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Vandervoort, Christ & Fisher, P.C.
70 Michigan Avenue W. Suite 450 Battle Creek, MI 49017» view map
Divorce & Family Law
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1. Matthew X. Hauser Battle Creek, MI
  Attorney at Law - MI, 2019
  Michigan State University J.D. 2019
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Includes: Collaborative Law, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements

Susan Durian Metzger

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Criminal, Bankruptcy & Debt

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 21 Years

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203 S Niles St, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Lynnann E Bullard

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Children's Rights

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 36 Years

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219 E Paw Paw St, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Theresa J. Cypher

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 25 Years

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226 1/2 E Michigan Ave, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Kelly L. Page

Real Estate, Estate Planning, Family Law, Criminal

Status: In Good Standing

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203 S Niles St, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Richard K. Burnham

Criminal, Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody

Status: Inactive Licensed: 58 Years

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303 E Paw Paw St, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Kathleen M. Brickley

Litigation, Family Law, Criminal, Collection

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 36 Years

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212 E Paw Paw St, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Jeffrey J. Dufon

Family Law

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 33 Years

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212 E Paw Paw St, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Stacey Rentfrow

Family Law, Contract, Criminal

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 28 Years

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226 1/2 E Michigan Ave, Paw Paw, MI 49079

Burke H. Webb

International Other, Estate Planning, Labor Law, Family Law

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 62 Years

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185 S Jones St, Marcellus, MI 49067

Lynda M. Pioch

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Children's Rights

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 30 Years

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219 E Paw Paw St, Paw Paw, MI 49079

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LEGAL TERMS

FOSTER CARE

Court-ordered care provided to children who are unable to live in their own homes, usually because their parents have abused or neglected them. Foster parents h... (more...)

Court-ordered care provided to children who are unable to live in their own homes, usually because their parents have abused or neglected them. Foster parents have a legal responsibility to care for their foster children, but do not have all the rights of a biological parent--for example, they may have limited rights to discipline the children, to raise them according to a certain religion or to authorize non-emergency medical procedures for them. The foster parents do not become the child's legal parents unless the biological parents' rights are terminated by a court and the foster parents adopt the child. This is not typically encouraged, as the goal of foster care is to provide temporary support for the children until they can be returned to their parents. See also foster child.

FOSTER CHILD

A child placed by a government agency or a court in the care of someone other than his or her natural parents. Foster children may be removed from their family ... (more...)

A child placed by a government agency or a court in the care of someone other than his or her natural parents. Foster children may be removed from their family home because of parental abuse or neglect. Occasionally, parents voluntarily place their children in foster care. See foster care.

STIRPES

A term used in wills that refers to descendants of a common ancestor or branch of a family.

POT TRUST

A trust for children in which the trustee decides how to spend money on each child, taking money out of the trust to meet each child's specific needs. One impor... (more...)

A trust for children in which the trustee decides how to spend money on each child, taking money out of the trust to meet each child's specific needs. One important advantage of a pot trust over separate trusts is that it allows the trustee to provide for one child's unforeseen need, such as a medical emergency. But a pot trust can also make the trustee's life difficult by requiring choices about disbursing funds to the various children. A pot trust ends when the youngest child reaches a certain age, usually 18 or 21.

MISUNDERSTANDING

A mistake by both spouses in a marriage that can serve as grounds for an annulment. For example, if one spouse went into the marriage wanting children while the... (more...)

A mistake by both spouses in a marriage that can serve as grounds for an annulment. For example, if one spouse went into the marriage wanting children while the other did not, they have a misunderstanding that will be judged serious enough for a court to terminate the marriage.

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO)

An order that tells one person to stop harassing or harming another, issued after the aggrieved party appears before a judge. Once the TRO is issued, the court ... (more...)

An order that tells one person to stop harassing or harming another, issued after the aggrieved party appears before a judge. Once the TRO is issued, the court holds a second hearing where the other side can tell his story and the court can decide whether to make the TRO permanent by issuing an injunction. Although a TRO will often not stop an enraged spouse from acting violently, the police are more willing to intervene if the abused spouse has a TRO.

MINOR

In most states, any person under 18 years of age. All minors must be under the care of a competent adult (parent or guardian) unless they are 'emancipated'--in ... (more...)

In most states, any person under 18 years of age. All minors must be under the care of a competent adult (parent or guardian) unless they are 'emancipated'--in the military, married or living independently with court permission. Property left to a minor must be handled by an adult until the minor becomes an adult under the laws of the state where he or she lives.

ADOPTIVE PARENT

A person who completes all the requirements to legally adopt a child who is not his or her biological child. Generally, any single or married adult who is deter... (more...)

A person who completes all the requirements to legally adopt a child who is not his or her biological child. Generally, any single or married adult who is determined to be a 'fit parent' may adopt a child. Some states have special requirements, such as age or residency criteria. An adoptive parent has all the responsibilities of a biological parent.

CONNIVANCE

A situation set up so that another person commits a wrongdoing. For example, a husband who invites his wife's lover along on vacation may have connived her adul... (more...)

A situation set up so that another person commits a wrongdoing. For example, a husband who invites his wife's lover along on vacation may have connived her adultery, and if he tried to divorce her for her behavior, she could assert his connivance as a defense.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Johnson Family Ltd. Partnership v. White Pine Wireless, LLC

... At the time, the Johnson Family Trust (the Trust) served as the general partner for the Partnership. ... 480, 482, 722 NW2d 906 (2006). Whether a grant of equitable relief is proper under a given set of facts is a question of law that this Court also reviews de novo. ...

Estes v. Titus

... Toth), Kalamazoo, for Julie L. Swabash. Speaker Law Firm, PLLC (by Liisa R. Speaker and Jodi M. Latuszek), Lansing, for amici curiae the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Howard & Howard Attorneys, PC (by ...

Sinicropi v. Mazurek

... 232, 241, 86 NW2d 336 (1957). Here, the trial court drew on virtually all the traditional equitable principles applicable in family-law cases: the best interest of the child, the fitness of the competing parents, and the past relationships of the parties. ...

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Lynnann E Bullard

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FOSTER CHILD

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TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO)

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SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Johnson Family Ltd. Partnership v. White Pine Wireless, LLC

Estes v. Titus

Sinicropi v. Mazurek

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