Family Law Journal – The Enforcer Column
By David Findling, Attorney at Law
Since 2006, David Findling has been writing a monthly column, The Enforcer, for the Family Law Journal. Click on article titles below to read and/or download in PDF format.
2013
August/September Comity is Not Funny
April “It may not be as it appears” – Unlisted debts not discharged in bankruptcy.
March PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS: PURPOSE AND ENFORCEMENT
2012
December COULD MY ATTORNEY FEES BE A DOMESTIC SUPPORT OBLIGATION?
November Suhar v. Bruno: Does The Division Of Liabilities Matter In Determining Reasonable Equivalency
August/September PROPERTY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS OF DIVORCE
April IT SOUNDS APPEALING
February Foreclosure Of A Lien For Unpaid Support
January Do You Trust Me?
2011
December Fraud claims during divorce
November ATTORNEY FEES UNDER MCR 3.206(C) AND FILING A BANKRUPTCY TO PREVENT ENTRY OF A JUDGMENT OF DIVORCE
August/September Judgments Statute of Limitations
June/July Right to Counsel for Contempt Proceedings Involving Support
May Pay Me from My Ex’s LLC: Part II
April Bankruptcy and Divorce- A Likely Pair
March Pay Me From My Ex’s LLC
February Can a Lien Created by a Judgment of Divorce be Avoided in Bankruptcy
January Protecting Your Client When Her Spouse Files Chapter 13, Part II
2010
December Protecting Your Client When Her Spouse Files Chapter 13
November ETP – Marital Property Outside Michigan’s Borders
October Mahesh v. Mills The Battle Between an Attorney’s Charging Lien and a Setoff
August/September Judgment Lien vs. Judgment Lien
June/July May I Proceed with a Contempt Hearing Against a Party who has Filed for Bankruptcy
May Lack of Perfection
April Attorney fees by QDRO
March Felony Non-Support and the Crime Victim’s Rights Act
February Are Attorney Fees Payable from my Client’s Support Payments
January The Dischargeability of Attorney Fees
2009
December Did Your Client give his Ex-Wife an Unintended Gift
November Spouses Who Play Hide and Seek with their Assets
October Property Held as Tenancy by the Entireties
September Attorney Fees and the Evidentiary Hearing
June/July Anticipating Post Judgment Bliss
April Set with Met – Think Again
March If He’s Broke, How Can We Fix It
February What Happens if Daddy’s Gone to Canada
January Who You Gonna Call
2008
December Estes v. Titus – An Arrow in the Creditor’s Quiver
October Changes to 11 USC §523(a)(15) under BAPCPA
August/September The Court Granted My Divorce, Am I still Attached
June/July Give Me Liberty and Drop Dead Death and Divorce
May Tenancy by the Entirety in the Wake of Craft- Consequences for Divorce Judgments
April Uh Oh , The Other Side Filed for Bankruptcy
March The Michigan Judgment Lien Act
February Why Can’t you Get Blood from a Stone-Reasons Why Parents Don’t Pay Support
January Up The Creek Without A Passport
2007
December Fighting Back-Tort Claims in Divorce
November Give Me Security and Satisfaction: the JOD & the UCC
October Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Wherever He Laid His Hat Was His Home
August/September Workers Compensation and Child Support
July Why was my paycheck only for one dollar?
April Life Estates, Remainders and Future Interests, Oh My!
March What do You Mean They Took My Hunting License?
February Support and Property Settlements Under the New Bankruptcy Code
January Movers and Shakers
2006
December If We Satisfy His Arrearage, How Am I Going to Get Paid in The Future?
November His Income is The Source of The Problem
October Getting Paid: I’m feeling a Bit Insecure
August/September Do I really Need to Know About Bankruptcy and Domestic Relations? What Every Family Law Practitioner Must Know Regarding the Automatic Stay:Part 1
June/July He Lied About His Assets, Now What?
May I Didn’t Know I Could File a Lien for Unpaid Support