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<br /> MICHIGAN<br /> FAMILY LAW JOURNAL<br /> A PublicAtion of the StAte bAr of MichigAn fAMily lAw Section • hon. richArd b. hAllorAn, chAir<br /> editorS in chief: AntheA e. PAPiStA & AMy M. SPilMAn<br /> editoriAl boArd: dAniel b. bAteS, SAherA g. houSey, Shon cook & JAMeS w. chrySSikoS<br /> ASSiStAnt editorS: liSA M. dAMPhouSSe, ryAn M. o’ neil, Shelley r. SPivAck, kiAnA e. l. frAnulic, & AShiSh S. JoShi<br /> voluMe 47 nuMber 4 APril 2017<br /> Chair Message ................................................................................ 1<br /> By Hon. Richard B. Halloran, Family Law Section Chair 2016-2017<br /> ............................................................................ 2<br /> By Sahera Housey and Ryan M. 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Tax Issues in Family Law: </a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=7"> MEDIATION MATTERS That’s One Way of Doing It: Sh</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=8"> Do You Know a Teenager or Young Adult STRUGGLING </a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=9"> FUNDAMENTALLY SPEAKING In Lieu of Alimony By Da</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=10"> be lower than ordinary income tax. (See: IRS Publ</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=11"> FAMILY LAW CERTIFICATE PROGRAM Developed in coope</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=12"> Recent Amendment Highlights Courts’ Authority to </a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=13"> and as a way to isolate a victim from sources of </a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=14"> act of cruelty or violence, if we can spare one f</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=15"> Joint Physical Custody as it Relates to Michigan </a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=16"> The 2017 Michigan Child Support Formula Alters Tr</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=17"> tion of our Formula is mandatory, and that the Fo</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=18"> (2) When exercising discretion and trying to</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=19"> the event of a future modification. Without prope</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=20"> 13 461 Mich 637, 610 NW2d 873, 2000 Mich LEXIS 5</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=21"> The Case of the Issue Vanessa Ozimek, Plaintiff-a</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=22"> The addition of legal custody is not to be a</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=23"> Professor Lex By Harvey I. Hauer and Mark A. Sno</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=24"> from the Michigan Child Support Formula, in excha</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=25"> CHILDREN’S PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASES Potential O</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=26"> The Family Law Section Great Lakes Honor Roll S</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=27"> The Family Law Section GREAT LAKES HONOR ROLL The</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=28"> TAX TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Estimated Tax Paymen</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=29"> Tax Refunds and Overpayments Applied to Next Year</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=30"> Fixing the Frozen Benefit Award (Part Three of a </a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=31"> eficial for the parties since it results in a com</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=32"> cases or whether counsel will still have to retri</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=33"> </a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=34"> Pensions and retirement accounts are often the la</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=35"> Off the Record: Hon. Eric W. Cholack Nam</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=36"> Guidelines for Requesting Appearance of the Famil</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=37"> Family Law Political Action Committee In 199</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=38"> Legislative Update By Stephanie Johnson, Lobbyis</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=39"> FLS Bill Tracking Below is legislation t</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=40"> HB 4386—CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Sentencing Guideli</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=41"> Out & About: The Court Rules and Family Court - O</a> <a title="Family Law Journal - April 2017 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1b5cc3a8?page=42"> Michigan Family Law Journal Family Law Section St</a>