Michigan Divorce Law Mythbusting, Part II
In our last post, we talked about a few of the more commonplace myths surrounding Michigan divorce law, and spelled out the truth in each case. In this post, we\’re doing more of the same. Let\’s dig right in. Support Payment Arrangements Favor Women Spousal support, a.k.a. alimony, suffers from the same mythology that custody […]
Michigan Divorce Law Mythbusting, Part I
There\’s no area of the law that isn\’t prone to misunderstandings and myths, and Michigan divorce law definitely has more than its fair share. It\’s time to get around to disproving some of the silliness you\’ve probably been told about Michigan divorces. Let\’s dive right in. If Your Ex Doesn\’t Pay Child Support, You Can […]
What Donald Trump Means for Michigan Family Law
It\’s a virtual necessity that someone talk about it at some point: it\’s time to get into what Donald Trump\’s election means for Michigan family law attorneys and their clients across our state. We\’ve heard quite a bit about how this group or that group will suffer this or that horrible fate, and the vast […]
Getting a Common-Law Marriage Recognized in Michigan
In many states across the Union, common-law marriage (defined in layman\’s terms as \”living together long enough that the law counts you as married even though you never got a marriage license\”) is a legal status that you can find yourself in today. Common-law marriages can still be entered into in the states of: Alabama […]
Your First Visit to a Family Law Firm
There are some things that are universally true; one of them is that you should only ever hire a family law firm you can trust. Regardless of any other bits of information you think you need, when you\’re calling around talking to lawyers about a potential case you have, you should never run with an […]
Changes in Child Custody Laws to Help Abuse Victims
Earlier this year, a number of measures passed that make divorce proceedings much easier on abuse victims, and we realized we hadn\’t made a post about them, and that seemed like an oversight on our part. So we\’re here to rectify the situation by summarizing the measures and their impacts today! The Measures, Summarized HB4476: […]
Michigan’s Flawed New Abortion Coercion Bill, Part II
Last week, we talked about exactly why the language in MCL 750.213a is profoundly flawed in a way that will likely cause some doctors to simply stop talking about abortion to pregnant women. I mentioned that it was relevant to family law, but I didn\’t talk much about how — or about why the law\’s […]
Michigan’s Flawed New Abortion Coercion Bill
This isn\’t exclusively a family law issue, but it\’s closely related to several, and it shines a light on a political factor that makes being a family lawyer extremely difficult at times. Governor Snyder recently signed into law Michigan House Bill 4787, which makes it a crime to coerce a woman into having an abortion. […]