WHEN SCIENCE IS NOT ENOUGH; MAKING THE CASE FOR PATERNITY IN MINNESOTA
If you’ve ever wondered how a father can ‘prove’ he is dad, you wouldn’t be wrong in assuming that a genetic test, or a ‘paternity test’ is the way to…
Unmarried Parents and Custody / Parenting Time
I previously blogged about Orders for Protection and divorce. My basic point was that when police advise people to “Get an OFP,” it’s usually because all they really want is…
THE COST OF INACTION – CHILD CUSTODY MODIFICATION BY ACQUIESCENCE
Remember when our parents warned us not to make goofy faces lest they get stuck that way? Sadly, this kind of, sort of, happened recently when a parent failed to…
MARATHON RUNNING & THE PRESUMPTION OF JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY
Not quite ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics’, but, I recently came to a revelation. This past Sunday I (very slowly) ran the Twin Cities Marathon. One of the…
Right of First Refusal: Good or Bad?
It is not uncommon to see a “right of first refusal” clause in the custody and parenting time provisions of a divorce decree. It simply means that if a parent…
Guess What? The Judge Doesn’t Love Your Kids
Before I was a practicing attorney, I clerked for a District Court Judge. He presided over many divorce cases. Whenever a contested custody case was before him, he had a…
Custody Cases: Be Careful What You Say
Child Custody Cases Minneapolis Contested custody cases can be nasty. A lot of dirty laundry gets aired. In many ways, “winning” your custody case feels like convincing the Court that…