Practice Areas

Our family law focuses on the individual and unique needs of our clients. We can help you protect your rights and strive for a beneficial solution in your case.

Family Law

Alimony/Spousal Support: You can protect your rights and ensure your financial security after a divorce. Seek out knowledgeable legal counsel for the answers to your questions.

Child Support: We defend the rights of our clients to child support or help them seek a modification to an existing child support order where appropriate.

Custody/Visitation: We offer experienced advocacy provided by a highly experienced child custody and visitation rights attorney.

Divorce: Divorce can be complex. We will help you navigate the legal system while defending your rights and the best interests of your family.

Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution: We can help you understand effective methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and can provide experienced legal guidance and advocacy throughout the process.

Grandparent's Rights: The state of Michigan has enacted legislation that provides grandparents the right to seek court-ordered visitation time. However, the circumstances in which visitation time may be ordered are narrow

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Employment Law

Wrongful Discharge: We offer experienced advocacy provided by a highly experienced employment law attorney.

Employment Discrimination: We defend the rights of our clients and help them cope with discriminatory conduct.

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Bankruptcy Law

Chapter 7: In a chapter 7, or liquidation case, the bankruptcy court appoints a trustee to examine the debtor's assets and divide them into exempt and nonexempt property.

Chapter 13: In a chapter 13 case, the debtor puts forward a plan, following the rules set forth in the bankruptcy laws, to repay all creditors over a period of time, usually from future income.

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Estate Planning

Will: A legal declaration by which a person, the testator, names one or more persons to manage his/her estate and provides for the transfer of his/her property at death.

Trusts: A trust is a relationship whereby property (including real, tangible and intangible) is managed by one person (or persons, or organizations) for the benefit of another. A trust is created by a settlor (also known as grantor, or archaically feoffor to uses), who entrusts some or all of their property to people of their choice (the trustees or feoffee to uses).

 

Contact Mark F. Haslem, P.C. , for a free initial consultation with an experienced attorney in Grand Rapids, Michigan.