Michigan Military Divorce

Rethinking children as property

Every now and then I am reminded the our legal system tends to treat children as property. Parents have constitutional rights to be protected and children often have no rights at all in decisions made by judges who are virtual strangers to the family. Nowhere is that so apparent as when a non-marital child is born to a married woman. Protecting the rights of the child to have a relationship with the biological father is difficult indeed--just as difficult as protecting the rights of the biological father to have a relationship with his child.

Jurisdiction in cases of military service or employment abroad

People who are in the armed services or who are employed abroad do not lose their residency and do not lose subject matter jurisdiction in a County in Michigan and in the State of Michigan so long as they can demonstrate the requisite “intent to remain” under Michigan law.

Service persons and/or employees working abroad | residence of intent. All servicepersons must declare a legal residence to the DOD—this is the residence to which they intend to return upon leaving the service. In Michigan the rule of law is that the intent to remain citizens of Michigan is sufficient to confer subject matter jurisdiction over a divorce in a Michigan court.

People who are in the armed services or who are employed abroad do not lose their residency and do not lose subject matter jurisdiction in a County in Michigan and in the State of Michigan so long as they can demonstrate the requisite “intent to remain” under Michigan law.

Service persons and/or employees working abroad | residence of intent. All servicepersons must declare a legal residence to the DOD—this is the residence to which they intend to return upon leaving the service. In Michigan the rule of law is that the intent to remain citizens of Michigan is sufficient to confer subject matter jurisdiction over a divorce in a Michigan court.

IVF, Designer babies & Single mothers by choice

Recently, the subject of designer babies came up on a Listserv in which I participate. The topic under discussion was Lesbian couples who have children born using in vitro fertilization (IVF) or sperm donors and the tragedies playing out around the country when these mothers split and the biological mother keeps the non-bio Mom from having contact with the child they've planned and raised together. I opined that there's got to be a way that we can combine genetic material, creating a "designer baby," so that, upon "divorce" both mothers will have an equal claim to custody and parenting time.

Grandparenting time controversy in the Sean Goldman case

On April 5th, the Associated Press reported that Sean Goldman's Brazilian grandmother has filed a court action seeking to have visitation with Sean. Apparently she and her husband have been
in New Jersey since last month and arrived with hopes of visiting 9-year-old Sean Goldman. Sean and his father arrived home in the United States on December 24, 2009.

Apparently Silvana Bianchi has a short memory. Is it possible that she has forgotten that David Goldman had to wait four years to see Sean after Goldman's former wife (Bianchi's daughter, now deceased) abducted the child to Brazil?

Pre-Nups | Tiger Woods case sparks interest

A recent article sparked by Tiger Woods' marital problems discusses the importance of prenuptial agreements today.

"The prenup seems so utterly unromantic — or just plain wrong — but it's also become so right for so many these days: those keenly aware that a marriage may end up in a legal separation, divorce or death. Most prenups tackle financial issues such as real estate, division of bank accounts and potential spousal support in the case of divorce or separation."

Divorce in Michigan | Economy affects lawyers & litigants

An article by Catherine Jun published in the The Detroit News in March 2010 should be of interest to all --not just divorcing couples who are trying to save money by handling their divorces on their own, but also by attorneys who are seeing a decrease in client base. The article confirms what I see time and again as I am sitting in the peanut gallery waiting for my case to be called for final hearing. So often, parties representing themselves are refused entry of a judgment because their paperwork is defective. The article should be of interest to Detroit area lawyers because of the local focus.

Free online calculator | Multi-function

Here's a link to an online calculator -- free, and nothing to download. There are many useful functions. Thanks to Elizabeth Sadowski for bringing this to my attention.

• Investment Calculators for calculating the rate of return, the amount of interest, present value
• Loan Calculators for calculating the amount of the payments and/or balloon payment, amount of down payment, interest rates, etc.
• Personal Finance Calculators for calculating the cost of an afforable house or car, length of time to pay off a loan
• Retirement Calculators for calculating how much do you have to save to reach your goal
• Schedules - What were your principal and interest payments this year?

Moffsoft Free calculators

Cell Phone Snoop Screen 2

Cell Phone Snoop Screen 1

ID | Locate cell phone

I have to tell you. This is too scary. Cell Phone Snoop.

Cell phone locator?

Buy the name / ID?

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