Family Law & Estate Planning
We have a record of effectively representing clients in estate and financial planning, as well as in matrimonial matters. When divorce situations require litigation, we work aggressively on our client's behalf (in both large and small marital estates) with emphasis on such issues as property division, custody, spousal and child support, and child visitation.
We assist clients in identifying and achieving estate planning objectives; minimizing inconvenience to families at death of loved ones; minimizing impact of estate taxes; facilitating transfers of assets and business interests. Our estate and financial planning activities include pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney and the formation of family foundations & family limited partnerships.
Areas of Service
- Adoptions
- Divorce and Family Law
- Durable Powers of Attorney
- Estate Planning
- Foundations
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- Health Care
- Probating Estates
- Pro-Bono Representation
- Trusts for Wealth Preservation and Special Needs
- Wills
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Case Studies
- Our aggressive pretrial discovery and preparation involving the complex evaluation of corporate ownerships gained our client a multi-million dollar divorce settlement.
- We have a track record of successfully representing parents in child custody trials and, when necessary, successful appeals to the Michigan Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court.
- We have a close working relationship with bank trust departments of banks throughout the State of Michigan.
- Our domestic relations section has obtained child custody awards for fathers based upon aggressive pursuit of factual development, convincing the court that the best interests of the child would be served if the father were awarded primary physical custody.
- Working familiarity of behavioral principles has resulted in ability to properly present psychological expert testimony in child custody disputes, spousal support and personal protection order issues.
- In marriages of short duration, our domestic relations section has established a successful record of significant property settlements for our clients.
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