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MICHIGAN
FAMILY LAW JOURNAL
A PubliCAtioN of the stAte bAr of miChiGAN fAmily lAW seCtioN • hoN. riChArd b. hAllorAN, ChAir
editors iN Chief: ANtheA e. PAPistA & Amy m. sPilmAN
editoriAl boArd: dANiel b. bAtes, sAherA G. housey, shoN Cook & JAmes W. Chryssikos
AssistANt editors: lisA m. dAmPhousse, ryAN m. o’ Neil, shelley r. sPiVACk, kiANA e. l. frANuliC, & Ashish s. Joshi
Volume 46 Number 9 NoVember 2016
Chair Message ....................................................................... 1
By Hon. Richard B. Halloran
....................................................................... 2
By Sahera G. Housey and Ryan M. O’Neil
Mediation matters: Failure is Always an Option .............. 3
By Joseph
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What’s H t! When parties fail to comply w
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prime them for the push/pull required of mediatio
Pensions and retirement accounts are often the la
Parental Alienation: Remedies (Part Two of a Two-
ent. And last but not least, when judges try to d
you to know that while you think you are of an ag
Courts however need not feel helpless in
impairment. Third, growing up apart from and
“safe house” in Missouri, dyed the children’s hai
7 Michele Lowrance, A Judge’s Perspective
Remedies for Victims of School-Related Stalking:
districts, colleges, and universities” receiving
the individual on probation, recommend counseling
The Case of the Issue SuSana E. narvaEz TEran, Pl
Attorne
Changing Needs, Changing Courts: The Genesee Coun
pleting the stipulated form waiving the tradition
Professor Lex By Harvey I. Hauer and Mark A. Sno
(2) the husband must express a desire to have par
The Family Law Section Great Lakes Honor Roll S
The Family Law Section GREAT LAKES HONOR ROLL The
TAX TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Federal Income Tax F
ried, she must enter ex- husband’s SSN at the bot
“The Clock is Ticking” – Dates and Deadlines in t
Federal Benefits, Negotiations and Advocacy I
6* See 10 U.S.C. §§ 1408(d) & 1408(e) and
FEB 23 Handling Child Custody, Child Support & Pa
The “Simple” Division Of Defined Contribution Ret
the Alternate Payee will receive $50,000 (50% x $
Selected Recent Appellate Decisions (Summarized b
pm t le nges 16 son ht. The
Thereafter, father filed a motion to disqualify t
question. Wife requested that husband be ordered
renter in the Novi home. He also responded that h
Family Law Political Action Committee In 199
Legislative Update By Stephanie Johnson, Lobbyis
FAMILY LAW SECTION Family by K
Michigan Family Law Journal Family Law Section St