For several military parents a deployment to serve their country can cost them dearly in a custody battle.  While parts of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act applies to military child custody cases, granting more time for troops to respond and prohibiting judgments against parents while they are deployed, there has  been a movement for [...]

The school year has just started.  Hopefully the decision as to where your children will be spending the school year has been made.  As more and more parents agree to a joint physical custody arrangement, disputes over what school the kids are going to increase.  When one parent has sole physical custody it is usually [...]

In the divorce world, we get so focused on the children under the age of 18.  Children between the ages of 18 and 21 may get a moment’s notice, but children over the age of 21 are routinely ignored.  Unfortunately, children are always affected by their parents’ divorce: if they are 5, 25, or 55.  [...]

In case you haven’t heard, the court system (like everything else) is broke.   Starting July 1, 2009, Minnesota court filing fees will be increases.  The new family court filing fees for most of the state (Hennepin County tends to run higher by $2) will be:

$400 Divorce Filing Fee (previously $330) – In most cases each [...]

Stories on joint physical custody arrangements seem to be everywhere lately.  Many states and countries are moving towards some sort of presumption towards joint physical custody.  Joint schedules can work great for parents dedicated to working together for their children.  But in families where the parents are working against each other instead of with each [...]

One of the most difficult things in any paternity or divorce case is figuring out the schedule for your children – this comes into play when talking about both physical custody and parenting time.
 
In Minnesota, physical custody is the routine, daily care of the children.  Parties can have joint physical custody, or one party can [...]

As social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace gain in popularity, attorneys are dealing with issues regarding the use, or misuse, of these sites.  Employers are using these sites to check up on employees, litigants are using these sites to uncover dirt on opposing sides and witnesses, and in family law cases, parties [...]

Now that you understand the Basic Concepts behind Minnesota’s Child Support law, know how to calculate income, and have gathered other necessary information, it is time to learn how to compute child support under Minnesota’s new child support laws.   Although the statute does explain how to calculate child support under the new income shares model, [...]

Now that you understand the basic concepts of Minnesota’s new child support law, you need to know what information is necessary to calculate support.  A tricky part to this is figuring out income.  You need to know each parties’ gross (before taxes) monthly income.  The new law also expects that (nearly) all parents can work [...]

In 2006, the Minnesota state legislature approved a drastic overhaul of the state’s child support guidelines based on an “income shares” model.  (See Minn. Stat. 518A)  The new child support guidelines were to be used for all new cases filed after January 1st, 2007, limited modifications in 2007, and for all cases after January 1st, [...]