secrets in your household? Wondering what happened to the contents of the family coin jar? Where is all our money going? Suspicious behavior, out-of-the-ordinary purchases, and sudden insistence on frugality are red flags of a partner trying to hide money from you. Our…
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Upcoming Child Support Hearing : Do I Need A Lawyer?
The Kronzek Firm Child support is a tricky thing to handle by yourself. This is especially true when there is an upcoming child support hearing in Ingham County, Clinton County, or Eaton County When a child support hearing is on the horizon, you may feel intimidated, traumatized from a separation or divorce, or just plain…
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My Spouse Made the Money and Now We Are Getting Divorced
…He says I don’t get anything! She says I get nothing! The Kronzek Firm Within many relationships, there is an imbalance between spousal incomes. Sometimes, one partner makes all the money, and the other one has never worked outside of the home. These differences in income can create problems when a couple decides to divorce.…
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Common Law and Common Problems
The Kronzek Firm More and more couples are deciding to skip the marriage part and just play house. The economic costs of marriage may seem to outweigh the economic gains to some people. A lot of times, unmarried couples in Michigan remain together for a long time. Many couples consider themselves married even when they…