Divorce Process Options: Beyond Traditional Litigation
Jun 18, 2010
TRADITIONAL LITIGATION
Litigation is the traditional divorce process, whereby both parties hire attorneys, who provide legal advice and represent the positions of their client in negotiations and cour...
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Separate Maintenance
Jun 16, 2010
At times, people want to initiate an action to establish support, either for themselves or for the children or both, but do not wish to pursue a termination of the marriage. Most commonly, the reasons ...
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Medical Expenses and Child Care in Divorce
Jun 16, 2010
The usual requirement is that both parents maintain health care insurance coverage on the children that is available to them through their employment at a reasonable cost. In addition, parents will fin...
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What Does Child Support Cover?
Jun 16, 2010
Other than uninsured health care and childcare expenses, all other costs of raising your children should be paid by the custodial parent, with the non-custodial parent's share having already been paid ...
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Modification of Child Support
Jun 16, 2010
Child support may be modified whenever there is a significant change in the circumstances of the parties. Changes such as raises, layoffs and bonuses all are sufficient to review a support order. Upon ...
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Spousal Support in Michigan
Jun 16, 2010
Spousal support or alimony, as it is commonly referred to, is a periodic payment made by one spouse to the other for that spouse's support and maintenance. Generally speaking, spousal support is taxabl...
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Colaborative Divorce
Jun 16, 2010
COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE
Collaborative divorce is a dispute resolution method whereby each party hires an attorney and all four work together in a cooperative, non-adversarial process with a mutual goal o...
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