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  • Custody Rights For Grandparents in Michigan

    Families break up for a number of reasons, including divorce, substance abuse, incarceration and even death of a family member. In these situations, the focus tends to be on the children and the parents. But there is another set of family members whose role is often vital, but whose needs and desires frequently go unaccounted…

  • 10 Tips to Help Keep Your Marriage Out of Divorce Court

    Much research has been done on what makes a marriage work, and while there are many differing opinions on what factors a couple may or may not have that will give them that extra edge, this list provides ten mental undertakings that many people in successful marriages have achieved, in some form or another. So…

  • Crowdfunding Your Divorce: Is That Even Possible?

    Need to raise money for your daughter’s surgery? GoFundMe is perfect. Want to help your nephew’s latest garage band? PledgeMusic is where you go. Looking to get support for a new business venture? Kickstarter is your best bet. But what if you’re getting divorced and don’t have the money to pay your attorney’s fees? Don’t…

  • Divorce in Michigan: When “Fault” Matters in a “No Fault” State

    Michigan is a no-fault divorce state, which means that in order to file for divorce you are not required to prove that anyone is at “fault” for the breakdown of your marriage. In other words, there doesn’t have to be proof of abuse, infidelity, or any other harmful behavior for the court to grant your…

  • Letting Go Of Blame After Divorce Is Good For You

    Blame. The word conjures lots of different ideas for different people. For those who have suffered through a recent divorce, the word ‘blame’ is often indelibly linked to one’s ex-spouse. For those whose spouses were abusive, unfaithful, or irretrievably flawed in ways that made them terrible life partners, it’s hard to consider denying them the…

  • Custody Issues For Same-Sex Couples in Michigan (Part 2)

    In a previous article we discussed the fact that same-sex couples, just like heterosexual couples, deal with all kinds of issues when their marriages come to an end. However, when dealing with custody, same-sex couples have additional complications due to the way the law views the rights of biological parents versus non-biological parents.   This…

  • Custody Issues For Same-Sex Couples in Michigan (Part 1)

    When the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was legal in 2015, it was a groundbreaking moment for LGBT couples all over the nation. But with marriage comes all of those other, less celebrated aspects of legalizing your union, namely divorce and custody issues. However for same-sex couples, these situations can present a whole new…

  • What Is Custodial Kidnapping?

    What exactly is a custodial kidnapping, you may wonder? Many people likely share that curiosity. While kidnapping is a word that anyone with access to a television in the last five decades has heard about, custodial kidnappings are far more rare. By definition, a custodial kidnapping is when someone kidnaps a child, or children, that are…

  • What Rights Do Fathers Have? (Part Two)

    In the first installment of this two-part series, we talked about the importance of fathers in their children’s lives, and took a look at the first two items on our ‘father’s rights’ list, namely child support and visitation. Moving forward, we are going to wrap this up with the last two issues – the establishing paternity,…

  • What Rights Do Fathers Have? (Part One)

    Unmarried fathers are often thought of as having the least amount of influence in the lives of their children. This is predominantly because, historically, it was the mother who was awarded custody when the couple parted ways. And it was the mother who was viewed as invaluable to the raising of the child. Thankfully, we…