August 1 marked the one-year anniversary of the Minnesota law legalizing same-sex marriages. According to reports, Minnesota has issued approximately 3,885 marriage licenses to same-sex couples since the law was put into effect. Despite the year long run of same-sex...
Resolution Through Negotiation
Family law and child custody representation in Minnesota's Twin Cities.
Year: 2014
Minnesota experts help individuals avoid divorce pitfalls
Divorce proceedings are often stereotyped as a money grab. From the outside looking in, bystanders justifiably characterize the process as an all-out fight for the biggest piece of the pie. The generalization, though, is something local St. Paul lawyers are...
Book gets Minnesotans talking about divorce
French economist, Thomas Piketty, is receiving world-wide attention after publishing a book titled, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century." According to reports, the book posits that capitalism may grow out of fashion in the future. While the assertion is sure to...
Minnesota’s Prospective Divorcees Advised on Temporary Orders
At this point, it is a cliché to say that the divorce process is stressful. Multiple factors play into this stress. One of the biggest, however, is financial uncertainty. After all, a prospective divorcee is going from two incomes and one home to one income and...
Minnesota child custody issues after child turns parents in
Last month, a 9-year-old girl walked into the police station in Barnesville, Minnesota, and calmly told police that her parents were growing marijuana in the crawl space of their house. According to the girl, the pot made her feel sick, and she was worried about its...
Minnesota man puts gray divorce into context
The New York Times recently ran a story on the growing trend of so-called "gray divorces" between married couples aged 50 or older. According to recent studies, such divorces have doubled since 1990 and are expected to reach approximately 800,000 per year by 2030. The...
Case highlights child custody concerns for Minnesota’s servicemen
A U.S. Navy sailor currently serving in a submarine somewhere in the Pacific Ocean is missing a child custody dispute over his 6-year-old daughter. According to reports out of Michigan, the sailor received full custody of his daughter after a divorce with his first...
What happens when a state considers changing parental rights?
Minnesota will have a front row seat as their neighbor to the west, North Dakota, considers a new law aimed at giving any parent the right to equal custody. According to reports, state legislators in North Dakota have obtained enough signatures to ensure that the new...
Child support a stressor for divorced families in Minnesota
A new study published recently reveals that children with divorced parents have higher levels of obesity. The results of the study are blamed on the stressors inherent in any divorce proceedings. For instance, custody battles, child support and property settlements...
As divorces change, grandparents’ rights center of many cases
This blog regularly focuses on parents going through divorce. During divorce, not only are an individual's financial welfare and rights to certain assets sometimes up in the air, but parents seeking a split must also go through the harrowing process of determining...