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Blog: Spousal Maintenance

Divorce Decrees: How “Creative” Should They Be?

  • November 28, 2018
  • Marc Beyer
  • Divorce,  Divorce Decree,  Spousal Maintenance

In some ways, going through the divorce process can be like closing on a home. Many different forms and documents are prepared that you are asked to sign. It can…

ENFORCING SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE AND CHILD SUPPORT FROM ANOTHER STATE

  • October 30, 2018
  • Tim Simonson
  • Courts,  Divorce,  Minnesota,  Spousal Maintenance

Minnesota courts recognize that not all Minnesota divorced residents became divorced by a Minnesota court.  Many people who move to this State, became divorced by the courts of another State,…

Al Pacino & Spousal Maintenance in a Minnesota Divorce

  • September 11, 2018
  • Tim Simonson
  • Divorce,  Minnesota,  Spousal Maintenance

What does a Court need to consider when figuring out whether to award spousal maintenance (formerly known as ‘alimony’) in a Minnesota divorce? And what information should you bring up…

Enough is Enough; When it’s Time to Revisit Spousal Maintenance

  • March 20, 2018
  • Tim Simonson
  • Divorce,  Marriage,  Spousal Maintenance

The Court of Appeals recently reversed a lower court’s decision to reject a husband’s request to modify his maintenance obligation to his ex-wife. It was error, the Court said, to…

Palimony in Minnesota

  • February 25, 2018
  • Marc Beyer
  • Minnesota,  Palimony,  Spousal Maintenance

NBA star Blake Griffin made the news recently. And not because he was traded to the Detroit Pistons. No, he was sued by his ex-fiancé for what is often referred…

A YEAR OF LIVING WITH THE ‘COHABITATION’ PROVISION IN SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE LAW

  • December 5, 2017
  • Beyer & Simonson
  • Cohabitation,  Divorce,  Minnesota,  Spousal Maintenance

It’s been more than a year since new law went into effect, allowing a court to determine whether maintenance can be modified based on a recipient’s cohabitation with another adult…

The Price of Freedom

  • November 7, 2017
  • Marc Beyer
  • Divorce,  Process,  Spousal Maintenance

During the divorce negotiation process, it is easy to become entrenched in a certain position.  Say, for example, that your spouse is seeking spousal maintenance.  You make a greater income…

THE CHALLENGE OF PURSUING SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE

  • August 29, 2017
  • Tim Simonson
  • Alimony,  Cost,  Spousal Maintenance

Unlike child support, spousal maintenance or ‘alimony’ as it is sometimes called, is a way of helping a lesser-earning spouse meet his needs after a marriage ends, but is not…

RE-OPENING A SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE AWARD – NO SLAM DUNK

  • May 2, 2017
  • Tim Simonson
  • Alimony,  Divorce,  Spousal Maintenance

The Court of Appeals recently reminded us that alimony (or spousal maintenance as it is called by statute) is still very much alive and well in Family Court. After a…

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