It is common for one person to feel they are drawing the short straw in a Michigan divorce. This is especially true if there are multiple properties, retirement and bank accounts involved. If you are negotiating a divorce settlement, you may have concerns about...
Month: December 2019
How can you modify your child support order?
Often, after a Michigan divorce and child support order, you are bound to the agreement. If you are under order to pay child support, it is crucial that you do not miss a payment. Unfortunately, if you have a financial hardship, this may prove to be difficult. If you...
How am I allowed to spend child support?
Many Michigan residents feel confused and overwhelmed after they receive their child support order. You may see the money as a blessing, but you could be worried about how to spend the money. Your family and friends may have told you the courts will monitor your...
Can my ex move out of the country with my child after divorce?
Parents facing a divorce with a spouse who has ties to another nation often have concerns about international child custody. Even when one parent has primary physical custody, Michigan usually preserves the right of each parent to spend time with the child and...
Can you collect overdue child support payments?
After the dust settles in your child custody case and the judge orders child support, you may feel relief. Unfortunately, for many Michigan parents, child support payments may become overdue. If your ex-spouse does not pay his or her fair share, do you have any...
Handling your portion of a 401k
For all of the elements that you may have been anticipating going into your divorce proceedings in Birmingham, dividing up your ex-spouse’s 401k may not have been one of them. Yes, retirement accounts are often viewed as personal assets, yet the contributions made to...
How can you lessen the impact of divorce on your child?
When Michigan couples decide to divorce, it affects not only the spouses but also their children. The psychological impact of divorce on children is a well-studied phenomenon. It may help to understand what your children could go through and how you can minimize the...
Is your spouse hiding assets?
As a couple in Michigan who has decided to get a divorce, you and your spouse have a lot of hurdles to jump. Not only that, as a couple with high assets, you could be facing struggles unique to people in your position. For example, it is more common in high asset...
Tax refund offset: A way to collect past due child support
Many single parents in Michigan must make ends meet without receiving child support from their exes. Sometimes, the noncustodial parent may only owe a small portion of the total child support payments. Other times, the parents may owe almost the full amount due to the...
Mediation may help quash divorce squabbles
Michigan couples contemplating divorce may get mixed messages on how to proceed. Whether it involves dividing assets or time with children or both, fighting between the parties may stall proceedings and progress. The attorneys and staff at Eisenberg & Spilman...