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When Can a Child Choose?
I often get asked by divorced or separated parents, at what age their child can decide which parent they live with. It’s a fair question; but one which unfortunately has…
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Third Party Custody Rights: When a Child’s Best Interests Override Parent’s Rights to 25% Parenting Time
A Minnesota court will award custody rights to a third party (often a grandparent) when a child has been living with that third party for extended periods, without the presence…
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When Alleging the Conduct is Worse than the Conduct Alleged.
Like the boy that cried wolf, losing credibility can be a parent’s undoing in a child custody dispute. For example, calling the cops on mother for serving your child mac…
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Retroactive Child Support – How Far Back in Time Can The Court Go?
When parents are involved in a divorce proceeding, Minnesota law requires that the court consider the child’s financial support, and the parents’ obligations to contribute to that support.Part of that…
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A LESSON IN MINNESOTA CHILD CUSTODY LAW FROM DARTH VADER
Handing control of your child’s upbringing to Court ought to be a chilling thought. In order to become a Judge, one requires no credentials in child development or parenting. In…
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Who Decides Where the Kids Go to School?
Following a divorce (or custody cases where the parties were never married) parents often disagree about where their children should go to school. In most cases, one parent simply wants…
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PARENTING TIME & CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTES: LEAVE YOUR KIDS OUT OF IT!
Parents should know better than to involve their children in parental disputes. After all, whatever the reasons for the breakdown of the parents’ relationship; it isn’t the kid’s fault. For…
Minnesota Recognition of Parentage & Its Effect on Child Custody & Adoption Proceedings
A child born to unmarried parents creates a bit of a child custody conundrum under Minnesota law. For one, without a legal document recognizing paternity or parentage of a child,…
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KEVIN GARNETT AND CHILD SUPPORT
Whenever a celebrity gets a divorce, the media likes to focus on the dollar amounts as a way to sensationalize the story. When Tiger Woods divorced, for example, the headlines…
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MINNESOTA CHILD CUSTODY LAW & LESSON FROM MICHAEL BOLTON
It’s one thing to warm up to the idea of your child being forced to spend time with your ex; but being forced to encourage your child to spend time…