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Perhaps the most common question we hear from people going through a divorce (that is entirely outside of the legal realm) amounts to “but what will I do if…?”  That question really is asking “what will my life be if…” — and when you rephrase it that way, the answer becomes something you can actively seek out.   What will ...

Last year, Renee Gucciardo was awarded a Super Lawyer award by Hour Detroit and SuperLawyers.com.  As it turns out, she’s still out there on the front lines, helping families and winning cases. So much so, in fact, that Super Lawyers and Hour Detroit just gave Mrs. Gucciardo another significant honor: naming her one of the Top 50 Woman Lawyers of ...

…make sure it’s going to hold up in court! Even the best settlement in the world, that gives you everything you wanted and nothing you didn’t, can get flipped in court for any number of reasons. Don’t let your excitement over ‘winning’ the settlement agreement blind you to the need for caution — in fact, the more favorable to you ...

One of the first priorities most people have after finally getting away from a difficult spouse is re-inventing their lives. It’s a necessary step for anyone who has defined themselves by the presence of another person — and it often starts in the most literal, physical way: by redecorating your immediate environment after the divorce. Step 1: Purge If your ...

We hear that question nearly every day at Gucciardo Family Law, and it still remains one of the most difficult to answer. The truth is that there is no easy answer — if there was, you wouldn’t be in a position to be asking the question in the first place. But we have noticed some very clear patterns as regards ...

Last June, Gallop conducted a poll about the changing landscape of American morality. Many of the results were unsurprising: 84% of people say having an affair is immoral. 49% of people say having an abortion is immoral. 37% of people say homosexuality is immoral.   These are all numbers we more or less expect — not hugely different from the ...

One of the most difficult things to do when you and your significant other are at odds — particularly the kind of odds that are leaning strongly toward separation or divorce — is protect the children from the damage your fights can cause. Children learn how to behave from their parents, and if the example you’re modeling is snide and ...

“To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to think about it.” – Confucius May 13, 2014: the University of St. Andrews in Scotland proves your mother right. The old saw, “forgive and forget,” turns out to be not just an instruction but an ‘if-then’ statement in disguise: if you forgive someone for their wrongs, you’re more likely to forget ...

In Part I, we talked about the standard guidelines for child support. Today, we’re going to talk about what happens when you toss those guidelines out — or when something happens that they don’t cover in the first place   Creating Your Own Child Support Agreement If you and the child’s other parent agree, you can set up your old ...

Child support is an absolute — and absolutely vital — obligation for anyone who is a parent, whether they’re married to the other parent or not. When the relationship between parents breaks down, the non-custodial parent — the one that doesn’t take care of the kids — usually receives an order from the courts that forces them to pay the ...