Your Comprehensive Guide to Family Law

Now more than ever, you need the right resources to be effective and efficient. Michigan Family Law is the must-have book to successfully practice family law. This book walks you through every major issue, while also providing guidance for issues on the rise: interstate and international custody issues, change of domicile, parental alienation claims, and joint legal custody disputes involving vaccinations, schools, and religious disputes.

Navigate the 2020 discovery rules with expert insight and 35 sample interrogatories. Easily find fast solutions with 150+ checklists, forms, motions, and practice tips. Take away more county-specific information. Plus, get the critical analysis of both Michigan and federal law you've come to expect. With this book, you will be able to:

• Draft pleadings that will best demonstrate your client's desired outcomes
• Recommend strategies for enforcing and modifying out-of-state orders
• Develop creative strategies to child custody and parenting time problems
• Successfully prepare and handle a motion in front of a Friend of the Court referee or judge
• Advise clients on the process to establish and revoke paternity
• Navigate cases involving Indian children and military families
• Set up your practice and choose an appropriate billing structure for your clients

Highlights of the latest update include:

• Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals cases addressing child custody, child support, parentage, personal protection orders, child protective proceedings, jurisdiction, and minor guardianships
• Effective new legislation enacting the Assisted Reproductive and Surrogacy Parentage Act and amending the Revocation of Parentage Act, the Acknowledgment of Parentage Act, and other related statutes
• Updates to the Michigan Child Support Formula for 2025
• New sections addressing scheduling conferences and orders and working with transgender individuals