Minnesota Divorce & Family Law Blog
"Useful, up-to-date information on divorce and family law issues."
Author: Jason C. Brown practices at Brown Law Offices in Champlin, Minn.
Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • States • Minnesota • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Minnesota Divorce & Family Law Blog
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Divorce Lawyers Encouraged to Gather Evidence from Social Networking Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
Minnesota Lawyer recently featured an article by Sylvia Hseih entitled Divorce Attorneys are Missing Evidence on Social Media Sites. She reports that sites such as Facebook and Twitter contain a "treasure trove" of legal evidence - especially…
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Minnesota Domestic Abuse Act: Order for Protection Summary
Acts of domestic abuse that occur during a marriage can have a substantial impact on custody proceedings. A finding of domestic abuse can prohibit parties from sharing joint physical custody of their children. Minnesota's Domestic Abuse…
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Minnesota Divorce: Asset & Debt Division
Minnesota law categorizes property as marital or non-marital. Marital property is usually divided equally while non-marital property is allocated entirely to the party who maintains the non-marital interest. Non-marital property involves the interest a party…
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How Does The Court Determine An Appropriate Amount of Alimony?
Spousal maintenance, formerly known as alimony, is one of the more difficult issues to tackle during the dissolution process. With the exception of child custody, no other issue is as personal or emotionally charged to divorce litigants.…
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Minnesota Child Support in a Nutshell
In January of 2007 the Minnesota child support guidelines underwent significant changes. Prior to the enactment of the present legislation found in Minnesota Statutes Section 518A, child support was based soley on the income of the obligor (the…
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Child Custody Standards In Minnesota
There are two types of custody in Minnesota: physical and legal. A parent may receive sole or joint custody. A non-custodial parent will likely receive an award of parenting time. The "best interests of the child" governs these issues. In…
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Fraud Upon the Court and the Valuation of "Marital" Property: Minnesota Court of Appeals Says You Must Be "Married" to Gain an Interest
In a published decision entitled Alam v. Chowdhury, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has found that marital property involves acquisitions or increases in value during the marriage itself (not beyond) - even if one party…
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Termination of Parental Rights Based on Death of Former Child by Blunt Force Trauma to Head Reversed by the Court of Appeals
In an unpublished decision entitled In re the Matter and Welfare of the Child of BTN and AVD, the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed a district court order terminating the parental rights of the child's parents.…
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Court of Appeals Affirms Reduction, Not Elimination, of Spousal Maintenance Obligation Following Good Faith Retirement
In an opinion filed March 3, 2009, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed a Dakota County District Court's reduction, not elimination, of husband's spousal maintenance obligation following retirement. Judge Halbrooks wrote, without dissent, in Wisness…
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Online Parenting Time Exchange Tool: "Meet Me in the Middle"
From Alaska to Georgia to California (and now Minnesota) family law bloggers across the country have endorsed a useful new online tool to answer that age-old question: Where should we meet for our parenting time exchange? A…