by Van Den Heuvel Law Office Purchasing a vehicle should be an exciting time. Learning later that the car you purchased was stolen at the time, though, will greatly dampen that excitement. Instead of thinking about how much easier a vehicle will make your life, you will now be consumed with thoughts of what may happen […]

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by Van Den Heuvel Law Office Step-Parent Adoptions are not all the same. Before we start an indepth conversation, we need to discuss when a parent is “Putative”, or assumed to be the child’s parent, versus when there is an established parent. Easy Mistakes courts make in step-parent adoption: If the putative father attends the Hearing […]

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by Van Den Heuvel Law Office Everyone knows that divorce is expensive. If you are thinking about ending your marriage, or the process has already started, you may be wondering how you are going to support yourself. In Michigan, you can ask your spouse or the court for spousal support, also known as alimony, if you think […]

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