Playing hide 'n seek was fun as a kid, but not when you're an adult trying to find assets hidden by your soon to be ex-spouse.In divorce cases, clients are frequently concerned about whether their spouse has hidden marital assets. Finding out whether he or she has...
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Month: May 2011
The legal threshold for reviewing custody orders
We all know that children change substantially as they get older, enter teenage years, etc. Sometimes the changes seem drastic to a parent, yet are those changes sufficient to meet the legal threshold for reviewing a custody order? The Court of Appeals has firmly...
Equal Child Custody for Divorced Parents: The Public Speaks
In Michigan and beyond, divorcing parents must solve difficult questions about who has custody of the children - not just where the kids live, but how often they switch locations, who makes important decisions about their health and well-being, and what to do during...
Domestic Violence in the Courtroom
According to a recent article in the American Bar Journal, 28-year-old Paul Henry Gonzalez Jr. assaulted his 23-year-old wife Catherine after a judge ordered him to pay child support and set visitation terms. He came up behind her in a Florida judge's chambers and...
Rural Divorce Rate Increasing in Michigan and Elsewhere
A recent New York Times article exposed one important trend revealed by recent U.S. census data: the difference in divorce rates between rural and urban America has essentially disappeared. In 1970, the number of divorced individuals per 1,000 married people was...