You’ve made it through the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Perhaps your season went well, there were no fights about politics, and you got to see the people you love and care for most. Perhaps your season was the exact opposite, and you’re relieved to be past Christmas and New Years, retreating from family gatherings for the foreseeable future. Wherever your holiday fell along that spectrum, if everyone made it out alive, you had a much better holiday than the Hassel family in 2018.

My primary resource in this case is the Michigan Court of Appeals opinion, as well as a few other resources from the Michigan courts. (1)(2)(3)

I also referenced details from WSBT, WNDU (1)(2), YouTube, Gazette.com, NBC News, Fox 17, M Live, AP News, WXII, ABC News (1)(2)(3), ABC 57, Army Times, WZZM, AETV, and information about battered partner syndrome.

 

 

 

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