- Divorce
- Child SupportIf you have been charged with a crime, if you need help or advice involving custody, parenting time, or child support, or if you have been charged with child abuse and neglect, please give us a call. We would be more than happy to provide you with a free consultation. We promise that you will receive the respect and kindness that you deserve.
- Child Custody and VisitationKymberly grew up in Marquette, Michigan and obtained her undergraduate degree in psychology from Northern Michigan University. Prior to attending the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, Kymberly worked for major medical centers in Oklahoma and for a world-renowned surgical research laboratory at the University of Michigan. For that reason, she started her legal career defending physicians, hospitals, and auto-insurers throughout lower-Michigan. After several months, Kymberly learned that she was not satisfied working for faceless insurance corporations and longed for a career where her skills would make a difference in the lives of real people. She left the insurance industry and has spent nearly 20 years defending people throughout the State of Michigan against criminal charges and helping people resolve their divorce, child-custody, and child-protective services cases.
- Adoption
- Paternity
- Premarital AgreementSchroder & Schroder, PLC, provides comprehensive legal representation for all family-law matters including, but not limited to: divorce, separation, child custody, spousal and child support, parenting time, asset protection and prenuptial agreements, property and debt division, child-protective-service proceedings, consent adoptions, change of domicile, and appeals.
- Guardianship(b) The individual removed or being removed from the dwelling, business premises, or occupied vehicle is a child or grandchild of, or is otherwise in the lawful custody of or under the lawful guardianship of, the individual against whom deadly force or force other than deadly force is used.
- Spousal SupportA divorce or custody case is a process, and it may include many different issues. If you do not have minor children, you may be concerned about how the courts will divide your marital assets and debts, the protection of your pre-marital assets, the division of your personal property, spousal support, whether to sell your marital home, or even how to divide the business that you have spent your entire marriage building together. If you have minor children, your concerns may be about child custody, parenting-time schedules and policies, child support, whether you can move, where your children will go to school, and even paternity.
- Child AbuseKymberly R. Schroder has over 18 years experience litigating criminal, divorce, child-custody, child-support, and child-neglect-and-abuse cases. Schroder Law is experienced and proficient in handling all kinds of cases, from simple traffic matters to complex felonies; and from simple divorces with no children to complex divorces with children and high assets.
- Criminal Defense
- DUI/DWISometimes firearms are seized by police, but the firearms are not logged as evidence. For instance, where a person is arrested for drunk driving on the way home from hunting and the person’s hunting shotgun is properly cased and stored in the trunk of the car, the charges might not involve firearm crimes. Under these circumstances, the police will seize the firearm, but the firearm might not be tagged as evidence or logged into the evidence room.
- Traffic ViolationsCan police extend a traffic stop to search the vehicle with a dog? No, unless a police officer has a reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity; a police officer cannot extend a traffic stop beyond the time necessary to address the traffic violation that is the basis for the traffic stop. That seems easy enough to say, but what does it mean in the real world?
- Sex Crimes(b) The individual honestly and reasonably believes that the use of deadly force is necessary to prevent the imminent sexual assault of himself or herself or of another individual.
- RobberySometimes firearms are seized by police as evidence. For instance, where a person is charged with a crime involving the use of the firearm, such as armed robbery, felonious assault, or possession of a firearm while intoxicated, the firearm will be seized, tagged as evidence, and logged into the evidence room.
- Theft
- MisdemeanorsMichigan law prohibits computer-assisted shooting, which is defined as the use of a computer or any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the aiming or discharge of a firearm. Computer-assisted shooting is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days jail, or a fine of up to $500.00, or both. MCL 750.236a, MCL 750.236b, and MCL 750.236c.
- Embezzlement
- Drug CrimesDrug crime is the umbrella term used to describe different offenses involving controlled substances. Each state & the federal government have enacted laws against unlawful possession, use, distribution, or production of certain drugs. These include cocaine, heroin, marijuana & amphetamines.
- Assault
- MurderHomicides, murder charges in the first degree, second degree or felony murder are as much about facts as they are about politics and optics. The best defense is the one starts as quickly as possible. While most of us believe the police are employed to protect us, but if you’re the focus of an investigation then they’re building a case against you – not fighting for your rights. We have years of experience fighting in courtrooms and behind the scenes to protect our clients.
- HomicideGun-related violence is violence committed with the use of a gun (firearm or small arm). Gun-related violence may or may not be considered criminal. Criminal violence includes homicide (except when & where ruled justifiable), assault with a deadly weapon, and suicide, or attempted suicide, depending on jurisdiction.
- Arson(vii) A fire arson investigator from a fire department within a city with a population of not less than 750,000 who is sworn and fully empowered by the city chief of police.
- Forgery
- ManslaughterMichigan law prohibits setting spring guns or traps that operate like a firearm with gunpowder or other explosives. Setting a spring gun or a trap that operates like a firearm is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail or a fine of up to $500.00. If a spring gun or trap that operates like a firearm results in killing a person, the crime is manslaughter. MCL 750.236.
- ProstitutionCommonly known sex crimes include, rape, child molestation, sexual battery, lewd conduct, possession and distribution of child pornography, possession & distribution of obscene material, prostitution, solicitation of prostitution, pimping, pandering, indecent exposure, lewd act with a child, & penetration of the genital or anal region by a foreign Object.