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Could a negotiated divorce be the best option for couples?
For those in Michigan who are considering filing for divorce, the manner in which that process is approached can have a great deal of impact on the final outcome. While many divorce cases from decades past were handled in front of a court, there...
Father of 27 children having trouble paying child support
Could you handle raising and supporting 27 of your own biological children? A man from a neighboring state thinks that he's handling it, although there's a recent report indicating his arrest for child support related charges. In Michigan and...
Stock sell-off by CEO partly pays property division agreement
Did you ever notice that enormous success is sometimes followed or accompanied by enormous heartache? That must be the case for the enormously successful CEO of retail giant Best Buy. It's not a Michigan case but the principles are the same....
The need for legal help in child custody cases is established
Although this blog is not interested in being a commercial plug for lawyers, every so often it helps to keep the role and value of the legal professional in its proper context. And, it's valid to ask whether it's necessary to have legal ...
Celebrity divorce filing asks that husband not receive alimony
Generally, a spouse with higher income and greater earning capacity may be ordered to pay alimony to the ex-spouse who makes significantly less. In Michigan and other states, there are numerous factors weighed by the court prior to entering an...
Usher retains custody while child support issues are pending
Where parents are unable to settle their custody and support issues amicably, these problems can be litigated off and on for years after the divorce is final. One example is from a case in a state other than Michigan but the applicable legal...
New child support program holds future promise
It appears that one child support enforcement agency in a neighboring state is taking a softer, kinder view toward the child support system and how to get parents to pay their obligations. It's called a Child Support Solutions event and it...
Wendi Murdoch hires lawyer for property division negotiations
When a billionaire reportedly pays the largest divorce settlement in history in the dissolution of his second marriage, his third marriage will include a prenuptial agreement signed by the new spouse. Rupert Murdoch made sure that Wendi Deng ...
Psychologist says positive thinking can change divorce experience
We discussed in the last blog how you may expect to suffer certain normal tribulations that tend to haunt people going through a divorce. This blog is based on a report by a prominent psychologist and life coach who takes the analysis a step or...
The divorce experience has common obstacles to anticipate
For those considering a divorce, you can be assured that you'll face certain obstacles and suffer through many unwanted experiences. It's in the nature of the beast, and you'll get used to taking the bad with the good. But always keep in mind...
Property division agreement should resolve home mortgage issues
Some things should be taken care of prior to completion of the divorce or they may come back to haunt one of the parties for years to come. When people get divorced in Michigan or anywhere else in the country, one of the divorcing parties will...
Child custody order says child must return to home country
Generally, when a child goes to another state to visit the noncustodial parent for a scheduled visitation the child must return to the home state when the visitation ends. The same rule applies internationally: if the child travels from one...
Holding onto anger frustrates long-term benefits of a divorce
The question is whether anger is better to hold onto during and after divorce or whether it's ultimately self-destructive. Whether you're getting a divorce in Michigan or elsewhere, you're going to experience some predictable psychological and...
Rupert Murdoch files divorce action against his wife of 14 years
A media mogul worth many billions of dollars can't generally be pinned down as a predictable kind of person. That's probably true of Rupert Murdoch, the head of the multi-billion dollar media conglomerate known as the News Corporation. He surprised...
Excessive Facebook users are more prone to end up in a divorce
Social networking has been touted as necessary to a myriad of activities in modern life, including to achieve business success, to remain 'in the loop' among the in crowd and to find a job, along with engaging optimally in dozens of other work ...
An amicable divorce will require your focus on these principles
How does a person succeed in getting an amicable divorce instead of being drug through the hot fires of a contested War of the Roses? One family law professional proposes a few guidelines to keep a divorce in Michigan and other states on the...
Judge orders twins to stay in child custody of Denise Richards
Some people want to have their cake and eat it too. That might be a pretty good depiction of Brooke Mueller, Charlie Sheen's ex-wife and mother of his two 4-year-old twin boys. The case is not from Michigan but is instructive with respect to...
Child custody procedures hamper visitation enforcement
There's an excess of remedies that courts use to enforce support orders against tardy parents, mostly dads. Conversely, enforcement remedies for fathers who are being wrongly denied access to their children is woefully inadequate. The...
New industry provides detox from the emotional pain of divorce
There's a product for everything and everyone these days, and if there isn't, it's probably on the way. Now even the stress and emotional frustration that many experience while going through a divorce is subject to a feel-good remedy. If...