“Until death do us part” is still uttered as a vows-ending mantra in legions of Michigan marriages and other betrothals across the country. But it doesn’t command quite the clout and “never deviate from this directive” force it once had, does it? Readers need do...
Bloomfield Hills Michigan Family Law Blog
Key points concerning Michigan spousal support (alimony)
It is of course not uniformly the case that divorcing Michigan spouses exit their marriages on a financially equal footing. Notwithstanding that state law mandates a fair division of assets between splitting partners, one divorcing spouse sometimes has a financial...
Marital contracts assuming prominence for career women
A longstanding perception surrounding prenuptial agreements is that their negotiation and execution is commonly driven by well-heeled males whose less affluent prospective wives are now marrying into money. Indeed, that scenario does spell a common reality in the...
Your Michigan prenup: What can it cover, and will it be enforceable?
Some media pieces and commentary spotlighting prenuptial agreements spend significant time addressing the historical journey they have made from a checkered past to current respectability. It is admittedly the case that prenups were once skewered by a sizable...
Pandemic-linked challenge: spotlight on Michigan child support
Child support in a Michigan divorce is far from being determined via a cookie-cutter formula that is routinely applicable in all cases. In fact, support outcomes are highly variable and dependent on circumstances that are flatly unique in every instance. A court will...
The essentials of parenting time in Michigan
Michigan family law authorities adopt the common national stance that children in divorce are generally best served post-dissolution by continued meaningful contact with both parents. Michigan statutory law underscores the possibility of joint parental custody, which...
Spotlighting the utility and rationale of a postnuptial agreement
Consider it a second chance. That is how increasingly more couples in Michigan and nationally view postnuptial agreements after they contemplated executing yet ultimately declined to craft a prenuptial contract prior to marriage. How does a postnuptial agreement...
Divorce asset division can’t be fair if a spouse is hiding wealth
Michigan law requires that divorcing spouses divide marital wealth equitably. In a word, that means fairly. Although a fair property distribution doesn't necessarily mean a close-to-precise accounting, it will turn out in most cases that asset division ultimately...
Why high-asset divorces can be especially challenging
There are of course lots of reasons why Michigan divorces involving significant assets are comparatively complex. But it all starts with the simple reality surrounding wealth, doesn’t it? When splitting spouses are mutually focused on divorce-linked property division,...
Consider your online presence during the divorce process
If you’re like legions of other Michigan residents, you have a sizable online presence. That is, you are actively engaged on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms that dominate the Internet. Lots of people already know that. In...
