Tag: Child Custody
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Is Your Ex Trying to Move Away With Your Kids? (Part 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. In our previous past we looked at what a Michigan parent with a custody agreement would have to do if they wanted to move away, or leave the state. As we pointed out, there are rules governing how far a parent can move without getting…
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Is Your Ex Trying to Move Away With Your Kids? (Part 1)
People move for all kinds of reasons. They get job offers they can’t turn down, which require them to relocate. They start relationships with people who live in other cities, or even states. Sometimes they simply want to start life over in a new place. However, while uprooting your life and starting over can…
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Can a Parent Really Kidnap Their Own Child?
For some, the idea that a parent could kidnap their own child might sound preposterous. After all, this is your child! How could it possibly be kidnapping if you took them somewhere with you? And yet the answer to the question is yes – it can happen, and it does! Kidnapping is a…
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Narcissism Part Four: Co-parenting With a Narcissist
Welcome back to the final wrap-up of our four-part series on narcissism and divorce. Having talked about what divorcing a narcissist is like, we’d like to finish this with a few pointers about co-parenting with a narcissist. Which means we’ve left the hardest part for last. Why? Because if you thought divorcing a narcissist…
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Should Michigan Reform Its Custody Laws?
There is currently legislation underway in Michigan to change the existing custody laws. What’s that you say? Change Michigan’s custody laws? Well, isn’t that a good thing? After all, the Michigan Child Custody Act of 1970 is decades old. Surely it could use a revamp, right? Well, that depends on who you ask… …
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Non-Custodial Parenting – How To Make Every Minute Count! (Part 2)
Welcome back and thank you for joining us again for this discussion on how to maximise your visitation time with your child. In the previous article we talked about the first two very important items on our list, namely how much your attitude affects your time together, and the importance of picking your battles.…
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Child Custody in a Michigan Divorce: What Are The Deciding Factors? (Part 3)
Hello there and welcome back to our discussion about child custody in Michigan, and the 12 factors that the court considers when determining how to assign custody to divorcing parents. In the previous articles we’ve already discussed the first eight items on the list. Moving forward, we are going to look at the last four…
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Child Custody in a Michigan Divorce: What Are The Deciding Factors? (Part 2)
Thank you for joining us for the continuation of this discussion about child custody in Michigan, and what deciding factors the court uses to determine custody. As we mentioned in the previous article, there are 12 factors that the court looks at when attempting to decide what custody arrangement would best benefit the child.…
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Child Custody in a Michigan Divorce: What Are The Deciding Factors? (Part 1)
When a divorcing couple’s interactions have become so fraught with anger and resentment, or their opinions are irreconcilably different and they just cannot reach an agreement regarding custody of their children, the court will make those decisions for them. The Michigan family courts will always consider the ‘best interests of the child’ when…
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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…