Minnesota offers great attractions for the entire family. If you’re stumped about what to do, or where to go, during your parenting time, try these fun locations:
1. Itaska State Park – Itaska is Minnesota’s oldest state park. Not only is it great for camping, but it also contains one of America’s most enduring attractions:
In the aftermath of a divorce, you must adjust to your new social status and lifestyle. The emotional and physical stress of the separation process can damage your health unless you take specific precautions.
Most people experience high levels of stress during a divorce. This factor triggers many potential health issues, such
In this video segment we discusses the nature harassment restraining orders in Minnesota, including: (1) the legal definition of “harassment;” (2) the process involved in securing an HRO; and (3) the remedies available to someone has been a victim of harassment.
The law provides the opportunity for someone who believes they have been the victim
Expenses related to children remain the same regardless of whether they reside with both parents or just one. Most commonly, however, one parent moves away from the children long before the divorce process even begins, and certainly before the court finalizes child support decisions.
Continue Reading Understanding the MN Expedited Child Support Process
As you contemplate divorce, we understand you probably feel uncertain about things. We’re here to help.
Do I need a lawyer? What if my case is uncontested? Are you an aggressive an attorney? How much will my divorce cost? How long will it take?
In this podcast, Jason Brown provides answers to the most common
Each Minnesota stepparent adoption attorney at our firm sees a number of different types of relative adoption cases, but perhaps the most common type is adoption by a stepparent. Particularly from an emotional point of view, this makes sense. It brings a full level of unity to families by removing perceived relationship barriers between stepparents and the children born to their spouses. Of course, when second marriages create families with children from both spouses, these adoptions can also equalize the relationship between all of the children.
Continue Reading Minnesota Children Can Have Only Two Legal Parents Under the Law
Minnesota’s Children in Need of Protection or Services program (CHIPS) protects children’s welfare, safety and health. Kids might be placed in CHIPS for numerous reasons, such as neglect, abuse, habitual running away or truancy. The state generally attempts to keep children with their biological parents but does place them in foster care if needed.
When paternity testing started including DNA analysis in the mid-1980s, the accuracy in identifying biological fathers rose from about 80-90 percent to an astounding 99.99 percent. In spite of this accuracy, each Minnesota family law attorney at our firm understands why some parents do not feel the need to take a scientific approach, particularly when they believe parentage is certain.
Continue Reading Recognition of Parentage in Minnesota — Simple or Complicated?
One birth mother, Lyndi, had a baby girl in 2012. She decided to place the child with a loving couple, Amanda and her husband, Jared, whom she met through a mutual friend. They had an open adoption, and she was involved with the family and in
The entire process of dividing one household into two after divorce involves a great deal of decision-making and stress, but most parents would agree that nothing matches the decisions related to child custody.
Continue Reading Considerations When Custodial Parents Need to Relocate Out of State