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I get a lot of calls from people doing there own divorce that thought they would save money and di it themselves. You can do do your own divorce. If you got the court clerk or go to the State of Michigan court website https://www.courts.michigan.gov/SCAO-forms/General-Civil-forms/ you can find a summons and a complaint form. That will will get you started. If you have a short term marriage and no personal property it is probably okay to do it yourself. But if there are kids involved it can be tricky. Especially, calculation of child support and dealing with issues like parenting time. Often times Friends of the Court can be very helpful when people are representing themselves. I am going to interject my personal opinion here and tell you I believe when 2 parties are representing themselves and the matter gets referred to FOC to determine an issue I feel it never really pans out for the man. I have a an opinion that FOC tends to be a little bias toward the women in most cases. My personal opinion is if you are a male and you have an FOC hearing I do not recommend going unrepresented. But you can do it. I have seen a lot of things over the years when people represent themselves and the outcomes have not been good and sometimes have had a effect on them that lasted for years.
Again my opinion, it is okay to represent yourself when there are no kids and no property. But become familiar with the process. Get to know the Michigan Court Rules. https://www.courts.michigan.gov/rules-administrative-orders-and-jury-instructions/current-rules-and-jury-instructions/
Sometimes when you try to save money on attorney fees you really do not save any money at all. So be careful. I know at The Law Office of Doug Dern and Associates our attorney fees are very reasonable. We sometimes do payment plans and take all major credit cards.
It may not cost as much as you think. Call us at 248-882-0838 let us take about your situation to see if we can work something out. I like helping people and sometimes you when you try to represent yourself you end up getting into a mess. I understand this. Email me dddern@aol.com and see if I can help you with your divorce.