Year: 2021
When someone is stuck in a relationship where the partner threatens or goes beyond threats and is violent, it may be difficult for the victim to quickly find the domestic violence relief necessary and the right type of relief for that situation. We’d like to help you sort out your options. Michigan judges can provide you with […]
When a spouse or co-parent struggles with mental illness, it often affects relationships. Sometimes mental health problems affect the relationship so much that it contributes to the collapse of the relationship. When clients visit us, they often ask us how their mental illness or their spouse or co-parent’s behaviors will affect the divorce or child custody. […]
Discovery When you have a dispute, how do you really prove your case to the judge? For example, your child tells you that the other parent is at work during their parenting time, so how do you prove that? You believe that your spouse earns a lot more money and should be paying a lot more in support. How […]
As Grand Rapids divorce lawyers, we see spouses decide to end their marriages for a wide variety of reasons. However, we also know that money and financial planning disagreements often loom large. Couples who disagree widely on savings and investments are twice as likely to call it quits than those who are on the same page, according to a […]
As Grand Rapids divorce lawyers with decades of combined experience, we see couples decide to split for a wide range of different reasons. Unfortunately, physical and emotional abuse by one spouse often underlies the decision. Domestic violence cases are increasing across Michigan, according to new data from the state police. The data show that the number of people victimized […]
If this is the first year that you are going to be alone, without a spouse, or without your children during the holidays, it’s time to prepare so that you will survive this as well as possible. Let’s be honest, the holidays will be difficult. It will be difficult on so many levels. We’d like to […]
People get married and divorced at a wide range of ages, with the legal and financial complications of tying the knot or calling it quits varying based on your stage in life. A pair of recent op-eds shines a light on “gray divorce.” At CNN, psychologist John Duffy uses the recent news that Bill and […]
Similar Murders of Children Highlight the Intensity of Child Custody Disputes This past week, in Lowell, Michigan, Derek Thebo, shot his three year old son during his scheduled parenting time and subsequently shot and killed himself. Dylan’s mother had requested and received a Personal Protection Order, but then agreed to terminate the Order when a […]
Judges routinely are tasked with the decision whether a child should be vaccinated. When parents can’t agree whether to vaccinate, then a judge will decide the issue. When parents share joint legal custody, they must reach an agreement regarding major medical decisions or alternatively the judge will decide the issue. Such a decision is not made lightly; […]
There are several reasons why anyone considering a divorce in Michigan or elsewhere across the country should talk with an experienced family law attorney. A new study from Harvard Law School highlights one reason: Those who do not consult a lawyer are more likely to stay in unhappy marriages. The researchers studied a group of […]