Is the father on the birth certificate? If yes, then in the absence of a custody order, Michigan’s Parental Kidnapping Statute applies wherein...

Generally a parent must show a change in circumstances to meet the threshold for modifying custody or parenting time. Here I don’t see any change...

Hospital employees are mandated reporters; they are required to report this sort of thing. Generally you will have trouble pursuing litigation...

Termination of parental rights is rare because, as a society, we have an interest in not bastardizing children. Usually we see it where the mother...

Ordinarily you would start a DP / Paternity case in the family division of your local circuit court, which any of us family law attorneys could...

Usually a money judgment is effective for 10 years, then must be renewed. You can file an objection to the garnishment; but it seems you agree that...

Are you saying they’ll remove your other children if they remove your two sons that are abusive of you? Not necessarily. CPS issue aside, what...

Better to accept a settlement by consent. Include language such as “in the event the defendant files for bankruptcy, defendant agrees that...

A PPO is your best option. It should be fairly easy to obtain given the events you’ve described and that you’ll have police reports to support...

If cps makes a finding that the abuse/neglect allegations are substantiated by a preponderance of evidence (more than 50% likely to be true), they...