Communication About Finances During Marriage
Every married couple manages their finances differently. In some marriages, both spouses play an active role in managing their money and both have a good sense of the assets and…
WHEN SCIENCE IS NOT ENOUGH; MAKING THE CASE FOR PATERNITY IN MINNESOTA
If you’ve ever wondered how a father can ‘prove’ he is dad, you wouldn’t be wrong in assuming that a genetic test, or a ‘paternity test’ is the way to…
Unmarried Parents and Custody / Parenting Time
I previously blogged about Orders for Protection and divorce. My basic point was that when police advise people to “Get an OFP,” it’s usually because all they really want is…
THE COST OF INACTION – CHILD CUSTODY MODIFICATION BY ACQUIESCENCE
Remember when our parents warned us not to make goofy faces lest they get stuck that way? Sadly, this kind of, sort of, happened recently when a parent failed to…
MARATHON RUNNING & THE PRESUMPTION OF JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY
Not quite ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics’, but, I recently came to a revelation. This past Sunday I (very slowly) ran the Twin Cities Marathon. One of the…
What do I do if my lawyer screwed up?
I hope this isn’t something you have to spend time thinking about, but, have you ever wondered what happens to lawyers when they do something wrong? Have you ever wondered…
Temperament and Public Service
If you’ve listened to recent discussion about the presidential election, you may have heard the issue of ‘temperament’ come up. One of the candidates recently questioned the other’s ‘temperamant’ and…
Right of First Refusal: Good or Bad?
It is not uncommon to see a “right of first refusal” clause in the custody and parenting time provisions of a divorce decree. It simply means that if a parent…
Getting a Domestic Abuse Order for Protection in Minnesota – What Do I Need To Prove?
I hope this is a question you will never face, but, leaving an abusive partner or family member is not an simple decision, let alone following through with that decision….
Minnesota Cohabitation and Spousal Maintenance: The Law Has Changed
The law has long been that unless agreed otherwise in a divorce decree, if a spousal maintenance recipient remarries, the remarriage terminates the spousal maintenance award. The rationale, based largely…