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.…
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…
Prenuptial Agreement
PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT a prenuptial or antenuptial agreement is a contract entered into before marriage that limits property rights that would normally be acquired through marriage. Properly drafted prenuptial agreements are…
Divorce
DIVORCE – a legal proceeding to end a valid marriage. The only ground for divorce in Michigan is the no-fault ground, i.e., “there has been a breakdown of the marriage…
Alimony in Michigan
(see SPOUSAL SUPPORT). People frequently ask me whether alimony was abolished in Michigan. It’s not: alimony is alive and well in Michigan.