Ken Savage says that, at first, he welcomed his wife's new interest in Facebook. She had recently recovered from a bout with depression and dependence on prescription drugs, and he thought reconnecting with old friends would help get her out …
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Divorces with no lawyers will be the subject of a three-year test in a pair of mid-Michigan counties. The Michigan Supreme Court says the goal is to see how an informal docket works in certain domestic relations cases in Gratiot …
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There's a growing threat we also need to make our concern - financial fraud of the elderly. One out of every five Americans over the age of 65 - 7.3 million seniors - has been victimized by a financial swindle, …
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Your spouse is in a nursing home. You are paying out $6,000 or more per month for his or her care. You have been told that you can only keep one half of your combined assets and have to spend …
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Raising kids and a family can be a handful for parents. It can be especially overwhelming when also caring for an elderly loved one as many families discover that providing care for aging relatives can be challenging. In this week’s …
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Why Should I Consider Mediation For My Divorce? Mediation allows separating and divorcing couples to take control of planning their own lives, and allows them an environment in which to make good decisions about their future. It is especially beneficial …
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The Michigan Court of Appeals this week reversed a lower court decision that could have given gays, lesbians and unmarried heterosexuals in Michigan legal standing to obtain joint custody of children. The decision came in the case involving Renee Harmon …
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He spitefully blows out her Shabbos candles. She hides his medications and makes him sleep in the dining room. Can this Orthodox Jewish marriage be saved?Probably not -- but a wall down the middle of the Williamsburg couple's house is …
Judge orders Brooklyn couple to put up a wall between them Read more »
Many men across the country -- across the globe, really -- are fighting what they argue is a bias in child custody cases toward women. One of the latest battlegrounds for this conflict is Massachusetts where activists are pushing a …
Massachusetts Fathers Fighting Custody Injustice or a Phantom Menace? Read more »
More lawyers need to become involved in mediation, a group of lawyer and non-lawyer mediators told CAROL COULTER THE ADVANTAGES of mediation over litigation in family law disputes have been well-rehearsed. Mediation permits the parties to retain control of the …
Lawyers urged to 'buy into' non-adversarial mediation Read more »