We handle a great deal of Social Security claims at our office and often times people call us after they have been denied benefits on their initial application. Most people who are applying for benefits are in desperate need of the additional income and receiving a denial from the Social Security...

There’s a lot on the line in most divorce cases. Children; property; money; sanity. Unfortunately, many divorces are contentious, bitter, and can bring out the worst in people. So, what should you do if you anticipate things getting ugly once you file for divorce? The short answer is to prepare for...

Michigan voters overwhelmingly voted to legalize marijuana possession and use for

individuals over the age of 21 in the November 2018 election. However, this proposal did not

have any effect on people who had already been charged with low-level marijuana offenses and who...

As much as everybody loves going to court to air their dirty laundry in front of a bunch of strangers, many people kick that can down the road for as long as they can. Sometimes people decide to stop living as a married couple, move into separate residents, and for all...

We often get calls from people who want to modify the amount of child support they are either paying or collecting. In a surprise to nobody, most people who are paying child support want to pay less and most people receiving child support want to receive more.

When two people with children in common split up, they are thrown into a situation where they have to think about co-parenting with an individual that they no longer want to be around. This can be… challenging to say the least. In a perfect world, parents can learn to communicate and...

Good news! The Supreme Court of the United States held today that the Constitution's Eighth Amendment's protections against excessive fines imposed by the government applies equally to the States. State governments seem to have a bad habit of unreasonably taking a person's property after they have been convicted of a crime....

Michigan's minimum wage is going up as of March 29, 2019. The increase will put an additional 20 cents per hour in the pockets of workers who receive the minimum wage. For people earning minimum wage, any increase is good news, however, $9.45 an hour is still well short of a...