Family Law Blog
Posted on May 16, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
On July 1 st , a new Indiana child support law will go into effect. The law states that a non-custodial parent's child support obligation ends on the child's 19 th birthday. Currently, a ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Kelsey Swanson
Sometimes in child custody cases a custody evaluator is used as a neutral third party to make determinations of custody and parenting time . Here are the top 5 tips for dealing with a custody ...
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Posted on May 7, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
With child obesity on the rise, some are debating the need for child custody modification for obese children. Child obesity is a continuing problem amongst our nation's youth. A recent study found ...
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Posted on May 4, 2012 By Kelsey Swanson
Sometimes, clients will believe that if their name is removed from the title of the home, then they are removed from the liability of the home (i.e. the outstanding mortgages or home equity lines of ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Katie Lammers
Even with a family law attorney by your side, there are things a party could do or say that may negatively impact their family law case. Here are a few tips for putting your best foot forward when ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
A new controversial child custody bill was recently passed by the Minnesota House and now moves to the Senate for a vote. If passed into law, the bill would add a presumption of joint custody (both ...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2012 By Amanda Crain
"ICMC"(Initial Case Management Conference) - An Initial Case Management Conference is an informal initial meeting with a judge or referee in a pending family court case, which is generally ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
A new bill in the Alabama legislature would make it more difficult to get divorced for couples who enter into a covenant marriage. The bill would make it a requirement for couples to undergo ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2012 By Kelsey Swanson
Can a person who has assumed the role of a parent request to continue their parental relationship with the child if the relationship with the biological parent has ended? This question is especially ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
The Maryland High Court is currently considering a divorce case involving a married lesbian couple. Same sex marriage is currently not legal in Maryland. The couple in question married in California ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2012 By Kelsey Swanson
Sometimes in divorce cases, one or both parties files for an OFP (Order for Protection) . These are court orders that protect the party in question from abuse. There are many misconceptions about ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Amanda Crain
New research shows that divorce rates among baby boomers are higher than ever. Couples over 50 were twice as likely to divorce in 2009, than 50+ couples back in 1990. Divorce today does not carry the ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2012 By Katie Lammers
Diving property for couples who cannot marry or who choose not to marry is different than the process for diving property accumulated by a married couple. In Minnesota, you do not acquire property ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
The India High Court in Delhi recently ruled that a spouse denying sex during marriage is cruelty and grounds for divorce . The particular case in question is that of a "sex-starved" husband ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Amanda Crain
Income Share Model. Many parents assume that child support is only based on the obligor or non-custodial parent's gross monthly income. Minnesota, along with many other states, applies what is ...
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Posted on Mar 20, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
A new study by the Marriage and Religion Research Institute finds a connection between divorce rates and the state of the economy. More specifically, the study determined that divorce negatively ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Kelsey Swanson
An appeal is a very technical and potential very expensive process. In addition to attorneys' fees for drafting the pleadings, the parties must also pay for: Transcripts for Court Hearings Filing ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Kelsey Swanson
A Financial Early Neutral Evaluation is one avenue you can explore when attempting to settle disputes relating to spousal maintenance, child support , or the division of property . Oftentimes, the ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
A same-sex child custody battle in Florida now faces the Supreme Court and could end up changing a decades-old law. Here's the situation. A lesbian couple from Florida decided to have a child 8 ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
Divorce cases involving pet custody are on the rise across the country. A 2006 survey of 1,600 divorce attorneys found that the number of pet custody cases had increased since 2001, with 25% of those ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
With the state of the real estate market these days, it is not uncommon for divorcing parties to have to decide what to do with a house that is "underwater" (where the mortgage is greater ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
If a member of your family or household (i.e. spouse, former spouse, parents, children, person related by blood, person you are presently living with, person you lived within the past, parent of your ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
The state of Minnesota has ordered Hennepin County to re-examine numerous child support cases that were closed too soon. Hennepin County has a policy of closing cases in which no payments have been ...
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Posted on Feb 10, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
This past Tuesday, Josh Powell killed himself and his two sons, Chalres and Braden, by setting his house on fire. The story really begins in 2009, when Powell's wife went missing in Utah. She has ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Minnesota Divorce Lawyer
A new piece of proposed legislation in England aims to achieve more equality in child custody settlements . The legislation touts the importance of a child having contact with both their mother and ...
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