Family Law, Child Custody and “The Best Interest of the Child”
What are the child’s “best interests”? One of the biggest areas of misunderstanding in a divorce involving minor children is how the Court determines who is awarded custody of the minor children. There are a lot of non-lawyers that give their friends and family advice about what happens, but there is no single rule and […]
Is 72 hours after getting married too soon to get a divorce?
True story… Client calls my office on a Monday morning and says he made a “terrible mistake” over the weekend. I had represented him on some other legal matters that were very low on the “terrible” scale and I thought he was calling about something criminal and I was getting ready for a horrible story […]
One Marriage at a Time
You can get married as many times as you want, but you can only be married to one person at a time. A woman in Washtenaw County was getting a divorce that was started in 2009. There were a lot of issues in her case that could not be settled and there was a trial […]
The Smart Rules in Divorce
There are many issues to consider in every divorce case and the following “Rules” are some basic matters to consider in every case… and better yet, before your divorce is even started. Also, there is more to consider than what is just on this list. There are many issues to consider in every divorce case […]