English
EspañolOn our Michigan Custody page, we created the new subsection Steps to file for custody, which reorganized the steps into six separate questions, making it easier for users to find the information they need:
- Considerations before filing
- Step 1: Prepare for the case
- Step 2: File and serve the custody petition
- Step 3: Preliminary court dates
- Step 4: Reach an agreement or go to trial
- Step 5: Options if you disagree with the order
These questions explain the usual stages in a custody case and cross-link to other relevant information on our website.
We also reorganized the page to make it easier for users to find the information they are looking for by doing the following:
- We moved the questions Can a parent who committed violence get custody or parenting time?, Can a parent who was convicted of sexual assault get custody or parenting time?, and Can a grandparent file for grandparenting time? to the new subsection called Who can get custody or parenting time; and
- We renamed the subsection formerly called “Establishing custody and visitation rights” to How the custody process works, to use simpler language and to distinguish it from the new Steps to file for custody subsection
In addition, in the question Can a parent who committed violence get custody or parenting time?, we replaced the word “visitation” with “parenting time,” which is the term used in Michigan. Changes made in English and Spanish!
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On our Michigan Custody page, we created the new subsection Steps to file for custody, which reorganized the steps into six separate questions, making it easier for users to find the information they need:
- Considerations before filing
- Step 1: Prepare for the case
- Step 2: File and serve the custody petition
- Step 3: Preliminary court dates
- Step 4: Reach an agreement or go to trial
- Step 5: Options if you disagree with the order
These questions explain the usual stages in a custody case and cross-link to other relevant information on our website.
We also reorganized the page to make it easier for users to find the information they are looking for by doing the following:
- We moved the questions Can a parent who committed violence get custody or parenting time?, Can a parent who was convicted of sexual assault get custody or parenting time?, and Can a grandparent file for grandparenting time? to the new subsection called Who can get custody or parenting time; and
- We renamed the subsection formerly called “Establishing custody and visitation rights” to How the custody process works, to use simpler language and to distinguish it from the new Steps to file for custody subsection
In addition, in the question Can a parent who committed violence get custody or parenting time?, we replaced the word “visitation” with “parenting time,” which is the term used in Michigan. Changes made in English and Spanish!
