by bainlawadmin | Jul 14, 2022 | Blog
WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press Filed Under Life Health Medical Marijuana Related Links Panel: Ann Arbor should embrace medical pot shops Michigan getting printer to handle medical pot cards House committee to host hearings on...
by John Bain | Mar 5, 2019 | Blog
Quite frequently when parties are not married and both parents are at the hospital a Affidavit of Parentage is signed. This document has legal implications as to custody of the child as it grants initial physical and legal custody of the child to the mother. Even if...
by John Bain | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
I was recently involved in a case in which two people lived together one of whom could not manage their own affairs. The disabled person suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and was being cared for by her lifelong companion. The lifelong companion died suddenly and it...
by bainlawadmin | Jan 14, 2013 | Blog, child custody, child support, Child Support and Custody, children, family law, Parenting Time
A few years ago changes were made in custody and child support rules in the state of Michigan. In the past there was a cutoff in the number of days used to calculate support which created a lot of fighting regarding parenting time. Under the old rules there were not...
by bainlawadmin | Aug 14, 2012 | Blog
There has been a recent change to the Paternity Laws in the State of Michigan. Under the old law which had been established in 1956 a man who fathered a child with a married woman had not standing to bring an action to enforce his rights as a father unless the woman...
by bainlawadmin | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog, Divorce, family counselor, inheritance, marital property, passive income, pre-nuptial, prenuptial, probate court, property settlement, referee, Respondent, second marriage, separate property, Spousal Support, will
The property division in a divorce in Michigan is based on many factors. Usually when I interview a client I ask my prospective client what he or she owned on the date of the marriage and what they own today. A major factor in the split involves the length of...
