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When parents divorce or separate, they generally have to share responsibility for their children. Shared parental responsibilities force parents to divide their time with their children. They may have to consult with one another when making major decisions about their...
Some couples have a hard time agreeing about property division matters when they divorce. For other couples, the biggest hurdle the face is the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities. Child support sits at the intersection of those two issues. Child...
It’s frustrating when a co-parent is supposed to make child support payments and they don’t. This scenario happens all too often. In fact, unpaid support is a $10 billion problem in this nation, and it’s estimated that less than half of custodial parents receive all...
As a parent who has more time with the children every month, you contribute a lot of your personal energy and income toward their maintenance and needs. Although your ex pays support, it likely pales in comparison to what you do to support your children. When you...
Every parent knows that the cost of raising a child goes up from time to time. Costs of childcare rise, as do grocery costs, medical costs, clothing costs and housing costs. So, every four years, Michigan updates its child support formula for parents. For 2021, the...
Many Michigan parents find that, after their divorce finalizes, they strongly disagree with their child support or custody arrangements. In some cases, it may be a support order than a parent cannot sustain on their current income, or may be a custody arrangement that...
Child support is a reasonable thing to expect from any parent. But in some circumstances, the way in which child support is calculated can mean that a father or mother is required to supply a child (and the child's primary custodian) with far more than is needed to...
No one wants to get divorced, but well over half the adult marriages and those involved in them will experience this painful legal process at some point in their lives. Often, when divorce begins, both parties can become contentious, angry, and even bitter. This can...
When one parent has sole physical or residential custody of a child, the other parent is typically required to pay child support to the custodial parent. This is because, in Michigan, all parents are required to support their children, and custodial parents meet this...