Clinic offers free legal help for child support issues on Oct. 13
The Salvation Army William Booth Legal Aid Clinic, working with Wayne County Friend of the Court, will hold a Free Child Support Help Program on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 1-3 p.m. at the Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave., in the “Friends Auditorium.”
This will be an arrest free zone, according to organizers.
Attendees will be able to consult one-on-one with volunteer family law attorneys. The attorneys will assist in completing motion packets and provide some legal direction on child support, parenting time, and custody issues.
There will be a brief presentation of the Arrears Forgiveness Program for Michigan state-owed arrearages.
Child support professionals will be on-site to sign up parents and assist with completing the paperwork.
Persons who meet the qualifications may have some or all of their state arrearages waived.
Additional information can be obtained by calling the Wayne County Friend of the Court at 1.844.785.7593.
Cosmetology students win key ruling in dispute over labor
DETROIT (AP) — A judge has cleared the way for possibly thousands of people to be paid for work performed while they were cosmetology students at a Michigan school.
Federal Judge Judith Levy ruled recently that students who cleaned floors, restocked products and washed towels were performing tasks that weren't directly related to their education at Douglas J. Institute.
The judge said they can be considered employees under federal law.
The students claimed they could be sent home if they didn't perform tasks at Douglas J. hair styling clinics.
Levy said students had “little ability or incentive to say no.”
Lawyers for Douglas J. argued that manual labor was part of the education, which cost nearly $18,000.
Douglas J. has schools in Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Grand Rapids, Royal Oak, Chicago and Knoxville, Tennessee.
Attorney John Philo says the next step with be class-action certification.
Police: Students given pot brownies for homecoming votes
HARTFORD (AP) — Police are investigating allegations that a 17-year-old cheerleader distributed marijuana-laced brownies at her southwestern Michigan high school in an effort to be voted homecoming queen.
WXMI-TV reports that three brownies recovered from students at Hartford High School have been sent to the state police crime lab for testing.
Investigators say nine other confections remain unaccounted for.
Hartford police officer Michael Prince says officers learned through a tip that the brownies were taken to the school on Sept. 26.
The tipster said some were distributed in goodie bags for the football team, and the leftovers were used for homecoming queen votes.
Prince says the he plans to interview the cheerleading suspect and her mother when they return from a trip.
It's unclear if the campaign tactic won her the homecoming crown.
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