Many remarriages with children create a host of new relationships between everyone involved: stepmothers, stepfathers, stepchildren, step-siblings, step-grandparents, etc. Over 4 million children in the United States live in a household with a stepparent. ...
On June 9, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service issued Announcement 2022-13 which increased the optional standard mileage rates for the final 6 months of 2022 in an effort to address inflation and gas price increases. Beginning July 1, 2022, these new rates go...
In the 2004 action-adventure film National Treasure, Nicholas Cage plays treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates who formulates a plan to steal the original Declaration of Independence document from the National Archives so he could decode an invisible map on...
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et. al. v. Bruen, Superintendent Of New York State Police et. al., ___ U.S. ___; ___ S.Ct. ___; __L.Ed. __ (2002)(20-843), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a New York statute that permits an individual to...
In Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et. al. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization et. al., ___ U.S. ___; ___ S.Ct. ___; __L.Ed. __ (2002)(19-1392), the U.S. Supreme Court overruled its prior holdings in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S....
When minors are found guilty, plead guilty, or plead no contest to crimes, they do not acquire a traditional adult misdemeanor or felony conviction (unless they were tried as an adult). These are instead known as juvenile adjudications and they can and do...
Using a computer, computer system, computer program or computer network to commit a crime is a separate criminal offense in Michigan. A person can be charged with using a computer to commit a crime in addition to the underlying offense. For example, if...
In Rafaeli, LLC v. Oakland Cnty, 505 Mich 429; 952 NW2d 434 (2020), the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that former owners of real estate that were foreclosed upon by local government for unpaid property taxes have a vested right in the surplus proceeds and that...
A limited liability company (LLC) is a type of business association formed under state law that combines the best parts of being a disregarded entity and being a corporation. Generally, disregarded entities (e.g. sole proprietors and partnerships) enjoy...
If you are charged and convicted of a DUI or other traffic offense in Michigan, one of the possible outcomes is that the sentencing court can order that your vehicle be immobilized and rendered unusable for a period of time. The length of time that a vehicle...
