Lakeville Family Law Blog

For many Minnesota families who have been through a divorce, one of the biggest challenges can be getting back to everyday life and caring for the children. Most couples create detailed child custody agreements as a part of the divorce process, but how to enforce the...

Two young sisters from Minneapolis have an uncertain future because of a malfunction on the part of the state's adoption system coordinating with Mississippi authorities. The girls, now aged two and a half years old and 21 months old, are in the process of being...

Katie Holmes recently filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, requesting sole residential custody of their six-year-old daughter Suri as well as child support. The couple is reported to have signed a prenuptial agreement, so it is likely that the larger decisions on how to...

Researchers from Bowling Green University came out with a new study showing that divorce rates among the baby boom generation continue to rise. The divorce rate for people over 50 has more than doubled over the past 20 years. It is not clear if anyone single factor is...

In today's complex relationship landscape, paternity tests have become an important part of the legal process for many current and former couples that are expecting a child. More than half of all births to women under 30-years-old are now outside of a marriage, which...

Depositions have reportedly started in one of Minnesota's most high-profile divorce cases in recent years. The highly public divorce between Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian has captivated audiences and readers around the country who are eager to see what will happen...

Basketball player Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa have reportedly called-off their divorce, at least for the moment. The process made headlines because of the complex assets involved and the transfer of several homes that the couple shared together to Vanessa's sole...

The actress who played Winnie Cooper on the hit TV show The Wonder Years has filed for divorce from her husband of three years. Danica McKellar cited irreconcilable differences in the divorce filing last week. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband is Mike Verta, a composer. The...

Advocates from around Minnesota picketed outside Governor Dayton's office last month to show their support or opposition to a controversial bill that would have changed state child custody laws. The bill was passed by both houses of the Minnesota Legislature and would...

Twin Cities native Kris Humphries says he's ready and looking forward to his divorce deposition, now scheduled for the end of the month in Minnesota. The basketball player turned reality TV star is pushing to have the depositions and other divorce proceedings filmed,...