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Matthew X. Hauser
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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
2. AboutVandervoort, Christ & Fisher, P.C.
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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: 37 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

Thomas D. Swisher

Other, Gift Taxation, Family Law, Elder Law

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 39 Years

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213 Pennsylvania Ave, Dowagiac, MI 49047

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

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

Richard K. Burnham

Criminal, Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody

Status: Inactive Licensed: 59 Years

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303 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

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

ACCOMPANYING RELATIVE

An immediate family member of someone who immigrates to the United States. In most cases, a person who is eligible to receive some type of visa or green card ca... (more...)

An immediate family member of someone who immigrates to the United States. In most cases, a person who is eligible to receive some type of visa or green card can also obtain green cards or similar visas for accompanying relatives. Accompanying relatives include spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21.

GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE

Someone appointed by a court to care for the property of a minor child that is not supervised by an adult under some other legal method, such as a trust. A guar... (more...)

Someone appointed by a court to care for the property of a minor child that is not supervised by an adult under some other legal method, such as a trust. A guardian of the estate may also be called a 'property guardian' or 'financial guardian.' See also guardian.

CRUELTY

Any act of inflicting unnecessary emotional or physical pain. Cruelty or mental cruelty is the most frequently used fault ground for divorce because as a practi... (more...)

Any act of inflicting unnecessary emotional or physical pain. Cruelty or mental cruelty is the most frequently used fault ground for divorce because as a practical matter, courts will accept minor wrongs or disagreements as sufficient evidence of cruelty to justify the divorce.

UNCONTESTED DIVORCE

A divorce automatically granted by a court when the spouse who is served with a summons and complaint for divorce fails to file a formal response with the court... (more...)

A divorce automatically granted by a court when the spouse who is served with a summons and complaint for divorce fails to file a formal response with the court. Many divorces proceed this way when the spouses have worked everything out and there's no reason for both to go to court -- and pay the court costs.

SEPARATION

A situation in which the partners in a married couple live apart. Spouses are said to be living apart if they no longer reside in the same dwelling, even though... (more...)

A situation in which the partners in a married couple live apart. Spouses are said to be living apart if they no longer reside in the same dwelling, even though they may continue their relationship. A legal separation results when the parties separate and a court rules on the division of property, such as alimony or child support -- but does not grant a divorce.

PALIMONY

A non-legal term coined by journalists to describe the division of property or alimony-like support given by one member of an unmarried couple to the other afte... (more...)

A non-legal term coined by journalists to describe the division of property or alimony-like support given by one member of an unmarried couple to the other after they break up.

MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME

An annual income figure for which there are as many families with incomes below that level as there are above that level. The Census Bureau publishes median fam... (more...)

An annual income figure for which there are as many families with incomes below that level as there are above that level. The Census Bureau publishes median family income figures for each state and for different family sizes. A debtor whose current monthly income is higher than the median family income in his or her state must pass the means test in order to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and must commit all disposable income to a five-year repayment plan if filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

STEPCHILD

A child born to your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you adopt the child, he or she is legally treated just like a biological ... (more...)

A child born to your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you adopt the child, he or she is legally treated just like a biological offspring. Under the Uniform Probate Code, followed in some states, a stepchild belongs in the same class as a biological child and will inherit property left 'to my children.' In other states, a stepchild is not treated like a biological child unless he or she can prove that the parental relationship was established when he or she was a minor and that adoption would have occurred but for some legal obstacle.

FAMILY COURT

A separate court, or more likely a separate division of the regular state trial court, that considers only cases involving divorce (dissolution of marriage), ch... (more...)

A separate court, or more likely a separate division of the regular state trial court, that considers only cases involving divorce (dissolution of marriage), child custody and support, guardianship, adoption, and other cases having to do with family-related issues, including the issuance of restraining orders in domestic violence cases.

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

Theresa J. Cypher

Thomas D. Swisher

Kelly L. Page

Kathleen M. Brickley

Jeffrey J. Dufon

Richard K. Burnham

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ACCOMPANYING RELATIVE

GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE

CRUELTY

UNCONTESTED DIVORCE

SEPARATION

PALIMONY

MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME

STEPCHILD

FAMILY COURT

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

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

Estes v. Titus

Sinicropi v. Mazurek

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