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Many people maintain a home office (often a desk with a computer) from which to carry on a trade or business, whether it is related to their primary employment or a side-business. During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, many workers found themselves...
It is true that a living revocable trust does not need to pass through the probate administration process for distribution of the settlor or grantor’s assets. However, it does NOT mean that the trust is immune to court involvement. A settlor, grantor,...
A write-in candidate is an individual whose name does not appear on the ballot on Election Day but seeks office by asking voters to cast a vote by writing his or her name on the ballot. Write-in candidates can surface when the office-seeker failed to win a...
Property taxes are an important source of revenue for municipalities in the State of Michigan. Those tax dollars funds school districts, police departments, fire and rescue services and other local services. When these property taxes go unpaid, the countdown...
Everyone has heard of the phrase that “good fences make good neighbors”. Sometimes, it is that very fence that becomes the catalyst for neighbors to have a disagreement. In the United States, the term “spite fence” refers to an overly tall fence or some other...
The back of a pick-up truck is generally intended to be a cargo area to transport inanimate objects from one location to another. Obviously, there are dangers present for passengers riding in the truck bed that are not present in the interior compartment. The...
When someone marries the biological parent of a child, he or she does not suddenly gain or share the parental rights that the biological parent has in that child. Divorce may terminate a marriage, but it does not extinguish the parental rights of the persons...
Carjacking is one of the most serious crimes that a person can commit in the State of Michigan. Unlike the crime of merely stealing, carjacking involves the presence of the victim with ownership or possession of the vehicle to be harmed or terrorized. A...
The State of Michigan has tough penalties for operating a motor vehicle on its roads and highways while intoxicated from alcohol or drugs. This hard stance also extends to operating an off-road vehicle (ORV) of any kind while under the influence, even if it...
A “crime against nature” is a legal term with English roots that involves sexual acts not considered to be decent or acceptable by society (e.g. not traditional vaginal intercourse between a man and a woman). Sexual practices that have been prosecuted as...