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Blog: Child Custody

Third Party Custody Rights: When a Child’s Best Interests Override Parent’s Rights to 25% Parenting Time

  • September 13, 2022
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Children,  Minnesota,  Uncategorised

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…

When Alleging the Conduct is Worse than the Conduct Alleged.

  • August 17, 2022
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Children,  Divorce,  Minnesota

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…

Retroactive Child Support – How Far Back in Time Can The Court Go?

  • June 7, 2022
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Child Support,  Children,  Minnesota

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…

A LESSON IN MINNESOTA CHILD CUSTODY LAW FROM DARTH VADER

  • April 27, 2021
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Children,  Courts,  Minnesota

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…

Who Decides Where the Kids Go to School?

  • March 5, 2021
  • Marc Beyer
  • Child Custody,  Children,  Divorce

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…

PARENTING TIME & CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTES: LEAVE YOUR KIDS OUT OF IT!

  • September 24, 2020
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Divorce,  Minnesota,  Parents

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

  • July 21, 2020
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Minnesota

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,…

KEVIN GARNETT AND CHILD SUPPORT

  • April 9, 2019
  • Marc Beyer
  • Child Custody,  Child Support,  Children,  Divorce,  Minnesota

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…

MINNESOTA CHILD CUSTODY LAW & LESSON FROM MICHAEL BOLTON

  • April 2, 2019
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Child Support,  Children,  Divorce,  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…

PURSUING ‘DE FACTO’ CUSTODY IN MINNESOTA: A CASE ANALYSIS

  • March 5, 2019
  • Tim Simonson
  • Child Custody,  Divorce

Pursuing custody a child who isn’t yours, seems like a tall order; but when you consider the facts of a recent Minnesota case that was upheld on appeal, it’s apparent…

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