A personal protection order (PPO) is a court order that prohibits a specific person from contacting, threatening, following, or harming you, and violating it can lead to immediate arrest. In Macomb County, PPO petitions are filed with the Family Division of the 16th Judicial Circuit…
Holiday parenting time in Michigan is whatever schedule your custody order or parenting plan sets for Thanksgiving, winter break, and other special days, and in most orders that holiday schedule overrides the regular weekly schedule. Many Macomb County families alternate major holidays between odd and…
Michigan does not have "legal separation" the way many other states do. Instead, it offers a court action called separate maintenance, which follows almost the same process as a divorce but leaves the marriage legally intact at the end. A separate maintenance judgment can divide…
In Michigan, fathers' rights to custody and parenting time are equal to a mother's. Family court judges decide custody using the 12 best interest factors in MCL 722.23, and the law forbids favoring either parent because of gender. The idea that mothers automatically win custody…
Divorce mediation is a process where a neutral third party helps both spouses reach an agreement on custody, support, and property without a trial. In Macomb County, the 16th Judicial Circuit Court routinely refers divorcing couples to mediation for custody and property disputes before a…
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