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Michigan Concealed Pistol License Suspension and Revocation: How Charges Affect Your CPL

Michigan Concealed Pistol License Suspension and Revocation: How Charges Affect Your CPL

For a lawful gun owner in Michigan, a criminal charge threatens something beyond the sentence. A CPL can be suspended on a pending charge — before any conviction — and revoked on conviction for offenses many people would not expect...

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Back-to-School Season Is Coming: Resolving a Pending Case Before Fall

Back-to-School Season Is Coming: Resolving a Pending Case Before Fall

July ends today. Plymouth-Canton students report back in a few weeks, college move-in follows, and the rhythm of the year changes. For anyone carrying an unresolved criminal case from this summer, the next four weeks are the most valuable window...

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Your First Court Date in the 35th District Court: A Complete Walkthrough

Your First Court Date in the 35th District Court: A Complete Walkthrough

Most people charged with a crime in Plymouth have never been inside a courthouse. The paperwork uses terms nobody explains, the date on it may or may not be the date something important happens, and the internet is full of...

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Charged With a Boating OWI on the Fourth of July Weekend: Lake St. Clair, Belleville Lake, and Kent Lake

Charged With a Boating OWI on the Fourth of July Weekend: Lake St. Clair, Belleville Lake, and Kent Lake

The Fourth of July is the single busiest boating weekend on Michigan water. Lake St. Clair, Belleville Lake, Kent Lake, Ford Lake, and the Detroit River fill with boats, rafting groups, and anchored crowds watching fireworks from the water. It...

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Charged With Disorderly Conduct at Art in the Park? What the 35th District Court Actually Does

Charged With Disorderly Conduct at Art in the Park? What the 35th District Court Actually Does

Art in the Park closes today. Over three days, close to 300,000 people passed through a downtown that normally holds a fraction of that. Somewhere in that volume, a few hundred people had contact with police, and a meaningful number...

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Personal Protection Orders (PPOs) in Wayne County: How to Get One and How to Fight One

Personal Protection Orders (PPOs) in Wayne County: How to Get One and How to Fight One

Personal Protection Orders — commonly called PPOs — are one of the most consequential and least understood civil legal tools in Michigan. They can be granted ex parte (without notice to the respondent), they take effect immediately, and they can...

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Driver's License Restoration in Michigan: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hardship Appeals

Driver's License Restoration in Michigan: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hardship Appeals

Losing your driver's license in Michigan is one of the most disruptive consequences of an OWI conviction or repeated traffic offenses. For Michigan residents who depend on driving to get to work, get to medical appointments, support their families, or...

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Vacation Plans Ruined? How to Resolve a Michigan Bench Warrant Before You Lose Your Job or Your Trip

Vacation Plans Ruined? How to Resolve a Michigan Bench Warrant Before You Lose Your Job or Your Trip

Summer vacation season is also bench warrant season — the time when people who have been ignoring an old court matter suddenly need to address it, either because they got pulled over and arrested, found out the warrant blocks their...

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Music in Plymouth 5K Weekend: OWI Stops on Northville Road and Sheldon

Music in Plymouth 5K Weekend: OWI Stops on Northville Road and Sheldon

The Music in Plymouth 5K runs on the last Saturday of June every year. The race brings hundreds of runners into downtown Plymouth, with finish-line gatherings that flow into Saturday afternoon and evening at downtown restaurants, breweries, and the post-race...

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