The first thing to remember when considering fostering or adopting a child in Oakland County, is the fact that foster care is meant to be temporary, while adoption is meant to be permanent. Because of the temporary nature of fostering children, it isn’t recommended for a Michigan foster parent to expect to be able to…
It is a commonly accepted “truth” that the children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced themselves. After all, with rising divorce rates here in Michigan and all over the US, and the fact that children learn behaviors and lifestyles from their parents, this would seem an incontrovertible truth. As it turns out,…
Welcome back. In our previous article we discussed a few tax tips for alimony, spousal IRAs and even name changes. This week we share with you some pointers about Health Care Laws that you may need to consider during tax season. However, before we begin we remind our readers that both health care laws and…
A few weeks ago we provided our readers with a two part list full of tax tips for parents. That blog focused on things like claiming dependents and the child tax credit. However, these tips aren’t much good for people who aren’t married and don’t have children. So with that in mind, we have compiled…
