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Jordan Dizik
Super Lawyers honoree every year since 2015 and a 3× DBusiness Top Lawyer in family law. Jordan handles Oakland County divorce and custody matters at every level of complexity, including high-asset estates.
Our office is on Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills. Divorces here often involve a family business, executive compensation, and a home that carries as much emotional weight as financial value. We build those cases with the detail they require.
Free Consultation: (248) 712-1462Dizik | Kaplan practices from 41100 Woodward Ave., Ste. 200, in Bloomfield Hills. Many of the families we represent live a few minutes from the office, in the City of Bloomfield Hills or in Bloomfield Township, where most homes carry a Bloomfield Hills mailing address.
The address matters less than the issues. Bloomfield Hills divorces tend to turn on valuation: what a closely held business is worth, how restricted stock and deferred compensation are divided, whether the marital home should be sold or bought out, and what level of support the marital lifestyle actually supports. Those are questions of evidence and expert work, not form pleadings.
When one spouse owns or co-owns a business, the divorce is partly a valuation case. The marital share of the business, the owner's real income for support purposes, and whether money has been moved or retained inside the company all have to be established with financial records and, often, a forensic accountant.
Restricted stock units, stock options, and deferred compensation raise a different problem: some of it is earned, some is not yet vested, and some was granted to retain the employee after the divorce. Michigan courts allocate these awards based on what they were intended to compensate. Getting the allocation right can be worth more than any other single issue in the case.
Read more: High-Asset Divorce in Oakland CountyFor many Bloomfield Hills families the house is the largest single asset and the hardest one to discuss. The options are a sale, a buyout by one spouse, or a deferred sale while the children finish school. Each depends on a credible appraisal, on whether the spouse keeping the home can refinance on a single income, and on what the other spouse receives to balance the division.
Depending on the address, children in this area may attend Bloomfield Hills Schools, Birmingham Public Schools, or one of the area's private schools. Under joint legal custody, where a child attends school is a major decision both parents share, and it frequently becomes the fault line in a custody dispute.
Private school tuition is not built into Michigan's base child support calculation. If tuition is part of the children's lives, the judgment should say exactly who pays it and for how long.
Filed in the Oakland County Circuit Court, Family Division, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac. Personal protection orders are handled there as well.
The Oakland County Friend of the Court, 230 Elizabeth Lake Rd., Pontiac, investigates and enforces custody, parenting time, and support orders.
The 48th District Court, located in Bloomfield Township, hears misdemeanor, OWI, and traffic cases arising in Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Birmingham, West Bloomfield, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake Village, and Sylvan Lake. Felony cases begin there with arraignment and the preliminary examination before moving to the Oakland County Circuit Court.
Jordan Dizik handles family law matters for Bloomfield Hills residents. When a family case overlaps with a criminal charge, such as a domestic violence arrest during a divorce or a PPO alongside a custody dispute, Josh Kaplan, a former city prosecutor, handles the criminal side, so both cases are planned together.
Divorce · Uncontested Divorce · High-Asset Divorce · Child Custody · Fathers' Rights · Personal Protection Orders
In the Oakland County Circuit Court, Family Division, in Pontiac. Every divorce for an Oakland County resident is filed there, regardless of city or township. Criminal and traffic matters are different: those go to the local district court, which for Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township is the 48th District Court.
Michigan requires at least 60 days from filing to judgment when there are no minor children, and at least six months when there are, although the court can shorten the six-month period in limited circumstances. Contested cases with business valuations or custody disputes usually take longer than the statutory minimum.
The marital portion of a business is part of the marital estate and is divided equitably, which in Michigan does not automatically mean equally. The first fights are usually over what the business is worth and what portion is marital; we address both with financial records and, where needed, an independent valuation.
Super Lawyers honoree every year since 2015 and a 3× DBusiness Top Lawyer in family law. Jordan handles Oakland County divorce and custody matters at every level of complexity, including high-asset estates.
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The first conversation is free and confidential. You will leave it knowing where you stand, what the process looks like in Oakland County, and what to do next.
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