Getting divorced can be a stressful process. A court proceeding to dissolve a marriage moves along like any other lawsuit where, if the parties are unable to agree and settle the issues, a trial will take place and a judge will render a verdict deciding all of...
The offense of unlawful imprisonment is similar to kidnapping in that a person becomes criminally liable when he or she intentional restricts another person’s movement within a given area without legal authority, justification or consent. Unlike kidnapping, it...
Attorneys do not always have a good reputation and the neverending supply of lawyer jokes is a testament to that. Some people perceive lawyers as being in cahoots with the judge or prosecutor, as charging too much for their services, or just believe that...
If you fail to make payments on your home mortgage and go into default, then your lender is likely to initiate foreclosure proceedings to seize the property. If the borrower cannot pull together the funds to cure the default, then it is just a matter of time...
Driving back and forth from home to work everyday can be very time-consuming and expensive, especially if several hours per day are spent on the road. Are the expenses of commuting to and from work (e.g. mileage, gasoline, wear-and-tear on your vehicle) tax...
Generally, a valid last will and testament in Michigan requires all of the following: It must be in writing. MCL 700.2502(1)(a). It must be signed by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other individual in the testator’s conscious presence and by the...
Guardians appointed by the probate court in Michigan to legally incapacitated individuals, developmentally disabled individuals, and minors have a number of duties and responsibilities to comply with. Among these include the duty to file annual reports with...
Discovering that your spouse has been engaged in an extramarital affair without your knowledge can be devastating. The trust between the both of you in the marriage is now destroyed. The cheating spouse may have been using marital assets to pay for gifts,...
On March 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law and formally designated lynching as a federal hate crime. The bill was named for 14 year old black teenager Emmitt Till who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 while...
On January 4, 2021, Governor Whitmer signed Public Act 397 of 2020 into law that made several modifications to Michigan’s criminal procedure rules related to probationary sentences. Since 1913, probation has been the primary form of supervision for anyone...
