What is a michigan separate maintenance agreement?
Separate maintenance is a domestic relations action. A separate maintenance order directs that money be paid by one spouse to the other for support if the couple is no longer living as husband and wife.DefinitionSeparate maintenance is an order directing a spouse to make payments for the support or maintenance of the other spouse under a separation agreement, according to USLegal Definitions.FilingA separate maintenance action is filed in the family division of a Michigan circuit court, like a complaint for divorce.GroundsThe statutory grounds for separate maintenance explain “there has been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.”ResponseThe defendant may respond to an action for separate maintenance by admitting or denying the grounds, or by filing a counterclaim for divorce.JudgmentIf the statutory grounds for separate maintenance are establ
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