Minnesota Divorce and Family Law
"Insights gained while practicing exclusively divorce and family law."
Author: Gerald O. Williams is a solo practitioner in Woodbury, Minn.
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Recent Posts from Minnesota Divorce and Family Law
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Judges, Referees and Child Support Magistrates
If you appear in family court in Minnesota, or submit a matter to the family court for review or consideration, it will be handled by a family court judge, a family court referee or a…
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The House: Yesterday's Asset is Today's Liability
In a divorce, when Spouse A leaves the marital homestead in the hands of Spouse B, typically Spouse B must buy out the marital interest of Spouse A. At least, that is how things used…
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Parenting Expense Adjustment to Child Support
The current Minnesota child support law factors into its calculations the fact that the child support obligor incurs expenses when caring for the child(ren). The child support statute provides a parenting expense adjustment in which…
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Custody of a Child of Unmarried Parents
From the time that a child of unmarried parents is born until a child custody order is issued by the family court, the mother has custody. As mentioned in a previous post, a Recognition of…
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Parenting Rights and Responsibilities
As a parent, you have the right to custody of, or parenting time with, your child; and the responsibility to financially support your child. Many divorced or separated parents believe that if a parent fails…
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What the Guardian Ad Litem Says
A guardian ad litem is appointed by the family court to get familiar with a minor child and the facts and circumstances surrounding the minor child's custody and parenting issues. When the guardian ad litem…
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Where the Children Should Go to School
When divorced or separated parents need to make a decision about where their child or children will attend school in the fall, it can turn into a legal dispute. Regardless of the custodial arrangement that…
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What it Takes to Win an Award of Attorney's Fees
Under Minnesota law, a family court can make one party pay another party's attorney's fees in two ways. The two forms of fee awards are need-based awards and conduct-based awards. Need-based attorney fee awards are…
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Credit Card Companies Don't Care What the Divorce Decree Says
When a couple gets divorced, and the divorce decree makes one spouse responsible for credit card debt (or other debt), the other spouse should not have to worry about the credit card company contacting them…
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Transfers Incident to Divorce - 401(k)'s and IRA's
When someone's 401(k) interest is divided in a divorce, neither party must suffer a tax consequence or an early withdrawal penalty. The funds from the 401(k) transferred from one spouse to the other may be…