Expertise

FAMILY LAW

Robert Carey has been a general trial practitioner with extensive experience in Divorce and Family law. This includes issues of divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, child custody, visitation, child support, property division, alimony and related matters. He also handles name changes, paternity, step parent adoption, child abuse and neglect, guardianship and conservatorships for legally incapacitated persons and minors.

PROBATE COURT

Robert Carey's practice also includes extensive experience in Probate Court. This includes probate of estates of decedents, testate (with Will) and intestate (without Will), Will and trust matters and claims against estates. Mr. Carey also drafts Wills and Trusts and related documents.

CRIMINAL LAW

Criminal Law is another area in which Robert Carey has extensive experience. He has defended clients on charges of criminal sexual conduct (rape cases), breaking and entering, drug related cases pertaining to delivery of cocaine, marijuana, crack, and conspiracy. Included in this is drunk driving, felony drunk driving, drunk driving causing death or injury, Driving While License Suspended and a variety of other misdemeanors and felonies, including domestic violence, assault, embezzlement, false pretenses, retail fraud, perjury, stalking, breaking and entering, uttering and publishing, concealed weapons, welfare fraud, poaching, animal abuse, armed robbery, extortion, kidnaping, and high profile cases including felony murder. His experience also includes driver's license issues, such as restoration of license in the Driver's License Appeal Division of the Secretary of State.

REAL ESTATE

Mr. Carey is not only a trial lawyer, but he is also involved in the area of Real Estate. This include the drafting of documents, such as warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, easements, rights-of-way, leases, documents to clear land titles, real estate closings, and lawsuits to quiet title, partition of real property, slander of title and forfeiture and foreclosure actions.

COURTS

He handles cases in District, Circuit, Family and Probate Courts throughout the State of Michigan. He practices routinely in the following counties and their respective county seats: