Divorce in Troy affects your finances, your home, and your time with your kids all at once, and our Troy divorce attorneys make sure every piece gets the attention it deserves.
Key Takeaways:
- Michigan is an equitable division state, so courts divide marital property based on what’s fair, not an automatic 50/50 split.
- Custody decisions rest on 12 statutory best interest factors, and preparation moves those factors more than luck does.
- Our team at Boroja, Bernier & Associates help families build a case around their actual finances, their actual kids, and their actual life.
In Troy, a divorce doesn’t just divide a house. It puts a price tag on every year you spent building toward retirement and every bedtime you didn’t miss, and divorce forces both onto the table at once.
Boroja, Bernier & Associates brings 35+ years of combined experience to Oakland County families who want honest guidance on every piece of their divorce, not just the parts that feel most urgent. Our Troy divorce attorneys walk you through exactly where you stand financially and with your kids, and help you build a case that holds up.
Schedule a consultation today and get a clear picture of what your divorce actually looks like.
What a Troy Divorce Involves
Michigan follows equitable division: the court divides marital property based on what’s fair given your specific marriage, not a fixed formula, and getting that wrong can cost you nearly as much as losing time with your kids.
Property division isn’t a 50/50 split. Michigan courts divide marital assets based on what’s fair given your specific marriage, which means retirement accounts, the family home, and any business or investment income all get weighed individually, not lumped into a single number, and each one needs its own documentation.
Spousal support isn’t automatic. Courts look at the length of your marriage, each spouse’s financial situation, and whether one of you stepped back from a career to support the household, and Troy’s income levels tend to make this a more consequential conversation than it is elsewhere.
Custody and parenting time are decided using 12 specific factors, not a coin flip or a default schedule, and preparation can genuinely move the outcome.
Child support follows a Michigan formula based on both parents’ income and the custody arrangement, but the inputs matter, and a small error in one number can produce a support order that doesn’t reflect reality for years.
The Right Path Forward for Your Family
An uncontested divorce happens when you and your spouse agree on the major terms up front, including property, support, and parenting time. It’s usually faster and less expensive, but the agreement still needs to hold up legally, which is where DIY paperwork tends to fall apart.
Mediation gives you and your spouse a structured, neutral setting to work through disagreements, whether that’s dividing a retirement account or building a parenting schedule, before a judge has to. Agreements reached this way tend to hold up better because both sides helped shape them.
Litigation becomes the path when your spouse isn’t negotiating honestly, is hiding assets, or is using custody as leverage in the financial conversation. When that happens, our seasoned Troy divorce attorneys prepare your case with the same rigor on the numbers as on the parenting plan.
We’ll help you figure out which approach genuinely fits your situation, not just the one that feels easiest today.
Why Troy Families Trust Our Troy Divorce Attorneys
- You work and communicate directly with your attorney, not a paralegal reading your file for the first time.
- We give you an honest read on both the financial and custody sides of your case, including where you’re strong and where you need to shore things up.
- Our strategy reflects your actual finances and your children’s actual routine, not a generic template.
- We push back firmly when the other side uses custody or money as a bargaining chip.
- Our team brings 35+ years of combined experience navigating Oakland County family courts.
Your finances and your relationship with your kids are both worth getting right from the start. Schedule a consultation today and let our Troy divorce attorneys help you build a plan that protects both.
