By: Dennis M. Germain and Anthony A. DeMatteis. In a marriage, economic abuse can occur when one spouse controls all access to the marital assets. This most often occurs where one spouse is the sole producer of income and the…
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Divorce When one Spouse Controls All the Money
Posted in Divorce, Other Family Law Areas, Property Division, Spousal Support / Alimony Tagged with: afford, affordable, alimony, attorney fees, breadwinner, child support, cost, costs, divorce, divorce attorney, domestic abuse, domestic violence, economic abuse, ex parte order, family law attorney, homemaker, interim, Macomb county, Macomb divorce lawyer, Michigan, Michigan divorce lawyer, money, Oakland county, spousal support, status quo, stay at home, temporary order, wayne county
Financial Care for a Special Needs Child in Divorce
By Dennis M. Germain: Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne County, Family Law and Divorce Attorney. Approximately 14-15 percent of children in America have special need conditions (some more restrictive than others).* Some of the most common conditions are ADD/ADHD, down syndrome,…
Posted in Child Support, Divorce, Other Family Law Areas, Property Division, Spousal Support / Alimony Tagged with: 2012, 2013, ADD, ADHD, alimony, Aspergers, auditory processing, autism, cerebral palsy, child support, child support formula, cognitive delays, county, custodial parent, cystic fibrosis, deviation, disability, divorce, down syndrome, dyslexia, hearing, Macomb county, marital property, MCL 552.23, MCL 552.605b, MCSF 1.04, Michigan, Michigan child support formula, parrish v parrish, post-majority, property division, public benefits, seizure disorders, separate property, shelby township, Sparks v Sparks, special needs, special needs children, speech delays, spousal support, visual impairment, wayne county, wray v wray
Does Cheating Matter in a Divorce?
By: Dennis M. Germain and Anthony A. DeMatteis. I am commonly asked the following questions: “If my spouse has cheated on me, will the judge give me a better result in my divorce?” “Will the judge punish my spouse for…
Posted in Custody & Parenting Time, Divorce, Property Division Tagged with: alimony, best interest factors, best interest law, cheat, cheated, cheater, Cheating, cheating spouse, divorce, family law, infidelity, Macomb county, McDougal v McDougal, MCL 722.23, Michigan, Oakland county, property division, shelby township, Sparks v Sparks, spousal support, wayne county
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