As parents going through a divorce, you have more to worry about than a childless couple. After all, your top priorities will likely revolve around ways to make this event as trauma-free as possible for them. But is there any way to do that? Can you actually make...
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Avoid these common money mistakes amid divorce
Your budget and lifestyle may look much different after you divorce your Michigan spouse, but your divorce gives you an opportunity to assess your financial situation and take steps to improve it. While making smart money moves is important, so, too, is avoiding...
What do you know about making mediation work?
Rather than a traditional divorce, you and your current spouse feel that mediation may work better for you. You both want to make the most of this alternate dispute resolution method, but what does that look like? The American Bar Association offers ideas for a...
3 things to know about filing your taxes after a divorce
A divorce is going to impact many areas of your life, and your taxes are no exception. Your tax situation looks much different as a single individual than it does a married one, and the more you understand about your new tax obligations, the better. After a divorce,...
How can you tell your child about divorce?
Deciding to get a divorce is just the first step in a long process. You want to sit down and figure out how to approach everything else moving forward. But the first thing you should do is figure out how to break the news to your child. Is there a right way to do it?...
4 Tips for making child custody work
Recently, you learned the court awarded you and your soon-to-be-ex-spouse joint custody of your shared child. How do you make this arrangement work to everyone's benefit? Parents magazine offers rules for making the most of joint child custody. Get insight on...
How badly does wage garnishment affect my income?
If you are behind on child support or spousal support, you might have received warnings that garnishment action could follow. Maybe you even wondered if you could volunteer for wage garnishments to reduce the likelihood of falling behind on payments. Whatever the...
Divorce and e-filing in Michigan
Every year, married couples across the state of Michigan decide to bring their marriage to an end. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that over the course of 2018, more than 782,000 couples got divorced, and this only includes data from 45 states...
How does joint custody benefit your child?
When Michigan parents like you decide to split, you have many decisions ahead. A lot of them revolve around your child. What do you want your parenting to look like in the future? What form of custody should you go for? Many studies show that joint or shared custody...
What are Michigan’s standard parenting time guidelines?
It is always ideal if you and your spouse can come to an agreement about child custody and parenting time matters, but if you cannot, the judge will step in and make the decisions for you. When this happens, he or she may use the state's parenting time guidelines. ...