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Family-Lawyer Tips: 3 Signs You May Be Heading for a Divorce

Until recently, most people believed that approximately 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. As it turns out, that figure is slightly exaggerated, but that’s not to say the divorce rate isn’t extremely high. According to the Centers…

Police Crack Down on Drunk Driving, and Other DUI-Attorney News

How many people do you think drink and drive every week in Michigan? According to Michigan police, approximately 150 people received DUI charges each week during a three-week crackdown, totaling 451 DUIs. The effort ended on April 7 and is…

Family-Lawyer Tips: 3 Signs of Divorce

The divorces in movies and on television often give us a skewed perception of how a marriage really comes to an end. In popular culture, divorces come after a single unforgivable transgression. In many cases, this involves adultery, or some…

3 Ways To Help Your Child Through Your Divorce

Even in the best situations, divorce is painful and difficult, but it can still end up strengthening ties between children and parents. In the worst situations, divorce tears families apart and damages the children’s relationships with both…

Financially Prepare For Your Divorce

What is the single best tip for getting a divorce that anyone can give you? If you ask a family lawyer, you’ll probably hear, “get your finances in order.” What does that really entail, though? Essentially, it means you need to know everything…

Building The Perfect Post-Divorce Bucket List

During your divorce, all of your focus is likely to be on the process of divorcing. The stakes are high, emotionally and materially, meaning your thoughts and your days will likely be spent on obsessing about the proceedings. Many popular divorce…

3 Hidden Benefits Of Divorce That You Might Not Know

Getting divorced often entails high amounts of stress and emotional turmoil. It’s easy to focus only on the negative aspects of a split, but it can pay to keep your mind on the benefits of your divorce. Besides the obvious positives for many…

3 Child-Custody FAQs

Throughout most divorces, there are many different issues that will need to be resolved by the court, but child custody is often the topic that receives the most attention and causes the most tension. Determining exactly how a divorce will affect…

3 Alimony FAQs Answered

Spousal support (alimony) is one of the most complex parts of a divorce, and not many couples go into a separation knowing exactly what to expect. As such, most people have questions about how much they can receive, how that number is determined…

About Life After Divorce

After a long-term marriage comes to an end, people often feel the sting of failure and discouragement about dating again. Oftentimes, divorcees are afraid that they have nothing left to offer or they have grown too old to return to the dating…

3 Divorce Tips

As common as divorce is, you might think that it is a straightforward and smooth process that requires little serious preparation. Many people go into their divorce without adequately preparing, and they often find it very difficult to get through.…

Questions People Frequently Ask

While it takes a great deal of time and study to learn the intricacies of Michigan family law, the anatomy of a typical child custody case is fairly easy to understand. At the Law Offices of Stuart R. Shafer, P.C., we have nearly four decades…