Your fiancé resides in another state and has a child from a previous relationship. Your fiance and the former spouse are currently having joint custody of their child. How can I marry a fiance with joint child custody out of state, you ask yourself? Your own marriage won’t necessarily get affected.  Click here to watch the video on How Can I Marry A Fiance With Joint Child Custody Out of State in Michigan? You can still pursue marriage with your … Read More →

The number of children, the number of nights the children spend with you, your income, and the income of the other parent are all factors in the child support calculation. What is child support supposed to cover? Does tuition come with it? Click here to watch the video on What is Child Support Supposed to Cover in Michigan? Does it Include Tuition? It is not a factor to decide what to spend money on or how to spend it. You … Read More →

If I have no parenting time, do I still have to pay child support? People ask this question surprisingly frequently. Parents might think the number of hours spent parenting is related to child support. Children have demands. They must eat. They must have fun and play. They must attend school, just like any developing child. These are not optional things. These are basic needs of children to grow and have normal healthy lives. Click here to watch the video on … Read More →

What exactly qualifies as child neglect? Abuse and neglect are frequently discussed in conjunction with one another. Although there are behaviors that could be considered neglect, there are no legal standards of what constitutes neglect. The categories of neglect is more a description of the outcomes, results or symptoms of neglect. Weight loss may be seen as a symptom of neglect by mandatory reporters like pediatricians, which may result in a visit by Child Protective Services, or CPS. Click here … Read More →

Child support is a mix of many things. Many factors are taken into account while determining child support. How can child support be deducted? The degree to which your situation has changed will determine whether child support can be modified. Click here to watch the video on How to Get Child Support Reduced in Michigan? If you fail to notify the court, the court will never be aware of that condition. A decrease in income, a job loss, a spouse … Read More →

Long-term marriages that end in divorce are known as silver divorces or silver-gray divorces, and the cause is not simply getting older or being married for 25 years. It alludes to unions where one partner is retired or both are older. Is there a process for handling a silver divorce? Click here to watch the video on How To Handle A Silver Divorce In Michigan A silver or gray divorce frequently begins soon after the youngest child of a pair … Read More →

A parenting time agreement is a court-ordered commitment by parents to spend specific amounts of time and space with their children. There is a court order requiring this. You cannot simply invent justifications for denying parenting time. You cannot deny the other parent parenting time under normal circumstances. Since parenting time is a court-mandated requirement, you cannot restrict or modify it without the judge’s approval. Click here to watch the video on Reasons To Deny Parenting Time In Michigan There … Read More →

What exactly qualifies as child abuse? In Michigan, when we discuss child abuse or neglect that causes harm or injury, we mean both intentional and inadvertent behavior. You never know what might result from an abusive act or its consequences.  Click here to watch the video on What Does Abusing A Child Mean in Michigan? Your child might experience certain things. It may be considered abuse if you strike your child with a wooden hanger and they get welts on … Read More →