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Grand Rapids area residents understand that drinking and driving is illegal. Most people understand that a driver of a vehicle cannot be drinking an alcoholic beverage while they are driving. But what about their passengers? Michigan is among 43 states that have laws...
Dividing property is an important issue that Michigan couples must deal with when they end their marriage. In addition to property division, they must also determine who is responsible for certain debts when they divorce. Each spouse may be surprised on the debt that...
Four teenagers from Grand Rapids are now in police custody after they were alleged to have engaged in a one-night crime spree that involved breaking and entering, robbery and car theft. The facts of the spree are fairly simple, but the effect on the boys’ future will...
The decision to get a divorce is a major life moment. For many people, it has taken months or even years to get to the point, mentally, where they have finally decided that the relationship is beyond saving and that divorce is the best option in a bad situation....
Most drivers in the Grand Rapids area make a mistake at least once in their driving career. Some mistakes are more serious than others. One mistake that many people may make is driving after they have been drinking. These are serious offenses that are aggressively...
Tax season is upon us, and for parents in Grand Rapids who divorced in 2019, filing their taxes in 2020 may be very different than it had in years past. Child custody and other divorce legal issues can change the way a parent who has gone through a divorce files the...
You may be driving home from a party, a night out on the town or a wedding when suddenly you see red and blue lights flashing in your rear-view mirror. Before you know it, a police officer has pulled you over and asked you to perform a field sobriety test to determine...
It is not unusual for people to take out student loans to finance their college education. However, one’s college years are a time of growth and many in Grand Rapids may find that while they are in college or afterwards, they fall in love and get married. Marriage...
With each legislative session, the laws in Michigan are in flux and criminal laws are no exception. While the number of crimes committed in Michigan is at a 50-year low, the number of people jailed for crimes has gone up threefold since the 1970s. Some Michigan...
Thousands of parents across Michigan have custody and visitation orders with which they must comply. These orders dictate what a parent can and cannot do, where a child lives and what the parenting time schedule looks like. It is crucial that parents comply with these...