It happens. Someone get paid with a check from a customer and the payment ends up bouncing due to insufficient funds (“NSF”). Most of the time, these companies end up letting it go because it just isn’t worth it financially to pursue the customer for the...
When a beloved pet dies, many people consider burying their pet’s body in their backyard. However, if you choose to dispose of your pet in this manner, you need to be aware of state and local laws and regulations governing animal carcasses. Failure to comply...
Foster parents perform a critical function in society to help children removed from their biological homes to have as normal and stable of an upbringing as possible. These foster children may be placed temporarily until conditions improve at their original...
Using nuclear materials to generate energy through either the fission or fusion of radioactive isotopes can be a source of unlimited power that mankind sorely needs. After all, our planet is warmed by the sun which has sustained a consistent output of...
Anjali Prasad, a Bloomfield Hills resident and candidate for the local school board, was frustrated that her political yard signs supporting her electoral race were continuously being stolen from her yard in 2018. A police stakeout near her property eventually...
Waste is a legal claim made against an individual causing injury to structures on land that results in damages to another person. A claim of waste is distinct from other property claims like trespass or waste in that a person liable for waste is in lawful...
Michigan law provides that, after a divorce action is filed, the spouses must wait a minimum of 60 days (or 180 days if there are minor children involved) before the court can finalize the divorce. This is true even if the parties file for divorce together and...
No one person has had as much impact on the idea of euthanasia and the “right-to-die” in Michigan history as Dr. Jack Kevorkian. In his scope as a physician, he assisted at least 130 terminally ill people between 1990 and 1998 in ending their lives. In each...
For many years, the penalties for being a “Peeping Tom” in Michigan were fairly light. Under MCL 750.167, a “window peeper” was considered a disorderly person and was subject to misdemeanor penalties that carried up to 90 days in jail or a fine up to $500.00,...
A full guardian of a legally incapacitated person in Michigan is responsible for the ward’s care, custody and control. This includes “[t]he power to give the consent or approval that is necessary to enable the ward to receive medical, mental health, or other...
