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M I C H IG A N FAMILY LAW JOURNAL A PUBLICATION OF THE STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN FAMILY LAW SECTION • HON. RICHARD B. HALLORAN, CHAIR EDITORS IN CHIEF: ANTHEA E. PAPISTA & AMY M. SPILMAN EDITORIAL BOARD: DANIEL B. BATES, SAHERA G. HOUSEY, SHON COOK & JAMES W. CHRYSSIKOS ASSISTANT EDITORS: LISA M. DAMPHOUSSE, RYAN M. O’ NEIL, SHELLEY R. SPIVACK, KIANA E. L. FRANULIC, & ASHISH S. JOSHI VOLUME 47 NUMBER 5 MAY 2017 C M ................................................................................ 1 By Hon. Richard B. Halloran, Family Law Section Chair 2016-2017 ............................................................................2 By Sahera Housey and Ryan M. O’Neil J S O B I W P A O C .................................................................................... 3 By Hon. David Newblatt W M D’ W ......................................................5 By Shon Cook T I D : T I D A H R I T ...........................................8 By Melissa Baumgartner N- P (D’ C R P) 12 By Danielle J. Hagaman-Clark T C I ...................................................................15 By Henry S. Gornbein P L ................................................................................17 By Harvey I. Hauer and Mark A. Snover T P R .................................................19 By Joshua Pease V S M I L P S F .................................................................................22 By Joseph W. Cunningham M S : A C I I ....... 24 By Mark E. Sullivan R P U C ................................ 26 Summarized by the State Bar Family Law Council Amicus Committee Members L U ....................................................................... 32 By Stephanie Johnson O A : FOC P C T Y L S ............................................................................ 34 Advertise in the M I C H IG A N FAMILY LAW JOURNAL Ten times per year, the Michigan Family Law Journal S B M reaches: Family Law Section • Over 3,000 State Bar of Michigan members directly • Various courts and law libraries • Specialized nancial professionals • State and local public ofcials Mission Your ad for services or products – or your political ad – targets people you want most and need to reach. The Family Law Section of the State Bar of Cost of ad per issue: $350 –full page Michigan provides education, information, $200-half page $175-quarter page and analysis about issues of concern $100-eighth page through meetings, seminars, its website, Prepayment for 10 issues receives a 5% discount public service programs, and publication For details contact: Kristen L. Robinson of a newsletter. Membership in the Section c/o Mellin Robinson, PC is open to all members of the State Bar of 1755 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, MI 48084 Michigan. Telephone: (248) 614-9005 Fax: (248) 614-9095 List of Council Meetings* June 3, 2017 *All regular, monthly Council meetings start at 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays University Club, Lansing and are preceded by a breakfast buffet starting at 9:00 a.m. The Annual Meeting customarily starts at 9:00 a.m. with breakfast buffet at 8:30 a.m. Family Law Section members who are not Council members are welcome September 28, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at all Council meetings. However, if you know you are going to attend a Cobo Hall, Detroit meeting, kindly send an e-mail in advance so we are sure to have plenty of space and food. If a presenter or member wishes access to audio-video equipment, please let us know 7 days in advance. —Hon. Richard B. Halloran; [email protected] 2016-2017 Family Law Section Officers and Council Members Chair: Expires 2017 Expires 2018 Expires 2019 Hon. Richard B. Halloran Shon Cook Daniel B. Bates Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer Chair-Elect: Hon. Richard B. Halloran James W. Chryssikos J. Matthew Catchick, Jr. Kent L. Weichmann Shelley A. Kester Christopher J. Harrington Sahera G. Housey Treasurer: Mathew Kobliska Kristen L. Robinson Jennifer Johnsen Robert Charles Treat, Jr. Vanessa Marie Moss-Wilson Corresponding Secretary: Robert Charles Treat, Jr. Peter Michael Kulas Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer Steven D. Reinheimer Randall L. Velzen Anthea E. Papista Recording Secretary: Amy M. Spilman Hon. Tina M. Yost Kent L. Weichmann Sahera G. Housey To update L A Family Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award Winners ...............................................7 Kristen L. Robinson, Mellin Robinson PC—Family Law Mediation ...............................10 ICLE—Family Law Certicate Program ..........................................................................11 Henry Gornbein, Lippitt O’Keefe Gornbein, PLLC —Family Law