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Clarkston Legal July 30, 2019

Classification, Valuation, and Resolution Issues in Divorce Business Valuation Matters

Millions of Michiganders own small businesses. In fact, almost 90 percent of the business in the Wolverine State have fewer than 20 employees. Millions of other people have side businesses and ongoing freelance gigs.

Clarkston Legal Sept. 8, 2018

Queen of Soul Dies Intestate

Like Prince, Bob Marley, Princess Diana and Pablo Picasso before her, Detroit’s Aretha Franklin died intestate last month. Here in Michigan, dying “intestate” means that you die without a will, trust, or other estate planning instruments.

Clarkston Legal June 29, 2018

Planning the Unplannable: Estate Planning and Suicide

Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”

Clarkston Legal June 21, 2018

Child Support when You’re a Superstar Multi-Millionaire

Miguel Cabrera’s season-ending injury is but one of the troubles the superstar millionaire is facing as the MLB’s All Star break fast approaches.

Clarkston Legal April 3, 2018

Life Insurance and Revocation upon Divorce

Last month, the SCOTUS heard oral argument on an interesting issue arising in most divorce cases. Life insurance policies are, by statute, automatically revoked between spouses upon a divorce here in Michigan and many other states.

Clarkston Legal Feb. 7, 2018

Digital Divorce Platforms

Over the past few years, we’ve noted some flashy digital divorce platforms transitioning from beta to the marketplace. These platforms digitize the administrative aspects of divorce and reduce -sometimes even eliminate- the lawyers’ role.

Clarkston Legal Jan. 23, 2018

Vegas Shooter’s Estate May Be Assigned to Public Administrator

Used to be a mass-shooting was something that sadly occurred once or twice a year in the U.S. Now, tragically, such shootings are weekly events.

Clarkston Legal Oct. 18, 2017

When a Rapist Father Is Awarded Child Custody

By now, we have all heard about the child custody case in Sanilac County. A family court judge unwittingly awarded custody and parenting time to the rapist father of a minor child.

Clarkston Legal Aug. 3, 2017

Adult Guardianships for The Elderly

Adult guardianships are more common today as the so-called Baby Boomer generation ages. Yet, in our free society, one adult does not legally control another without a compelling reason.

Clarkston Legal Aug. 1, 2017

Appeals Court Clarifies “Usable Medical Marijuana”

How do you determine the weight of usable medical marijuana? That has been at the heart of many medical marijuana cases here in Michigan.

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