Summons
Summons – a document notifying a defendant that he or she is being sued. The summons is issued by the court when the complaint is filed and it notifies defendant…
Spousal Support
Spousal Support (formerly alimony) is money to be paid in a divorce, separate maintenance, or annulment case by one spouse to the other for the support of the recipient spouse.…
SMILE
SMILE – (Start Making It Livable For Everyone) is the Oakland County Friend of the Court’s 2-hour educational program for divorcing parents with minor children. The program assists parents to…
Shared Economic Responsibility Formula (SERF)
Shared Economic Responsibility Formula (SERF) – when children spend substantial amounts of time with both parents, the Michigan Child Support Formula considers the child support recipient’s expense savings. SERF may…
Seperate Maintenance
Separate Maintenance – is filed in the same way and for the same grounds as divorce. In both separate maintenance and divorce, the court will divide property and debts, award…