“Child Support” is a culmination of a number of things: These three items, Basic Support, Child Care Support and Medical Support, combined, make up Minnesota’s definition of Child Support. You can get a child support order as part of divorce proceeding, child custody case, Order For Protection (OFP) hearing, paternity or even legal separation proceeding. […]
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What is the Service of Process? What do I serve? You have just completed your family case summons and petition. You have painstakingly reviewed your affidavits and assets and have made sure you’ve disclosed all you need to and clarified what you are requesting from the court. You show up at court to file your […]
Continue readingWhat is Early Neutral Evaluation in the Family Law Context? Early Neutral Evaluation, or ENE as it’s commonly called, is a relatively new concept in MN family law. Early Neutral Evaluation is a forum in which the parties and their attorneys present the key issues of their dispute to a neutral evaluator in the presence […]
Continue readingWhat is Visitation or Parenting Time and Who is Entitled to it? Visitation rights between a noncustodial parent and a child is essential to the continuance of a parent-child relationship. A noncustodial parent is the parent who does not have either legal or physical custody of the child or both. The parent who has physical […]
Continue readingOrders for Protection, Requesting a Hearing and What You Need to Know Orders for Protection are generally orders to protect people who are victims of domestic abuse or are at risk of being further victimized. Domestic abuse is defined as any of the following conducts between family or household members: actual physical harm, bodily injury, […]
Continue readingThe marriage contract is more than an important agreement; it symbolizes a couple’s commitment to one another and their vow to spend the rest of their lives with each other. For different reasons, however, a marriage may come to an end, regardless of the best intentions and efforts; the marriage does not always survive the […]
Continue readingThird-party custody is when a third person is given custody of the child/children. Third-party custody typically occurs when the biological parents do not want custody of the child/children or the biological parents are incapable of caring for the child/children. In some instances, parents agree to allow an adult other than themselves to raise their child […]
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