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When Your Child Doesn’t Want to Spend Time with The Other Parent

February 18th, 2019

Getting divorced is hard enough. Helping your children go through can seem even worse. Though you may do everything that you can, there are going to be times when your children seem to choose one parent over the other and may decide that they don’t want to spend time with their other parent. However, it… Read more »

Learning To Communicate when Co-Parenting

February 6th, 2019

Communicating with an ex is never easy. Add in trying to co-parent with someone after your divorce and it gets even worse. However, it is important that you learn to communicate with your ex (at least when it comes to the children). Your children need both of you in their lives and you should do… Read more »

Avoiding Conflict During Divorce with Mediation Part I

December 20th, 2018

Divorce is never easy. It is usually full of many emotions, sometimes coming one right after another. You may have days where you hate your ex-spouse and days where you can’t believe that he or she is no longer in your life. As you start to go through the divorce process and divide up your… Read more »

Tips to Make Mediation Work During Your Divorce

December 20th, 2018

Divorce Mediation Lawyer Minnesota When most people think about divorce, they think of long battles in court to divvy up their assets and figure out who gets the children. However, that isn’t always the best answer. Mediation can be a great way to get divorced without all of the drama, as long as both sides… Read more »

Splitting Your Children’s Possessions in a Divorce – Part 1 of 2

December 20th, 2018

Minnetonka Family Law Attorneys When two people go through a divorce, splitting assets is often the single most difficult sequence of decisions. Even for divorcing couples who can come to agreements on deeply personal issues of separation still struggle to split their shared physical assets. Who gets the car, whether the house needs to be… Read more »

Splitting Your Children’s Possessions in a Divorce – Part 2 of 2

December 20th, 2018

[Continued from Part 1] However, this doesn’t rule out the possibility of splitting the child’s items with their permission and encouragement. If the non-primary parent settles in a new home with a room for the child(ren), it is perfectly acceptable to talk about moving the child’s oldĀ dresser, toybox, orĀ other personal items into the new room… Read more »

Remember Update Your Will When Your Life Changes

November 8th, 2018

Minnesota Family Law Lawyers & Attorneys Writing your will is generally considered a morbid endeavor, but an important one for any adult who has begun to accumulate any personal wealth. Even owning a car or building a reasonably sized savings account can make it important to have at least a basic will in place. This… Read more »

Tips to Find the Right Twin Cities Divorce Attorney

August 20th, 2018

Divorce can be a difficult time. You are looking at a time where you are going to have to make a lot of changes to your life. Your living situation and finances are all going to change. When you have children, it gets even harder. To ensure that your divorce has the best outcome, it… Read more »

Staying Calm Under Pressure – Five Strategies for Family Court

June 4th, 2018

If you are headed to family court either for a custody or child support case, emotions can run high for both parties involved. One of the best strategies you might have is to keep cool in court and not come off as overly emotional or irate. Being calm and respectful in court and in front… Read more »

Child Custody And Parenting Time: 4 Tips For Effective Co-Parenting

June 4th, 2018

Sometimes, while it can be painful to admit, you and your spouse simply cannot remain in a relationship. This is complicated enough when it’s just the two of you trying to untangle your lives, but when you have kids together it presents a whole new set of complications. Children are flexible, and they can adapt… Read more »