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In Michigan, child support orders are often set based on several factors that include the child’s needs and parents’ ability to pay. Although Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin makes roughly $35 million a year, he has poured cold water on claims he’s shelling out $258,000 per month in child support. […]

Michigan’s Approach to Support Calculations During Unemployment Not surprisingly, unemployment is on the rise.  If you recently became unemployed or your income decreased, will your child or spousal support be reduced?   Most Michigan family law attorneys will answer “yes”; we would want to be more careful and say “maybe”.  Of […]

Recently I read an interesting article of a young man who knew he was conceived with the assistance of an anonymous donor, and after a home genetic test learned that he had 32 half siblings.  There are similar stories online such as an anonymous donor who now invites his many, […]

A recent news article claimed that “[m]other, 73, wins child support for her 52-year-old daughter after her ‘deadbeat ex’ who fled to Canada when their child was just three years old finally returns to the US”.  The article shows happy mom with daughter lounging on their boat; seemingly living the […]