Q: I don't know where to start a divorce. concerns because my ex is being shady and we have a child
I'm a 23 year old female and he is a 26 year old male. This is both of our first marriage. We got married 12/07/2018. He keeps telling his friends and family one story as to why we are divorcing and tells me another story as to what he has told them. He has been active in smearing my name, working hard to make me look bad and I have concerns that he wants to go after the one thing that he knows would hurt me the most. Keeping our daughter from me and taking away my parental rights. Though his parents seem to want to stay out of it I had confronted my MIL and she brushed it off. I've told him I don't want to go after child support and I want to co parent. He agreed at first but he started getting shady due to a close friendship I had made with one of his friends. To a point where he has caused me stress and anxiety while even at work. I don't know how to proceed with the divorce, but I know I need help fast.
A: You start by filing a complaint and serving him. At that point you can begin negotiating child custody, property settlement, etc. If he files first, you would be the defendant but that likely won’t change the outcome related to child custody at all. Michigan is a no-fault divorce state. What people say outside the divorce will not matter to a judge.
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