What You Need to Know About Divorces without Children in Michigan

If you want to be granted a divorce in Michigan, you must fulfill the residency requirements. At least one spouse must reside in the state of Michigan for a minimum of 180 days and be a resident of the county in which they’re filing 10 days prior to filing for divorce.  If both spouses file for divorce in Michigan, the first to file will take priority while the subsequent filing will be dismissed.  

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Avoid Business Disputes with an Experienced Business Attorney in Ann Arbor

Avoiding business disputes involves well planned business strategies and planning. There are specific steps that are recommended, such as having proper corporate documents, defining all parties’ roles and responsibilities in all corporate documents, carefully amending corporate documents and agreements according to new laws and regulations, as well as what the parties wish to accomplish through their business agreements, executing employment agreements with owners, complying with the documented corporate formalities, acting in good faith when exercising business judgment, not misusing business assets, avoiding transactions that create conflicts of interest, such as interested parties and not arms’ length transactions, obtaining consent for any interested-party transactions, defining majority and minority interest holders and outlining their specific capital investments and percent stake interests and voting rights, and just being transparent and documenting actions and transactions clearly and thoroughly. This is not an all-inclusive list, but it certainly provides a good outline of steps to aid in avoiding major disputes and issues that can lead to litigation. 

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What is a Business or Commercial Dispute?

Business and commercial disputes in Michigan are handled through Business Courts, which are specialty dockets created under MCL Section 600.8033 in 2013, and are part of the Circuit Court System in the various Districts. This statute enumerates specific types of business and commercial disputes, and also specifically excludes disputes that don’t fall within these categories. 

MCL 600.833 defines Business or Commercial dispute as:

(i)   An action in which all of the parties are business enterprises, unless the only claims asserted are expressly excluded under subsection (3).

(ii)  An action in which 1 or more of the parties is a business enterprise and the other parties are its or their present or former owners, managers, shareholders, members of a limited liability company or a similar business organization, directors, officers, agents, employees, suppliers, guarantors of a commercial loan, or competitors, and the claims arise out of those relationships.

(iii) An action in which 1 of the parties is a nonprofit organization, and the claims arise out of that party's organizational structure, governance, or finances.

 

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Selling a Property with Unpaid Utility Bills? Find Out What Happens From the Sale

Any unpaid balances due to the utility company would become a lien against the real property and can be enforced against the real property. 

A lien is usually preserved with a Financing statement and by notifying the tax assessing authority to place it on record to be discovered and listed via a Title Search before closing. If a sale, refinancing, or foreclosure occurs, the unpaid balance may  be paid from the proceeds if there’s enough money to cover the lien. If there’s not sufficient proceeds to pay the lien, the lien will be extinguished. 

 

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Utility bills as consumer debt in Bankruptcy

Unlike most consumer debts, water and sewer bills are treated differently as far as being discharged in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.  Any unpaid balances due to the utility company would become a lien against the real property and can be enforced against the real property. 

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What You Need to Know About Mortgage Foreclosure Sales

A mortgage document contains a power of sale clause that has become operative by reason of a default in the condition of the mortgage. The mortgage company hires a debt collector to manage the process by notifying the mortgagee, arranging for the property to be sold through the county Sheriff’s office where the property is located, and post the appropriate auction sale notices on the property, and for publication in the legal newspaper of that county. The Sheriff's office will conduct the sale through an auction where bids are placed starting with a minimum bid of the amount due on the mortgage. Ultimately, the property will be sold to the highest bidder. 

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What is a Mortgage Foreclosure?

Mortgage foreclosure is a non-judicial action to sell a property through an auction facilitated by a county Sheriff’s department. This type of action is commenced by a mortgage company or lender (Mortgagee) when a property owner or borrower (Mortgagor) falls behind in their mortgage payments, doesn’t make any other payment arrangements, and doesn’t wish to keep the property.  Eventually, the account goes into default. 

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It can be very complicated and tricky if you don’t know how to navigate these types of situations. Our competent Real Estate attorneys in Ann Arbor at Pear Sperling Eggan & Daniels, PC, can help you understand this process and file your case. 734-665-4441