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On its face, calculating child support might seem to be a simple matter. Go to the Michigan Child Support Formula online, plug in the actual incomes of each party, calculate the number of overnights, adjust for union dues, child care, health insurance, etc., and up comes the number. True enough, but you can create some long
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If you’re reading this blog, then you’re probably committed to finding the Kalamazoo divorce lawyer who fits your needs. So let’s start at the very beginning. What exactly are your needs? Have you been blindsided by a spouse who has already filed for divorce and hired the toughest lawyer in town? Has he or she
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In the President’s speech to the nation from Tucson on January 12th, he singled out for our attention the innocent child Christina Taylor Green who was gunned down by the madman Jared Loughner. He said that she was just awakening to the political life in a democracy and that she had high expectations and dreams
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President Obama’s speech in Tucson attempted to lay to rest or at least quiet down the huge uproar in the media as to who was to blame for the murder of 6 people and the wounding of 14 more. Instinctive biases and animosities led some of the political “usual suspects” to blame the shooting on their
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A recent Court of Appeals decision, Myland v. Myland, has drawn attention to the question many divorcing couples face, ” Am I going to have to pay alimony, and if I do, how much and for how long?” In the Myland case, the judge had a formula that he brought to alimony cases based on