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  • Are Divorce Records Really Public in Michigan?

    We live in a time when the issue of privacy is very big, and people have very strong feelings on the subject. One the one hand, we tend to ‘live out loud’ online, sharing everything from our moment-to-moment thoughts and feelings, to all of our meals, purchases, and vacation destinations. And yet, for all that…

  • Do I Still Have to Pay Child Support if my Kids Stay With me For The Summer? (Pt 2)

    Hey there, and welcome back. We’ve been talking about a subject that hits hard for many parents during the summer season – the issue of taking on additional expenses because you’re now spending more time with your kids, but not being able to make smaller child support payments. As we mentioned in the previous article,…

  • Do I Still Have to Pay Child Support if my Kids Stay With me For The Summer? (Pt 1)

    The summer in Michigan is unlike any other season (although with all this rain, it sure feels like spring, doesn’t it?) people travel more, go on vacations and take day trips, and the state’s campers arrive en masse on the lake shorelines like an army, well stocked with sunblock and s’mores. There’s more sleeping in,…

  • Separating Kids From Their Parents Causes Trauma! (Pt 2)

    Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this discussion about how separation from their parents causes severe trauma for children. As we mentioned in the previous article, Harvard researchers have proven through numerous studies that toxic stress has detrimental effects on children’s mental and physical wellbeing. But that’s not all. They’ve also proved that…

  • Separating Kids From Their Parents Causes Trauma! (Pt 1)

    One of the greatest challenges faced by divorcing parents in Michigan is separation from their children. Ending a marriage often means you go from seeing your kids every day, to seeing them a few days out of each week, or worse – only a few hours every week. But what many people don’t realize is…

  • Why do I Have to Pay Alimony? Can’t my Lazy ex Earn Their Own Money? (Pt 2)

    Hey there, thanks for coming back for the rest of this discussion on alimony in Michigan, and why you may have to pay it (even if you really don’t want to!). As we explained in the previous article, there are many situations where the family court here in Michigan would assign a divorcing couple alimony.…

  • 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…

  • Can Getting a PPO on Your ex Affect Your Kids?

    When people talk about Personal Protective Orders, they tend to think in terms of the abuser, and the victim. But they don’t often consider how that process affects the children – and it does! Children, who rarely have any control over their situations in life, are directly impacted by the choices their parents make. Whether…

  • It’s Your First Summer Since The Divorce. So What Now? (Pt 2)

    Welcome back – we’ve been talking about some of the challenges newly single parents when that first summer rolls around since the divorce. As parents, you’ve already got a lot to think about, and now there are three months of no school to deal with!. In the previous article we looked at some cheaper vacation…

  • It’s Your First Summer Since The Divorce. So What Now? (Pt 1)

    For people moving on in life after a divorce, they tend to encounter a lot of ‘firsts’ as they work to restructure their new life. The first Christmas since the divorce. You’re child’s first birthday since the divorce. And as we head into the month of June – the first summer since the divorce. It…