On February 5, 2015, a group of 21 lawmakers in Lansing introduced House Bill 4141 to the State Legislature.  If passed, this bill will modify Michigan’s existing Child Custody Act of 1970 by making it effectively automatic that parents in a divorce or child custody dispute will share joint custody and have substantially equal parenting time with their children.  At first blush, this seems to many like a noble purpose and is sensible. But very little in this bill is actually designed around … [Read more...]