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PPO Defense 3 of 3: Civil Mutual Restraining Orders in Michigan

Posted on December 5, 2013 by

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By: Dennis M. Germain, Attorney & Counselor at Law This article is Part 3 of a 3 part series on personal protection order (PPO) defense. In Part 1, I discussed defending against a domestic PPO. In Part 2, I discussed…

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Divorce When one Spouse Controls All the Money

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

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…

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

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

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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

A Biological Father’s Rights to Revoke/Claim Paternity.

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

By Dennis Germain and Anthony DeMatteis. Imagine the following situation: Kim gives birth to a child. Michael is the biological father and on the child’s birth certificate. For four years, Kim and Michael raise the child, living together as boyfriend…

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Does Cheating Matter in a Divorce?

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

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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…

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