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Category: Child Support

How Does Unemployment Affect Child Support and Spousal Support?

Alimony

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 […]

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Mom, age 73, wins Child Support for 53-year-old Daughter.

Child Support

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 […]

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Michigan Lawmakers Look to Loosen Bail in Child Support Cases

Child Support

Michigan legislators recently introduced a package of nine bills to overhaul the state’s cash bail system, including for people who have child support arrears. Proponents of the legislation and the lawmakers introducing the legislation argue that the current law, which often requires people charged with a crime to put up […]

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