Articles Posted in Family Law

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan family law attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated September 8, 2026. Michigan divides the marital estate equitably and generally leaves each spouse’s separate property alone. Two statutes cut into that second rule, and they do so on grounds that have nothing to do with whether…

By Kelly M. Neumann, a Michigan estate planning attorney and Principal Attorney at Neumann Law Group. Last updated September 8, 2026. A Michigan will can leave a surviving spouse nothing, and the spouse can decline to accept that. The elective share is the mechanism, and it is smaller and more conditional than its reputation. Three…