Bloomfield Hills Family Law Blog

When you are considering divorce or are in the early stages of the Michigan divorce process, you are probably thinking a lot about the division of marital property. As you likely know, under Michigan law, in a divorce case, the court will classify property as either...

Researchers often explore causes of divorce and seek to understand "risk" factors that may indicate whether one type of person is more likely to get divorced than another. For instance, studies have analyzed whether growing up with divorced parents makes a person more...

Understanding the financial aspects of a divorce can be difficult in any case, even when the facts of the divorce seem relatively straightforward. Financial matters tend to become much more complex in high net worth divorces, as well as in contentious cases in which...

Are you expecting to file for divorce soon, and do you have questions about what will happen to your pension? In general, unless you have a prenuptial agreement that expressly states that you will keep your pension and that it will not be divided in the event of...

Under Michigan divorce law, all marital property is divided according to a theory of equitable distribution in a Divorce. Since Michigan is an equitable distribution state (like a majority of other states in the U.S.), the court will divide all property that it...

Many people who are planning to get married enter into prenuptial agreements with their soon-to-be spouse. A prenuptial agreement, also known as an antenuptial or premarital agreement, is defined under Michigan law (MCL 557.28) as "a contract relating to property made...

While many Michigan residents who are in the process of getting divorced want to move out of the house they share with their spouse-or have their spouse move out of the house-a surprising number of married couples in Michigan who are going through a divorce make the...

In high asset divorces, in particular, property division can be a contentious and extremely complicated process. Yet complex property division should not mean that you have to worry about whether your spouse is attempting to hide assets, or whether your spouse is...

Many Michigan couples enjoy building collections of great value during their marriage, such as art collections, coin collections, rare book collections, sports collections and other types of collections. When those couples decide to get divorced, much of the...

When you are planning for a divorce in Michigan, one of the major issues you are likely contemplating is how your property will be divided. As you may know, under Michigan law, courts use a theory of equitable distribution to divide marital property. This means that...