Oftentimes in divorce and custody, the emphasis is on how to get evidence. You need to have documentary evidence your ex-spouse is doing something wrong. How do you do it? Can I secretly record my ex-spouse for evidence? You have to be careful about this. Different jurisdictions have different rules for how you can gather evidence. In Michigan, it is legal to record your own conversation. If you're recording your conversation with your ex-spouse, that is legal. You don't need your ex-spouse's permission to do so. This is from a legal standpoint. If you are recording your ex-spouse's conversation with a partner, this becomes illegal. For that, you need to have certain permission. It is the same thing when the federal government gets a warrant for wiretapping.  In the case of your ex-spouse, even if you're permitted, should you be recording? You should realize that recording is a form of invasion of privacy. Your ex-spouse may never talk to you again. Understand that even if it is allowed by law, there will be implications.

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How is your ex-spouse spending parenting time with the children? You have custody. Your ex-spouse picks up the child and leaves the child with Grandma. Your ex-spouse has parenting time and leaves the child with the uncle. Your ex-spouse never spends time with the child. You want to terminate your ex-spouse's parenting time. Can you do it? The initial reaction will be no. You can't do it. It's none of your business. You do your thing in your own parenting time. Your ex-spouse can do their own thing in their parenting time. If your ex-spouse brings your child to someone smoking weed all the time, that's no good. If your child is put in harm's way during your ex-spouse's parenting time, that's no good either. At this point, you should have your attorney file a motion to inform the court. Inform the court about your ex-spouse's parenting time situation. The court won't know unless you bring the parenting time issues to their attention. Your motivation should be in the best interest of the child and not your ego. The court will support the motion because it is in the best interest of the child. The court is not interested in protecting your ego.

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You're sending the child to a school near you. It's convenient for the co-parent and it's convenient for you. It's a good school. The other parent objects and does not agree with your choice. Who gets to make that choice, that decision? If you're the parent with physical and legal custody, you don't need your co-parent to agree. If both of you share legal custody, both of you need to agree on the choice of school. With joint legal custody, the law provides both of you the authority to make decisions for the child. It includes deciding on matters like education. If you have joint legal custody and you can't agree, the court will make that decision for you. It will be based on statutory factors that best serve the interest of the child. You need to make your attorney file the motion. A motion must be filed for the court to determine the choice of school. If the other parent is objecting to the choice of the school, that parent must have a better option and reasons. Your choice of school is convenient for both parties, it is a better school system and has an affordable program. The school has fewer drugs and less delinquency. The court will decide against the parent objecting to the choice.

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Can dating affect my divorce or custody case? There are legal issues as well as practical issues. In a divorce scenario, did you contribute to the breakdown of the marriage? If you're getting a divorce, then there's already a breakdown of the marriage. Whether you date or not, the court won't really care. The court will say that people of the opposite gender should not stay overnight if they have children. There may be issues. The court often will not take that against you. One of the factors in a custody case is moral fitness. Your dating may cause problems with getting along with a co-parent. It may take an emotional toll on the children. The court may not tell you not to do it. It may not take a position on dating at all. You have to always consider the emotional toll on your children.

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What are the red flags to watch for when hiring a lawyer? You feel you need a lawyer for your divorce case or your custody case.  You need one. You have to have one because you won't be able to do it alone. How do you find the right lawyer for you? You're talking to your lawyer and your lawyer isn't listening. The lawyer seems to be busy with other things (instead of taking notes). Your lawyer is answering phones and making you feel you're getting in the way. That is not the lawyer you want. It's a red flag. Your lawyer is going to be your advocate, your "mouthpiece" in the court. Your voice in the courtroom. Your lawyer should have good communication skills. If your lawyer is not communicating well with you in their office, that lawyer will not be good in court. That lawyer will not be able to communicate under the stress of a court proceeding. It's another red flag. What is important is your vision of the case and your strategy. Do your vision and strategy match those your lawyer is proposing for your case? If it doesn't, move on and find another lawyer. Your lawyer can be aggressive but being aggressive does not mean being a jerk. Being aggressive in your case should mean believing the vision of your case. Asserting it strongly to the court. Find a lawyer who can establish a workable relationship with your ex-spouse. At Goldman & Associates Law Firm we work with clients who envision something reasonable, something fair. If this matches your vision we're willing to work with you.

