After the divorce, your income will change dramatically, and you may wonder how you will take care of your children with your reduced financial circumstances. This is the reason for child support, and the courts have some guidelines that help judges determine what...
How does child support work in Minnesota?
After the divorce, your income will change dramatically, and you may wonder how you will take care of your children with your reduced financial circumstances. This is the reason for child support, and the courts have some guidelines that help judges determine what...
Adjusting your custody Agreement as your children grow
As kids get older custody arrangements often need to be changed. Just because you have an order does not mean that it is set in concrete, judges understand that teenagers have different needs than toddlers, and need different schedules with their parents. Even a year...
50/50 Custody
The biblical figure King Solomon was the judge in a dispute between two women who wanted one baby. The king told them, "split the baby in half', each mother will get an equal share." One mother cried out that she would rather the baby be given to the other woman than...
Unmarried Fathers In Minnesota
In this day and age most people accept that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. While gender bias remains, there are fewer and fewer roles that are seen as being just for women or men. The days of men having a limited role in raising children are...
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
The Rolling Stones said it best, you can't always get what you want. In fact, most of the time we do not get what we want. It is important to keep that in mind when deciding whether to make an agreement to resolve a case, or go to a trial. If you can get at least some...
Judges Are Not Gods
I was talking to a judge I know today at a mediation. He told me that he is a human being, who tries his best, but like all humans is not perfect, sometimes makes mistakes. As any other judge I know will tell you, putting on a black robe does not elevate one to...
Bridge To The 21st Century
FAMILY LAW, CIVIL LAW, CUSTODY, DIVORCE, CRIMINAL LAW, REAL ESTATE LAW. Those of you who remember the 90s probably remember this slogan, used by another Clinton running for president. Bill Clinton said that he would build a bridge to the 21st Century during the 1996...
Guardian ad litem: Weak link in family law cases?
I have written before about the serious problems with the guardian ad litem program in this area. For those of you who have not worked with a guardian, their job, in a nutshell is to investigate child custody or visitation dispute and make a recommendation to the...
