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When you and your spouse separated, you knew that you could end up having to pay child support. Since you work more often and earn greater wages, it makes sense for you to keep your job and to focus on providing a good life and income for your child. You will still...
After the dust settles from a divorce, many parents find that their child support order is simply not a good fit for their needs or the needs of their child. Courts aim to create a fair arrangement that focuses on the best interests of the child, but circumstances can...
People use prenups more now than they used to, and the basic stigma around them has changed. Part of the reason may be the way that people now accept divorce as a possibility and a potential outcome, rather than a personal failing. They understand that divorce is...
If you're a parent with young children who is facing divorce proceedings, one of the most important decisions on your mind probably relates to child custody. Should you adopt a 50-50 parenting structure where your children live with you half the time and your spouse...
Minnesota’s spousal maintenance statute has just changed adding a potential new set of elements to allow a former spouse to modify a previously ordered spousal maintenance (alimony) award. The idea for the new language and changes derives from a 1979 Minnesota...
Clients often ask us to draft a living will or heath care power of attorney to authorize someone to make health care decisions on their behalf. In Minnesota, we most commonly refer that document, which appoints someone to make health care decisions on behalf of the...
As lawyers with a very broad practice, we occasionally represent clients that are involved in serious matters that may not paint them in a favorable light. One of the most common questions we get at social gatherings is “How can you represent that”...
For most individuals and families, buying a home is the largest and most significant purchase they will make during their lifetime. Selling a home can be an equally important decision. Although an attorney is not required to buy or sell a home, an attorney can help...
Many Southwest Metro homeowners are looking carefully at their homeowner's insurance policies after hearing news of some devastating mudslides and flooding at local homes (see these two stories A & B). Most homeowner's policies cover many types of perils like...