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You hear this all the time. "Don't put your kids in the middle!" How can they not be in the middle? In a divorce with children, they are front and center. How can they not be in the middle of your divorce? What it really boils down to is not using the children as leverage in your divorce. You need to avoid getting your children into decisions that don't really involve them. Don't spin your financial situation with the children. Talk to your spouse or file a motion in court. Don't involve your children in financial discussions. It will help if parents can have a mutual agreement about expenses. They have to agree on what they are going to spend money on or what they will not spend their money on. Parents need to have a collaborative effort to work together on financial matters. A mutually agreed financial plan will avoid having children being used as pawns and getting caught in the middle.

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How do we handle co-parenting expenses? People spend a lot of their time isolating who's going to get custody. Trying to figure out when Mom is going to see the kids or when Dad is going to see the kids. The expenses associated with that don't get the same press. There's often glossing over the expense. If Mom and Dad are living two blocks from each other, expenses may not be too important. But, when one Mon lives in one county and Dad lives in another, you will have logistical issues. Arranging to pick up and drop off children becomes an issue. The related expenses may become significant over the course of a year. This may not just be a question of the financial expense of transportation. Your children may have expensive hobbies. It also becomes significant if one parent has custody and the other parent has scheduled visits. Parents will have to be transparent about their financial situation. Parents oftentimes don't want to tell each other how much money is at their disposal. Having transparent discussions about finances can help parents work something out. They can agree on a joint budget. At the end of the day, the court will equitably decide on child support based on the child's best interest.

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You got the whole thing work out on custody and parenting time. You got the custody split. You got the parenting time split. Do we still need to give child support? Parents can agree on a workable arrangement for custody and parenting time. The court will often go along with it and support it. Agreeing on parenting time and child support does not nullify child support. Yes, it is based on overnights with both mom and dad. It is also based on what mom and dad make. If one is making more money than the other, the one making less gets the support. There can be a time child support there will not be provided. This is if both parents make the same amount of money and have exactly the same overnights. What are the odds of that happening? The parents have the same jobs, the same shift, and make the same money. Even in this scenario, if the parent is not exercising 50/50 custody, this can change child support. You still need to inform the court of the reality of your current situation.

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Is there such a thing as a successful divorce? Is there a key to it? Divorces are not really won or lost. It's not like you're giving something to someone who had nothing before. In divorce cases, when it comes to things or money, you're trying to divide fairly what is already there. The parties already have it. The question is are we dividing it appropriately and fairly? Do we know all and have made sure the assets are allocated? It's not really a question of winning the divorce. The concept is, do we have a peaceful divorce? Do we have a divorce where at the end of it we focus on the big picture? Will we survive it? It's like surgery. You have something removed. What will your healing process be? Is it going to be uneventful? Like divorce, how will the post-divorce process be? You will have to focus on the process of healing. Find a lawyer who has the same vision of how your divorce should be to find that peaceful divorce.

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People have different perceptions of what a lawyer should be. Depending on who you talk to and their experiences, you'll get different impressions. Some think lawyers are a parade of people with leather briefcases and vested suits. Some view lawyers as old gray-haired guys. Some think good lawyers as very aggressive. The best thing to remember about selecting a lawyer. Gamesmanship is a very poor substitute for intellect in a divorce case. Aggressiveness in lawyers is not something you can turn on and off like a light switch. The real pre-eminent lawyers are the most decent and the fairest ones in the room. They are the ones who take the more balanced approach to things. You don't want a lawyer holding the other party's throat under a heel. You're spending the next months after the divorce with no cooperation from the other side. You need to have a working relationship with the other party after the divorce. Find a lawyer who shares your vision of the outcome.

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