The court has established a visitation schedule for you and your ex, but he or she refuses to adhere to the schedule and wants to change it on a weekly basis. You are wondering whether you have an options or rights when it comes to scheduling.
What can you do?
The parenting time expeditor (PTE)
Married couples typically go through times when they disagree enough that they want to gain a bit of space for a short time period. These couples need to understand that Minnesota law does not require spouses to live together, and no paperwork is absolutely required if they want to live apart. However, our Minneapolis divorce attorneys warn that informal separations do not offer the legal protections provided by legal separation. Additionally, even a court-decreed legal separation is not the same as a divorce.
Continue Reading Divorce Versus Legal Separation: Same Issues, Different Results
When a parent fails to make good on child support payments, the negative effects impact not only the children and the other parent but also the entire dynamic of the post-divorce relationship. In some cases, the delinquent parent simply cannot afford to pay. In other cases, the parent deliberately refuses out of a belief that
Think back to your childhood. You probably fondly remember curling up with your journal and pouring out your heart onto the pages. Now that you’re an adult, and you’re going through a divorce, you can use journaling in an entirely different but also constructive way. In addition to documenting the facts of your divorce, use
Minnesota law considers the best interests of the children to be a primary factor in virtually any aspect of divorce, and providing health care is certainly a major issue. However, our Minneapolis child support lawyers warn that covering the children under either parent’s health insurance is only the most basic consideration.
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No matter the age of the soon-to-be-adopted child or children, you will need to prepare your other children for a new sibling. A child’s ability to handle the adoption will depend sensitively on his or her age and feelings about having a new sibling join the family.
When you end a marriage, you understandably face a myriad of emotions, including sadness, anger, frustration, grief – and possibly even relief. The emotional turmoil that you face can mean that your decision-making skills sometimes suffer. However, you cannot afford to let your feelings rule you during this critical time, since your financial future could
The end of a marriage does not mark the end of parenting responsibilities. MN law contains certain requirements to help ensure that divorced parents continue to share information and decision-making responsibilities, regardless of where the children reside.
Continue Reading MN Law Grants Certain Rights to Both Parents After Divorce
After an intergenerational fight, a divorce or, worse yet, the death of an adult child, grandparents worry about their rights to see and protect their grandchildren. Whether you’re convinced that your son-in-law is neglecting or hitting your grandchild or failing to feed her nutritious food; or you’ve become estranged with your daughter after a bitter
The possibility of expanding your family through adoption is exciting, scary, joyful and confusing all at once. When people imagine adopting a young baby or older child, though, they sometimes labor under mistaken ideas about what is actually involved and how adoption works in Minnesota. We wanted to set the record straight.
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