A recent story out of Michigan takes child support enforcement to a new level. Children have a right to court ordered support and they depend on the money from their parents to provide for daily needs, as well as incidental expenses. This is why enforcement is so...
Month: February 2013
Michigan governor sets aside money for child support program
It's that time of years when governors release proposed state budgets. Governor Rick Snyder just released his budget ideas for 2014 and over two-thirds of the funds are to be earmarked for education and health and human services. The governor sees the state heading in...
Michigan Legislature Prohibits Exercise of Parenting Time in Countries that are not Hague Signatories
Concern about international kidnapping has prompted the Michigan Legislature to amend the parenting time provisions of the Child Custody Act (specifically MCL 722.27a). The new law requires any parenting time orders to contain this provision: Except as provided...
Local legal aid clinic offers free family law advice
Every family deals with its own unique troubles and concerns. And certainly no family is immune from family law issues. But unfortunately, not all families are able to afford the legal assistance that is so critical to deal with these matters successfully.This is all...