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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.
Royal Oak family law matters range from young families dividing a first home to unmarried parents establishing custody to medical professionals with complex compensation. Each needs a different plan.
Free Consultation: (248) 712-1462Royal Oak is a straight drive down Woodward Avenue from our Bloomfield Hills office. The city's family law cases are varied: younger couples with young children and a first home, unmarried parents who need custody and parenting time put into an enforceable order, and couples planning a marriage who want a prenuptial agreement done properly.
Royal Oak is also home to one of the region's largest hospitals, and divorces involving physicians and other medical professionals bring their own issues: practice interests, partnership agreements, and compensation that changes over a career.
Michigan gives an unmarried mother initial custody until a court orders otherwise. An Acknowledgment of Parentage establishes legal fatherhood, but it does not create an enforceable parenting time schedule. Either parent can file a custody action in the Oakland County Circuit Court to put custody, parenting time, and support into an order both parents must follow.
Read more: Fathers' Rights in Oakland CountyParenting time for infants and toddlers looks different from schedules for school-age children: shorter, more frequent time with each parent, adjusted as the children grow. A good order anticipates those steps rather than requiring a return to court at each stage. Royal Oak children typically attend Royal Oak Schools or nearby districts, and the order should be ready for the transition to school.
Read more: Child Custody in Oakland CountyMichigan courts enforce a prenuptial agreement unless it was obtained through fraud, duress, or nondisclosure of material facts, was unconscionable when signed, or circumstances have changed so much since signing that enforcing it would be unfair and unreasonable. For a physician or other professional, a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement can define how a practice interest and future earnings will be treated before those questions become adversarial. Agreements signed in the final days before a wedding, or without each party's own counsel, invite challenges.
Read more: Prenuptial Agreements in MichiganFiled 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.
Criminal, OWI, and traffic matters arising in Royal Oak are heard at the 44th District Court in Royal Oak, which serves Royal Oak and Berkley. 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 Royal Oak 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.
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Not until paternity is established and a court enters an order. An Acknowledgment of Parentage makes a man the legal father, but parenting time is enforceable only once it is in a court order, which requires filing a custody action.
Well before the wedding. Michigan courts consider whether the agreement was signed voluntarily and with full disclosure. Giving the other party time to review it with independent counsel is one of the best protections against a later challenge.
In the Oakland County Circuit Court, Family Division, in Pontiac. Royal Oak criminal and traffic matters are heard at the 44th District Court in Royal Oak.
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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