Updates in Michigan Family Law


"Focuses on topics of concern to family lawyers and also members of the public dealing with family law issues such as adoption, divorce, separate maintenance, child custody, support, cohabitation, parentage issues, parental abduction, relocation, post-judgment modification issues, neglect/abuse proceedings and social issues related to families."

Author: Jeanne M. Hannah is a solo practitioner in Traverse City, Mich.

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Recent Posts from Updates in Michigan Family Law


  • Fathers awarded custody more often

    According to Working Mother Magazine, many women who are the primary wage earners in a marriage are losing custody of their children to their husbands when the marriage ends. Working Mothers says that there are…

  • David Goldman to testify in Washington

    The Associated Press reports today that David Goldman of Tinton Falls, New Jersey will testify on December 2nd before a congressional human rights panel in Washington. David is the father of Sean Goldman who was…

  • Custody awarded to father

    A trial court awarded custody of two minor children to a father and the Michigan Court of Appeals ["COA"] affirmed on November 10, 2009 despite the fact that the mother had been the primary caregiver…

  • David & Sean Goldman | A father left behind

    A powerful report was published today in the Asbury Park Press, a New Jersey newspaper, decrying the inaction of United States officials in helping to get Sean returned to his father.

  • Prenuptial agreements | The importance of full disclosure

    Should a person sign a prenuptial agreement to which no financial disclosures are attached? A prudent person (especially a prudent lawyer advising a person) would make sure the financial disclosures are attached to the prenup…

  • Spousal support | Penalties for late payment dischargeable in bankruptcy

    Support payments are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. But what about penalties imposed for failure to pay support? The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals held in a ruling released on November 12, 2009 that $50 per…

  • Reconciliation is not for the faint of heart

    Earlier this fall, I wrote about a column printed in the New York Times by Laura Munson - "Those Aren't Fighting Words, Dear." Munson wrote about sticking it out and seeing it through the "rough…

  • Maine voters overturn gay marriage law

    Last May, Maine's Governor John E. Baldacci signed a same-sex marriage into law without previous action by the courts. He was the first governor to in the United States to do so. Opposition to the…

  • Michigan child support pleas flood courts

    According to a Detroit News article today, requests for modification of child support orders are flooding Michigan's court system. And many of those requests are being granted. Couple the lowering of child support with a…

  • Spousal support | When? How much? How long? Conditions?

    An article published in The Wall Street Journal on October 31, 2009 garnered over emotionally charged 170 online comments over the weekend. The tenor of the article is set at the beginning: "Long viewed as…