Lansing, MI
Divorce and separation Lawyer at Lansing, MI
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Child Custody, Appeals
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
This case involved the mother's parental alienation of the parties' child against the father. We obtained a full custody reversal after trial, ending with placement of the child in the father's custody ... . The mother appealed, but the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's findings and ruling.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
The mother was awarded sole legal custody, and the father appealed. Natalie led the case to victory, and mom retained sole legal custody.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
The trial court granted physical custody to the mother, and the father appealed. The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the father's argument that the trial court failed to apply the proper standards a ... nd conduct the right analysis. The case was sent back to the trial court with instruction to the trial court to follow the law.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
In the second go-round for these parties, the Court of Appeals has granted leave to appeal the trial court's post-judgment ruling in this case. After the COA reversed the trial court in the first appe ... al, the trial court terminated the husband's spousal support obligation. In subsequent proceedings, the husband was attempting to collect from the wife all the spousal support he'd been wrongly ordered to pay, but passed away during the collections proceedings. After his death and before the estate could be substituted as a party, the trial court ruled that the garnishment of the wife's wages was void. The Court of Appeals granted leave to appeal this ruling and after oral argument, ruled in favor of Natalie's client.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's Client
In this school-district and parenting-time modification case, the trial court did not follow the correct legal procedure when it granted the mother's request to change the child's school district. Bec ... ause of the change of schools from Lansing to Grand Rapids, the father's parenting time was significantly reduced. The Court of Appeals agreed that the trial court got it wrong and reversed the ruling.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
In this case, the parties' Judgment of divorce stated that the husband had to pay spousal support to the wife, but that support would terminate if the wife cohabited with an unrelated male. The wife b ... egan cohabiting with an unrelated male nearly immediately after the judgment entered. After a year's time, the trial court refused to terminate the spousal support. The husband appealed, and the Court of Appeals overturned the trial court's ruling, finding that the wife's cohabitation cut off her right to continued spousal support. The Court of Appeals wrote a long critique of the trial court's erroneous ruling and conducted a thorough analysis under the seminal cohabitation case of Smith v Smith. The husband will now get the benefit of his bargain and will no longer have to pay spousal support to his former wife.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
The Court of Appeals overturned the trial court's refusal to permit the plaintiff to file an amended complaint to add allegations of fraud and violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This was a vi ... ctory for David against Goliath!
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's decision to permit the father to move to another state with the children. The court also upheld an award of attorney fees to the father.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
The Court of Appeals remanded a divorce case for inquiry into whether the wife was entitled to share in the proceeds of an oil and gas lease under the rule that separate property of one spouse can be i ... nvaded if necessary.
OUTCOME: Victory for Natalie's client
The Michigan Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's decision to deny the mother's petition to move from the State of Michigan with the children. The Court published the case.
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