Bloomfield Hills Family Law Blog

When you are planning to file for divorce in Michigan, it is important to understand that the divorce process will vary slightly depending upon your situation and the particularities of your divorce case. While every divorce is different, there is a general framework...

Domestic violence can be devastating for families, and particularly for children. From situations in which children are subjected to violence themselves or bear witness to domestic violence in the home, to scenarios in which one parent has been accused of domestic...

Making plans for divorce in Michigan can be complicated and difficult under any circumstances, even when you do not have children from your marriage. To be sure, finding ways to inform friends and family members about your divorce can be anxiety inducing, and there...

When you are planning for a wedding and will soon be getting married, you might be considering the possibility of a prenuptial agreement. Prenuptial agreements—sometimes known as premarital agreements or antenuptial agreements in Michigan—used to have a reputation as...

Co-parenting can be complicated and difficult during the summer when a child is home from school and parents might be planning trips or other activities. According to the Michigan Courts, parents should take into account varying parenting time schedule considerations...

Whether you are going through a divorce from your spouse and have concerns about grandparents’ rights when it comes to child custody issues, or you are a grandparent yourself and are worried about how and when you will be able to have access to your grandchildren, it...

Parents in Michigan who are going through a divorce and share minor children from their marriage, or parents who are breaking up and share minor children from their relationship, need to have an established parenting plan. While Michigan law allows a Michigan court...

If you are going through a divorce in Michigan, you may be able to enter into a marital settlement agreement (MSA) with your spouse instead of going through costly and timely divorce litigation in which the judge makes a decision about the division of marital...

When it comes to child support after a divorce filing or a breakup with your partner, Michigan uses a formula which looks at both parents’ incomes and total parenting time. How, then, can a parent receive temporary child support? What is Temporary Child Support?...

If you are beginning to plan for a divorce in Michigan and you own a business, our Michigan divorce lawyers know that you likely have urgent questions about how business assets are divided in a divorce. As you may know, Michigan is an equitable distribution state,...

When you are going through a Michigan divorce and you share children with your spouse, the court will need to make a child support determination if your children are still minors or are still finishing high school. When it comes to child support, one or both of the...

After a divorce in Michigan, there are a variety of reasons that one of the parents might want to relocate to another state and might want to move with their children. In some cases, a parent might get remarried to an out of state spouse or be offered a new job that...

Nobody wants to go through a messy and contentious divorce that results in significant financial and emotional costs. While some divorces do involve animosity between the parties and an unwillingness to communicate or to negotiate, it is possible to have an amicable...

 If you are planning to file for divorce or you are in the process of getting divorced and have a minor child from your marriage, you may be in a situation in which you want to change your child’s last name. While changing a minor child’s last name might not even be...

 If you have filed for divorce in Michigan but your spouse refuses to sign the divorce papers, you may be concerned that you are facing a lengthy case that could drag on for years if your spouse will not sign the divorce papers and allow the case to proceed. Yet it is...

Divorce in Michigan can be expensive, particularly when you are going through a contested divorce in which many issues are in dispute. Divorce cases involve child custody disputes or complex property division issues can be particularly lengthy and expensive. For...

More often than you might think, spouses who are living separate and apart from one another might not be keeping track of the other spouse’s whereabouts. This is particularly true when there are no minor children from the marriage, and there is no reason for the...

 If you and your spouse still reside in the same home you shared during your marriage, but you are getting divorced, your spouse might want you to find another place to live. In some cases, it might feel as though your spouse is trying to kick you out of the house, or...

Divorces are difficult for many different reasons, and some of those complications may not dissipate simply because your divorce case is final. This is particularly true when you share minor children with your spouse, and the two of you are co-parenting in a shared...

Making plans to file for divorce means that you will likely need to make some lifestyle changes, including living by a more defined budget and abiding by a parenting time arrangement if you will be sharing custody of minor children from your marriage. In addition,...