The increasingly visible problem of paternity fraud has prompted a number of states to consider passing laws on the issue. The proposed bills, commonly known as "duped dad" laws, generally address situations where a man questions whether he is the father and...
Michigan's case law has consistently held that a putatively father does not have standing to bring a paternity action when a child is born to a woman who is married to another man from conception to the birth of the child. (Barnes v. Jeudevine 475 Mich. 69 (2006);...
In the unpublished case of Jensen v Jensen, issued on July 8, 2010 (Docket No. 289698), the Court of Appeals held that a trial court erred when it failed to consider the defendant-wife's unearned income potential in awarding spousal support. In that case, the...
In a per curium opinion by the Court of Appeals issued on July 13, 2010 (Cunningham v Cunningham, Docket No. 285541, for publication), the Court held that a worker's compensation award received during a marriage can be considered marital property.The parties were...
A recently proposed bill aims to substantially increase the granting of joint custody by Michigan courts. State Representative Brian Calley, R-Portland, introduced the legislation calling for courts to typically award custody to both parents when disputed.The bill...
In the recently decided case of Rose v Rose (issued June 22, 2010 for publication), the Court of Appeals dealt a blow to litigants who were hoping that postjudgment financial insolvency might get them out of non-modifiable spousal support obligations. This case makes...
Famous and influential people divorce all the time. Some divorce for very public reasons, and others for private and personal reasons. With the recent announcement that Al and Tipper Gore have separated coupled with famously high divorce rates in the United States in...
