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Double-Dipping for Alimony
Many of us, when we think of “double-dipping,” immediately envision George Costanza nonchalantly eating chips and dip at a boring party.
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Consumer Reports Reviews Self-Help Probate Legal Sites
Consumer Reports, that trusty publication that does in-depth research on products that we consumers know little about, has targeted three of the most popular self-help legal websites in the attached report.
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Former Lesbian Finds Religion Kidnaps Child
This case from Vermont displays some of the worst features of a parent taking family law into her own hands. It is one thing for a parent to denounce her same-sex union and her lesbianism...
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Michigan Supreme Court Acknowledges “Impossibility” in Felony Child Support
Michigan Supreme Court Acknowledges “Impossibility” in Felony Child Support
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Contempt in The Family Court
Just prior to the July 4th holiday, the Michigan Court of Appeals decided an unpublished case that has caught our eye. This case, Klass vs Klass, details the custody battle of a family from Midland County.
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Michigan Supreme Court Permits Statutory ‘Prior Bad Acts’ in Sexual Assault Cases
This post is for the criminal defense lawyers among our readership. The subject is what amounts to a seminal decision involving the evidentiary rules applicable to sexual assault cases.
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Your Digital Estate Plan
Do you ever wonder what becomes of a deceased person’s Facebook profile?
Increasingly, folks are compiling several digital profiles on the ever-popular social media sites now embedded into the Internet.
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Sex Offender Status Now Terminates Parental Rights
Murder, felonious assault resulting in serious injury to a child, voluntary manslaughter; these are convictions that cause parents to lose their parental rights while doing time in the penitentiary. Now add to that list: registration on the Sex Offender Registry.
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Boyfriend’s Background Check Refusal Causes Child Custody Modification
In this modern day, it is very important to know with whom your children are associating. Danger lurks everywhere, including in the home next door, down the street, across town, or across the country.