Blog
What you can do if your coparent doesn’t return your child to you on time
Visitation schedules reinforce each parent’s roles and responsibilities in caring for their child after a separation or divorce. Under Michigan law, custodial agreements that address visitation rights are legally binding. But sometimes a parent may run […]
CONTINUE READINGVirtual Visitation: Making It Work During COVID-19
Of all the consequences of divorce, the hardest is the separation of parents from their children. Regardless of the terms of your custody arrangement, it was tough. You wanted to be a consistent part of […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Consequences of Not Paying Child Support in Michigan
If you’re a Michigan parent who pays child support, making the payments may be a hard task to perform every month. Especially if you’ve lost your job, object to your custody and visitation order, or […]
CONTINUE READINGWhat to Do When Your Prenup Doesn’t Cover Your New Assets
There was a time when prenuptial agreements—also called premarital or antenuptial agreements, but popularly known as a “prenup”—held a certain stigma. Many people assumed that people who were entering marriage and drafting a prenup already […]
CONTINUE READINGCan I Make My Ex Pay for My Attorney Fees in a Michigan Divorce?
There’s one thing most divorced people would probably agree on about the end of a marriage: It’s expensive. From the division of real property and financial assets, to any alimony or child support payments decreed […]
CONTINUE READINGHow Will a Move Impact My Custody Order in Michigan?
After your divorce, you and your kids settled into a new normal. You and your ex-spouse have observed the terms of the court’s custody order, and visitation has pretty much been ticking along like clockwork. […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Challenges of Co-parenting After Your Michigan Divorce
Raising kids is hard enough when both parents are in the same home and trying to agree on schedules, limits and discipline. It’s even harder when a divorced couple are fulfilling their responsibilities from two […]
CONTINUE READINGWhy is mediation usually less expensive than litigation?
When a happily-ever-after marriage doesn’t follow the script, the story often ends in divorce. To calm contentious waters, couples must consider settlement and while litigation is a common outcome, mediation is another option. This non-binding […]
CONTINUE READINGEffective Co-Parenting during the COVID-19 Crisis
Co-parenting can be difficult at the best of times. Trying to maintain a united front when you’re splitting kids between two households is not only impacted by different ideas about parenting, but potentially undermined by […]
CONTINUE READINGHow collaborative divorce works in Michigan
Marriage is a common experience for millions of people; in fact, more than 90 percent of people here in the U.S. marry by age 50. In addition to the realization of a childhood dream, perhaps, […]
CONTINUE READING