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Our Top 6 Tips For a Successful Michigan Divorce (Pt 2)
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about ways to make the divorce process smoother (which anyone getting a divorce would be glad for) and sharing what we think are the top six tips for doing exactly that. We know that there are aspects of your divorce that you won’t have any control over (like your spouse’s…
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Things You Should Never Post on Social Media During Your Divorce! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this chat about things you should never post online during your divorce. As we’ve mentioned many times before, once it’s online, you can never take it back, and you can’t control who sees it or how it’s used. Which means you have to be really careful about…
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Things You Should Never Post on Social Media During Your Divorce! (Pt 1)
Divorces are incredibly hard, and in our ‘living out loud’ culture, it has become second nature to share our struggles with the world. And while we applaud the openness this kind of sharing requires, there are times and places where it’s entirely appropriate, and times and places where it isn’t. Specifically, during your divorce. There…
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The Top Misconceptions People Have About Working With Divorce Lawyers (Pt 3)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been talking about the main reasons people think getting a lawyer to help with divorce is a waste of time, and so far we’ve looked at the four most common misconceptions people have. If you missed the first article in this three-part series, we recommend you…
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The Top Misconceptions People Have About Working With Divorce Lawyers (2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about the common misconceptions people have about working with an attorney during their divorce, and hoping we can set the record straight for our readers. In the previous article we looked at two of the mistaken ideas we’ve heard countless times from clients over the…
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Can I Start a Tinder Account Before my Divorce is Official?
If this were a meme, this is a question would be followed by “asking for a friend”. You’d be amazed at how often we get asked that – people who want advice on how soon they can start dating again, despite the fact that their marriage isn’t officially over yet. And the truth is, we…
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The Truth About Your Finances After Divorce!
For people who are unhappy in their marriages, when they think about getting divorced, they tend to focus on the freedom they’ll have when it’s all over. And that makes sense. After all, if you’re miserable and you’re convinced your spouse is the source of that misery, then it makes sense to focus on the…
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Should One of us Get The House After The Divorce, or Should we Sell it And Split The Profits?
Getting divorced, especially after a long marriage, means pulling apart two lives that have become inextricably woven together. The memories you’ve shared, the debts you’ve collected, the things you’ve bought along the way. But for most couples in Michigan, the largest and most valuable item they have to figure out is their home. And because…
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Why do I Have to Pay Alimony? Can’t my Lazy ex Earn Their Own Money? (Pt 1)
If you’re here, reading this article, it’s because you’re expecting to have to pay alimony to someone you’re divorcing, and you don’t think you should have to make alimony payments. You’re not alone in that. Many people don’t think they should have to pay any kind of spousal support after divorce. However the family court…
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Parental Alienation is Considered a Public Health Threat
Parental Alienation is when a child feels and expresses a very strong dislike (and sometimes even hatred) for one of their parents. It’s an issue that usually develops during or after a high conflict divorce, because of parental bullying and manipulation. However, it’s not the ‘hated’ parent who’s doing the bullying – it’s the other…
