Grandparents Lack Standing When Parental Rights Are Terminated
Supreme Court Rules Medical Marijuana Cannot Be Sold for Profit
The collaborative divorce method is where a married couple, either by themselves or with the assistance of professionals, agree upon the terms of their divorce judgment prior to filing for divorce.
When a couple divorces with retirement assets, a special order is needed to divide those assets known as a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or QDRO. Every employer’s plan is different and has distinct and specific requirements for the QDRO.
SCOTUS Upholds Warrant Requirement for Blood-Draws
Truly, Google is everywhere. Now, the Big Data company is looking to get into your [digital] estate plan; and with some good reason.
Of course, this case comes to us from Ann Arbor. Last month, the Court of Appeals decided a divorce case involving gender reassignment in a published decision.
We have only to look to the recent and utterly tragic Oscar Pistorius premeditated murder case to know that sometimes our emotions get the best of us when it comes to love and romance. While we are in no way convicting Mr. Pistorius before his day in court, it is simply a very sad reminder that domestic violence exists in more homes than anyone cares to admit.
In New York City, Pfizer executive Dr. Jonathan Sporn (54), a divorced man, was in a committed relationship with Ms. Leann Leutner (40), also divorced. A couple since 2010, the two were inseparable and intent upon starting a family.
He has been labeled a “hacktivist”. He’s been called the Cyber-Robin Hood.
The 2013 Michigan Child Support Formula Manual
No, we’re not talking about the ubiquitous spamming that should be made a crime; we’re referring to real crimes.
This is a seasonal re-post from last December. The suggestions apply to divorced or separated families this time of the year.
Often, tensions escalate over the holidays as divorced parents struggle with the demands of scheduling the children to accommodate two households. Holiday schedules are already difficult without the complications of a divorce judgment or divorce proceeding.
The VA provides a little known benefit called the Aid & Attendance benefit available to qualified veterans. The service requirements to qualify for this benefit include serving at least 90-days of active duty with one day during a war-time period.
The law has not been kind to Lakewood, Ohio lawyer Dean Boland of late. The technology expert was hit in 2009 with a $300,000 damage award pursuant to the civil damage provisions of the federal child pornography laws...
A recent study published by the Bowling Green State University concludes that divorce has replaced widowhood as the primary reason many seniors are single later in life. No surprise there, as the United States has long held the highest divorce rate in the world.
Many of us, when we think of “double-dipping,” immediately envision George Costanza nonchalantly eating chips and dip at a boring party.
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.
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...
Michigan Supreme Court Acknowledges “Impossibility” in Felony Child Support
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Medical Marijuana: The Feds Strike Back
Here is a post from renowned criminal defense attorney Neil Rockind. Apparently, Neil’s big marijuana case resulted in all charges being dismissed yesterday by Oakland Circuit Judge Daniel O’Brien.
Our cell phones have been described as the biographer of our daily lives. If deconstructed, a cell phone can tell an awful lot about its owner.
When Ben Novak, Jr. was found murdered last year at the NYC Hilton, his wife Narcy was one of the first people questioned by the NYPD. She goes on trial next week for the murders of her husband and Mother-in-Law.
