Once an award of spousal maintenance (alimony) is ordered by the court, it may be modified if certain criteria are met. In order to modify and award of alimony, the party seeking modification obtains a court date and serves and files motion papers. Keep in mind that the modification, if granted, is usually only retroactive
“A good therapist is less expensive than a good lawyer.” We’ve uttered those words to many clients.
Yes. We try to help clients gain some perspective about the dissolution process, and their feelings. Our lawyers are not heartless. We want to be there for them. But, at the end of the day, the honest truth
The vast majority of marital dissolution cases settle short of trial, often through mediation. During the mediation process, a neutral third-party will meet with the litigants, and their attorneys, to attempt to find compromise on disputed issues. Topics for discussion often include:
Modification of the physical custody of a child is one of the more difficult things to do in family court. Although we’ve successfully moved for modification many times, careful consideration is given as to whether the request should be brought in the first place.
When the court deals with physical custody the first time around,
We are pleased to announce that the editorial board of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Legal News Digest and Practice Blawg has named our Minnesota Divorce and Family Law Blog one of the Top 25 Minnesota Blawgs for 2011.
What’s a blawg? Well…a blog where the lo is the law.
They write:
Here’s another example
Paternity must be established in order for the father of a child to seek physical custody, legal custody or parenting time with a child born outside of marriage. In the absence of establishing paternity, a father has no custodial rights, or the ability to exercise parenting time, unless the parties agree otherwise.
Minnesota law provides
The Minnesota Guardian Ad Litem Program provides advocates who represent the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. They play a pivotal investigative role in protective services cases, and other situations involving allegations of endangerment of a child.
The Minnesota courts web site provides a number of resources for litigants who may encounter
In recent years, Minnesota’s child support statutes have shifted from a “label-based” model to a “parenting schedule” based model. It used to be that child support was calculated based upon the type of custody (whether joint physical or sole physical) arrangement the parties were awarded by the court.
New emphasis has been placed on the
Janet Langjahr, a divorce and family lawyer who authors the Florida Divorce Law Blog recently cited an article in the Northwest Florida Daily News about a 12-year-old girl arrested for assaulting her father. The cause of her anger? Dad was trying to force her to be with him during court ordered parenting time. Not sure
Michelle O’Neil, a divorce attorney with O’Neil Anderson in Dallas, Texas recently posted about an app she helped create for the iPhone: Divorce Cost & Preps. She writes:
CNN Headline News featured the Divorce Cost & Prep iPhone App created by Dallas Divorce Lawyer Michelle May O’Neil and Fort Worth CPA Bryan Rice. The