How is Spousal Support is Calculated in Minnesota Do you have questions about how Spousal Support is Calculated in Minnesota? Although both former spouses often keep working full-time after a divorce today, there are times when a court will still make a significant support award to one party. This frequently happens after one spouse has…
Seeking MN Child Support Guidance? How about child custody? Read on. Although its always sad when any couple with children must file for divorce, at least parents in this state can benefit from our clearly drafted custody and support statutes. Even a quick reading of Chapter 518 of the Domestic Relations statutes reveals that both…
Once you no longer believe that marital counseling might help save your marriage, its best to go ahead and hire your own Minnesota divorce attorney. Even the most amicable divorces benefit from spouses having their own separate lawyers. Couples often need a bit of emotional distance from each other while those familiar with the intricacies…
While obtaining a divorce, most people are concerned with how much money they’ll have when they reach a final settlement. Although some couples must struggle to keep their most basic bills paid during this time period, others have far different concerns. In fact, a growing number of attorneys for America’s multi-millionaire and billionaire couples must…
When couples filing for divorce have dependent children, their key concerns normally revolve around child custody issues and receiving a fair and equitable division of all marital assets. Of course, spousal support is also a key issue – although it’s now often handled quite differently than it was long ago – when far fewer women…
There’s been a push by legislatures across the country in recent months to level the playing field between divorcing parents; an attempt to improve the odds that interested parents receive fair treatment with regard to division of custodial time. Research and parenting experts are confirming what people have known anecdotally for years: that joint custody…
Joseph M. Flanders councils divorce clients to participate in uncontested divorces, collaborative divorces, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in all cases. It’s very rare that he will counsel clients to attend court or to ask the judge for relief. This is because the court system tends to be cumbersome, slow, unresponsive, and unable to…
In every Minnesota probate administration, the personal representative (executor) must file an Inventory with the court and send the same to all “interested parties”. Inventory and Minnesota Probate Law Minnesota law tells us that within six months after the appointment of the personal representative, or nine months after the death of the decedent, whichever comes…
