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If a person dies and leaves property behind, then probate administration may be required to ensure that the decedent’s final affairs are wrapped up and that assets are distributed as required under the law. The probate court will have to determine if there was...
If a taxpayer is unable to pay their tax bill now or in the foreseeable future with monthly income or current assets, then he or she may qualify for the IRS’s Offer-In-Compromise program to settle the total debt for less than the full amount. The idea that you...
It is extremely frustrating for a parent to deal with unpaid child support. An increased burden to provide material support is thrust on the custodial parent without any consequences to the other parent that refused to pay. Frustration can turn to anger. ...
There is no question that stealing personal property is a crime in Michigan. However, there is also a duty upon individuals who purchase, trade for or otherwise receive property that they do not acquire it knowing that it was stolen. Stolen property must be...
Without the body of the deceased person available as proof, it becomes significantly more difficult to declare someone as legally dead. When someone is missing, it doesn’t necessary mean that they are deceased in the eyes of the law, but that person may still...
Effective April 13, 2012, the Michigan Legislature abolished the requirement that everyone operating or riding on a motorcycle must wear a crash helmet provided that certain conditions are met. As a result of extensive lobbying from various motorcycle groups...
The right to own and use a firearm also comes with the responsibility to use the weapon safely. This means that a person should not brandish a weapon unless authorized to do so by law. For many years, the term “brandishing” was not defined under state law and...
State and federal laws aggressively punish suppliers and users alike for manufacturing, delivering, possessing or using illegal controlled substances without a prescription or other legal authority. Addiction to illicit substances like heroin, cocaine and...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was officially a pandemic as rates of infection rose significantly is the U.S. and across the world. On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in...