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Michigan Child Support: Reimbursement for Extra Ordinary Medical Expenses (OMEs)

Children’s medical expenses can add up, especially if you are the parent of a special needs child. The Michigan Child Support Formula takes some ordinary medical expenses into account, but what if caring for your child costs more than you can affor… Read More
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Child Support Tips for Fathers and Mothers

Being a single parent is hard work. Balancing your child’s needs with financial pressures without anyone else to tow the line can push moms and dads to their limit. Find out what fathers and mothers can do in a child support case to help their kids… Read More
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How does COVID-19 impact my support payment?

The impact of COVID-19 is extensive. Even those lucky enough to avoid becoming infected or having a friend or loved one become sick may still experience emotional and physical reactions ranging in severity. At the forefront of many people’s concern… Read More
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Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO's)

Qualified Domestic Relations Orders provide an exception to the general rule that once you have deposited money into a retirement account, you cannot withdraw it or transfer it without incurring a penalty and paying taxes on the amount withdrawn or t… Read More
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Our Top-Ten List of Considerations: Child Support and Spousal Support Modifications

Are you facing unemployment and still paying child support at the same rate as when you were employed? Are you receiving child support and facing a request from the payer to reduce child support because the payer has lost their job? If so, you are li… Read More
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Assuring the Children receive the Child Support

I often hear the complaint that the child support goes to the other parent; not to the children. This is often followed by examples, such as the support is deposited into the parent’s checking account and used to pay rent/mortgage, utilities, g… Read More
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Does Having 50/50 Parenting Time Save Paying Child Support to my Former Spouse?

The answer is, it depends. Only when both parents earn the same amount of income and either pay their own child care expense or have no child care expense, will there be no exchange of child support. In my practice, I have few couples who earn equiva… Read More
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Will I Save Having to Pay Child Support if I have the Children More Time than the Other Parent?

Child support is determined in part by the amount of time that the children spent with each parent. In Michigan, the time is measured in over nights, generally. There is more expense involved in caring for children than just paying child support. It&… Read More
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Child Support - How is it Calculated and What Does it Cover?

In Michigan, both parents are required to contribute to the support of their children, unless they are disabled or truly unable to work. When parents divorce or separate we need to know how much each parent earns or could earn, if working outside the… Read More
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Child Support and Spousal Support Modifications: Our Top-Ten List of Considerations

Are you facing unemployment and still paying child support at the same rate as when you were employed? Are you receiving child support and facing a request from the payer to reduce child support because the payer has lost their job? If so, you are li… Read More
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