UPDATES IN MICHIGAN FAMILY LAW

Representing yourself in a divorce or custody case

So you want to represent yourself in a family law matter. Your case might involve something as simple as a mutual and respectful dissolution of the marriage. Or it might involve division of assets and liabilities. Perhaps it involves something more more complicated -- disputes about child custody and parenting time. Can you do it? Should you do it? Consider this ad on the Minneapolis Craigslist, called to my attention by Alexander Rhoads, a family lawyer in Des Moines Iowa who participates with thousands of family lawyers around the country in the American Bar Association's Family Law Listserv. **

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Long distance parenting

    Families today are experiencing separations that bear some similarities to those of divorced couples. The economy has forced some parents to live long distances from each other when relocation of the entire family is not possible. Two-career families are becoming a norm. Technology makes it possible for two parents to raise children “together” even when one of the parents resides a long distance from the family.