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When Minnesota parents go through a divorce, one of the most emotionally difficult issues to decide involves who stays with the kids and for how much time. The courts presume that some sort of joint custody will be in the best interests of the child, if the parents...
When you are a parent, back-to-school season is always hectic. If you are divorced, however, the chaos is often magnified substantially. Not only do you have to worry about making sure your kids are prepared for school and their extracurricular activities, you have to...
At the end of a marriage, the two parties must list all their assets, divide the separate property from the marital property and then divide the marital property in a way that meets Minnesota's standards of fairness. This is the process known as property division, and...
Divorcing at a later age is very different than going through a divorce after just a few years of marriage. When you divorce later in life, you probably won't have to worry about child custody like younger couples do, but property division will be extremely...
As this blog has noted in prior posts, when Minnesota began legally recognizing same-sex marriages on August 1, it also began recognizing same-sex divorce. At least one Minnesota resident has already taken advantage of this development, filing for divorce from a...
The first legally recognized same-sex marriages in Minnesota took place on August 1, and dozens of couples jumped at the opportunity. Amid these celebrations, it would be understandable if nobody wanted to talk about the related issue of same-sex divorce. Nonetheless,...
When Minnesota parents get divorced, child custody often becomes the primary issue. Once an arrangement is reached, parents are expected to adhere to it. Some circumstances, however, may warrant a change in child custody. An example of a situation that may be grounds...
