by John Bain | May 7, 2015 | Divorce, marital property, property settlement, separate property
If you are thinking of filing for divorce it is important that you understand your rights prior to filing for a divorce. On short term marriages the court will usually award each party the property that they owned prior to the divorce and will split what was...
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...
by bainlawadmin | Mar 1, 2012 | Divorce, inheritance, property settlement
One of the most unpleasant area in a divorce is how to handle a split of an inheritance received by someone in a divorce for reason that the law in this area is not always fair. Usually if a spouse receives an inheritance and is smart enough to keep it in his or her...