Blog

Gucciardo Family Law has written about the relationship between social media and divorce before, but that was more of a PSA: social media use has been linked to divorce filing. Today, we’re going to bring you a bit more of ‘how-to’ guide on using social media wisely as the divorce process begins, proceeds, and ends. Rule Number One of the ...

When married parents divorce, there is an obvious time (during the divorce process) for the law to establish which should have custody of the child, and which should have visitation — or, put another way, how much parenting time each one should have. But what happens when un­wed parents have a child? How and when does the court step in and ...

There’s no better way to bond with someone than by simply spending time with them — and when that ‘someone’ is a child you love, there’s no such thing as ‘enough time.’ That’s one of the most painful aspects of divorce — losing access to your child for half or more of their lives. Any reasonable parent who has to ...

Earlier this month, we did a short series on what the divorce process looks like — this is somewhat of a ‘prequel’ to that: a list of what you should be doing before you file for divorce in order to maximize your chances of dealing with the realities of a divorce successfully. Establish Yourself as an Economically Independent Entity Michigan ...

When you divorce, if you lack the means to support yourself because you’ve been dependent on your ex-, it’s common for the court to set up a spousal support (alimony) payment from your ex- to you every month. Similarly, if you lack the means to support a minor child you have custody of, child support payments will be set up ...

The courtroom portion of your divorce isn’t a single-day experience; you can expect a few visits to the courtroom as the process moves forward. The Pretrial Conference A pretrial conference isn’t mandatory, but it is normal. It’s a short visit to the court where you will discuss with the judge how long you expect the trial to go on, which ...

The papers have been served. The waiting period has been waited through. Discovery is complete. It’s now time to get down to brass tacks: the part where someone decides what life will actually look like as the now ex-couple moves forward. That means this is the part in which the property is divided, the spousal and child support payments are ...

Once a divorce has been filed and the waiting period is over, if the Complaint for Divorce hasn’t been dismissed, the first phase of the divorce process begins: Discovery. It’s during this phase of the process that each spouse’s attorneys work to (in theory, at least) uncover the truth about the other’s financial and other information that might be relevant ...

Over the next couple of weeks, we’re going to go deep — we’re doing a short series on what, exactly, a Michigan divorce looks like. We’re starting at the very beginning: at the moment that a spouse decides that the most reasonable way forward is to file the papers necessary to start a divorce case. What Do I Need Before ...

The Internet is part and parcel of our daily lives — not just in America, but world-wide. Smartphones are more common than clean water in some parts of Africa, and experts estimate that somewhere between 25% and 50% of the U.S. economy is currently operating through the ‘grey market’ of barely-regulated Internet transactions between individuals. And of course almost everyone ...