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Personal Protection Orders in Macomb County: How to Get One or Fight One
30
Oct

Personal Protection Orders in Macomb County: How to Get One or Fight One

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…

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Holiday Parenting Time in Michigan: How to Split Thanksgiving, Christmas, and School Breaks
30
Oct

Holiday Parenting Time in Michigan: How to Split Thanksgiving, Christmas, and School Breaks

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…

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Fathers’ Rights in Michigan: Custody, Parenting Time, and Common Myths
30
Sep

Fathers’ Rights in Michigan: Custody, Parenting Time, and Common Myths

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…

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How to Modify a Custody, Parenting Time, or Child Support Order in Macomb County
31
Aug

How to Modify a Custody, Parenting Time, or Child Support Order in Macomb County

To modify a custody order, a parenting time order, or a child support order in Macomb County, you file a motion with the court that issued it and show either proper cause or a change of circumstances since the last order. A judge in the…

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Can I Move Out of State With My Child After a Michigan Divorce? Change of Domicile Rules
30
Jul

Can I Move Out of State With My Child After a Michigan Divorce? Change of Domicile Rules

In most cases, no, not without either the other parent's consent or the court's permission. Michigan's change of domicile law (MCL 722.31) generally bars a parent who shares custody from moving a child more than 100 miles from where the child lived when the case…

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