While divorce laws have been amended significantly to reflect changes in socio-cultural norms and shifting attitudes towards women in marriages and parenthood, it is nonetheless still important for women to understand their rights during a divorce in Michigan. The key...
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How Do I Keep Track of Child Support Payments?
When parents in Michigan are both careful to provide their monthly portion of the child support obligation under the state’s income shares model, it may not be necessary to keep track of child support payments other than through bank accounts or direct pay documents....
What Do I Do if I Suspect or Have Proof My Ex is Putting My Child at Risk?
Child custody cases can be extremely complicated in Michigan, and co-parenting can be difficult and contentious. There are many different kinds of situations in which parents who share custody and parenting time disagree about issues concerning the child, from matters...
Can Grandparents Who Have Full Custody Move Away?
When parents go through a divorce or breakup, or any other time a Michigan court decides a child custody case, it will not typically give sole custody or parenting time to a party who is not one of the child’s parents unless there is an adoption. Grandparents can have...
Does Adultery Affect Child Custody in Michigan?
Adultery is one of the main reasons couples get divorced in Michigan. When someone has an extramarital affair, it often becomes too difficult for the couple to overcome and it results in the marriage ending. Many people think that when their spouse has had an affair,...
Considering Divorce in Michigan? How to Get Started
The divorce process is stressful and is filled with emotion. Certain cases also have the potential to become complex, particularly if you and your spouse do not agree to all the issues associated with divorce. A Michigan divorce lawyer can help you through the...
Will My Child Support Increase if My Ex’s Income Increases?
Michigan law recognizes that both parents have a financial responsibility to help raise their children, regardless of whether the parents are still in a relationship together or not. As such, the state imposes financial obligations on both parents during divorce...
Tips for Co-Parenting and Dating after a Divorce
The divorce process can be difficult, and most couples are understandably eager to be done with it. But the challenges don’t always end when the divorce settlement is final. Navigating life as a newly single person can bring on a whole different set of issues,...