Deconstructing
the opposition's case
Areas of Practice
Appellate
Appealed, overturned cases in different states, at the District, Circuit and Supreme Courts, and federal courts. For more information, click:
Appeals
Barnet G. LeVine, Esq.
Explaining Family Law
Note: the outer edges of reasonable and best interest represent the outer limits of court approved stipulations (notice, there's both plenty of latitude to consent (stipulate) to terms that exceed the reified bounds of court orders, but they cannot exceed the broadest bounds of "reasonable" and best interest (as both a practical and practice specific note, denial of stipulations is exceptionally rare.
Court order
Presupposes a conflict with something that would harm or endanger a child
Expectations: practical, forgiving of minor things, and work with each other.
Accounts for emergencies, imminent circumstances to depart from court orders (rare)
Reifies concrete rules that are "reasonable" and in the child's best interest, in light of all relevant
circumstances...
Violations can be treated with a host of coercive tools that range from admonishments to show cause hearings contempt findings and sanctions.
"Reasonable"
Best Interest of the child
The term self describes its meaning. And the Michigan legislature offers a host of factors to litigate in the custody modification context and other instances.
Note: the outer edges of reasonable and best interest represent the outer limits of court approved stipulations (notice, there's both plenty of latitude to consent (stipulate) to terms that exceed the reified bounds of court orders, but they cannot exceed the broadest bounds of "reasonable" and best interest (as both a practical and practice specific note, denial of stipulations is exceptionally rare.