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Moving With Your Child After Divorce in Michigan: Understanding the 100-Mile Rule and Domicile Changes

Of all the issues that arise after divorce, relocation is often the most difficult—and the most unforgiving. Even well-intentioned parents with compelling reasons to move can find themselves blocked by a legal standard designed to protect stability over opportunity. Michigan’s relocation laws are not meant to trap parents in place. They are meant to preserve … Read more

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How Divorce Affects Your Michigan Estate Plan And Why You Must Update It Immediately

Divorce changes more than a marriage certificate. It changes financial lives, relationships, and legal obligations, and it also has a direct impact on every major part of an estate plan. We often meet clients in Troy and Shelby Township who completed thoughtful estate plans years earlier while married, but never updated anything after separation or … Read more

Smartphone displaying multiple app icons next to probate and “Digital Assets” documents on a desk, illustrating how to handle digital assets during probate for Southeast Michigan families.

Handling Digital Assets in Probate: A Guide for Southeast Michigan Families

When someone passes away today, their estate almost certainly includes digital assets—email accounts, social media profiles, online banking, cryptocurrency, cloud-stored photos, and dozens of other accounts accumulated over a lifetime of internet use. For families in Macomb County and throughout Southeast Michigan, managing these digital assets during probate presents challenges that did not exist a … Read more

Senior couple in an Oakland County, Michigan home reviewing long-term care planning documents, learning how to manage nursing home costs, Medicaid eligibility, and asset protection.

Long-Term Care Planning in Oakland County: Your Complete Guide

Long-term care planning isn’t something most families think about—until they have to. A sudden fall. A dementia diagnosis. A hospital discharge with nowhere safe to go. In Oakland County, thousands of families face these moments every year. The questions come fast: How much will care cost? Will Medicare help? What about our savings? Here’s what … Read more

Same-sex parents sitting with their child in a Mid-Michigan living room, discussing custody, property, and parenting rights during a same-sex divorce in Michigan.

Same-Sex Divorce in Mid-Michigan: Rights, Property, and Parenting in 2026

For many same-sex couples in Michigan, divorce is not just the end of a marriage—it is the first time the legal system fully examines a relationship that existed long before marriage was legally possible. Assets may have been accumulated, careers built, and children raised years before the law caught up. While Michigan courts now treat … Read more

Clock beside Washtenaw County probate court documents on a desk, illustrating how long the probate process timeline takes for Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan estates.

Probate Process Timeline in Washtenaw County

“How long will this take?” It’s the first question most families ask after losing a loved one. They’re grieving, they’re overwhelmed, and now they’re facing a legal process they’ve never navigated before. In Washtenaw County, the honest answer is: it depends. A straightforward estate might close in seven months. A complicated one could take two … Read more

Michigan family home with a for sale sign in the yard and a divorcing couple in the background, illustrating how property and the marital house are divided equitably in a Michigan divorce.

Property Division in Michigan Divorce: How Assets and Debts Are Split Equitably

Property division is often where divorcing spouses feel most confident—and lose the most money. Many enter the process assuming fairness is obvious: keep what’s in your name, split everything else, and move on. Michigan law takes a very different view. Property division is not about labels, emotions, or what feels earned. It is about equitable … Read more

Special needs planning in Michigan combining special needs trusts with ABLE accounts for disability financial protection

Special Needs Planning in Michigan: How SNTs and ABLE Accounts Work Together to Protect Your Loved One

A Michigan family’s plan for a loved one with a disability has to accomplish two things at once: protect financial resources and preserve eligibility for the public benefits that person depends on. Getting one right while failing the other can be devastating — and it happens more often than most families realize. Special needs planning … Read more

Adult daughter discussing estate planning documents with her elderly parents at a Michigan kitchen table, starting the conversation about whether their estate plan is in place.

Do Your Parents Have an Estate Plan? A Michigan Family’s Guide to Starting the Conversation

Most adult children assume their parents have estate planning handled. After all, your parents have always had things under control. They raised you, managed a household, built careers. Surely they’ve thought about what happens next. This assumption is where many Michigan families get hurt. The problem isn’t that parents don’t care about planning. It’s that … Read more

Thoughtful Michigan spouse reviewing finances and court papers at a kitchen table, symbolizing how spousal support really works and busting common alimony myths in Michigan divorces.

Alimony Myths Busted: When and How Spousal Support Works in Michigan Divorces

Few issues in divorce create more false confidence than alimony. Many spouses walk into negotiations believing the outcome is obvious: long marriage equals support, short marriage equals none, or bad behavior equals punishment. In reality, some of the strongest-looking alimony positions lose—not because the law is unfair, but because Michigan’s spousal support analysis is discretionary, … Read more

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