Mediation................16 Scott Bassett—Michigan Family Law Appeals ................................................................18 Troy Psychotherapy .........................................................................................................19 Great Lakes Honor Roll ..................................................................................................20 Family Law Section Summer Conference—Register Now! ...............................................23 Laurel Stuart-Fink, PLLC—Domestic Relations Appeals .................................................28 Attorney Robert Treat, QDROExpress LLC ...................................................................29 Family Law Political Action Committee ..........................................................................31 Letters to the Editor The Michigan Family Law Journal welcomes letters to the Editor. Typed letters are preferred; all may be edited. Each letter must include name, home address and daytime phone number. Please submit your letters, in Word format, to the Chair of the Family Law Section, Hon. Richard B. Halloran, c/o State Bar of Michigan, Michael Franck Building, 306 Townsend Street, Lansing, MI 48933, [email protected] The Michigan Family Law Journal Endeavors to Establish and Maintain Excellence in Our Service to the Family Law Bench and Bar and Those Persons They Serve. Co-Editors in Chief: Anthea E. Papista • Amy M. Spilman Editorial Board: Co-Editors of Outside Articles: Daniel B. Bates • Sahera G. Housey James W. Chryssikos • Amy M. Spilman Shon Cook • James W. Chryssikos Hot Topics Co-Editors: Assistant Editors: Sahera G. Housey • Ryan M. O’Neil Lisa M. Damphousse • Ryan M. O’ Neil Shelley R. Spivack • Kiana E. L. Franulic • Ashish S. Joshi The views, opinions and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reect the position or opinion of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. FAMILY LAW SECTION “LISTSERV” (E-mail Discussion Group) The Family Law Section sponsors a “listserv,” which is “geek-speak” for an e-mail discussion group. To be eligible to join, you must be a member of the Family Law Section or be a Michigan judge. If you are eligible and wish to participate (it is a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and solve problems, not to mention communicating with many ne colleagues), you may initiate your subscription to the Familylaw listserv by going to http://groups.michbar.org/ and click on FamilyLaw. Once there, ll out the form under “Subscribing to FamilyLaw” and follow the instructions. If you have questions, contact Elizabeth A. Sadowski at [email protected], or call her at (248) 652-4000. To All Prospective Family Law Journal Authors: On behalf of the Family Law Council, we are encouraging our membership and readers to consider submitting an article to the Family Law Journal. Article Contact Person: The primary contact person at the State Bar for Journal articles is Sue Oudsema (517) 367-6423 and [email protected]. Article submissions should be e-mailed to Sue in Word format. Please carbon copy Anthea Papista ([email protected]) and Amy Spilman (spilman@ emsfamilylaw.com) and write “Article for the Family Law Journal” in the subject line when you submit your article. Article Due Date is One Month in Advance: Please submit your articles to Sue Oudsema at her email address above no later than the 15th day of the month preceding the next publication. In other words, if you wish to have your article considered for publication in Februrary, please have your article to us by January 15th. There are ten (10) published Family Law Journal issues each year. June/July and August/September are combined issues. Formatting and Links: Consistent with the State Bar Journal’s practice, our formatting resource guide is The Chicago Manual of Style (see www.chicagomanualofstyle.org). Please use endnotes for citations. Feel free to include links in your endnotes, which will permit the reader to click and then be directed to the original source or reference. Peer Reviewed: Authors are expected to have engaged another attorney to carefully review, critique, and edit articles before sending to the Family Law Journal for consideration. Bio & a Picture Please: All authors are requested to submit a short biography not to exceed 100 words (similar to the Bar Journal) and photo to Sue in conjunction with your article. Please Notify: If you are a first time author and wish to submit an article for possible publication, please advise Anthea Papista or Amy Spilman. Please include a detailed description of your topic. Editorial Board Discretion: The Editorial Board reserves the right to accept, reject, and edit all submitted articles and Letters to the Editor. We shall endeavor to communicate any necessary substantive changes to the author in advance of publication. Very