Family Law Updates

Family Law Updates
207, 2019

Divorce 101: How to Effectively Allocate Extracurricular Expenses for Teenagers

July 2, 2019|Family Law Updates|

If you are in the process of filing for divorce, it is time to consider the needs of your growing children. While younger children have financial needs that are more easily addressed during a divorce, teenagers need additional support that is often difficult to estimate, such as expenses and fees [...]

1806, 2019

How High Conflict Parents Can Communicate With Each Other During Divorce

June 18, 2019|Family Law Updates|

Divorce is never an easy event in one’s life, especially when there is a break down of communication. Divorce is even more challenging when there are kids in the middle. With high conflict parents, talking about kids’ schedules, appointments, and other aspects of the kids can be difficult and sometimes [...]

1706, 2019

The Use of Mediation to Address Summer Parenting-Time Issues

June 17, 2019|Family Law Updates|

All parents face challenges over the summer, but when you are in the middle of a divorce, parenting-time issues are bound to arise.  Both parents typically want to have the children for as much time during the summer as possible. The problem is, your kids can’t be in two places [...]

506, 2019

New Tax Law Changes and the Impact on Divorce

June 5, 2019|Family Law Updates|

The laws for 2018 taxes have changed, impacting those going through a divorce. As of January 1, 2019, spousal maintenance is no longer taxable to the recipient or deductible for the paying party. Due to this change, people are looking at other options for spousal maintenance, or alimony, payments. One [...]

106, 2019

The Best Parenting Time Practices for Summer

June 1, 2019|Family Law Updates|

Summertime can present a rather rocky road for divorced parents when it comes to parenting time. Early planning can make a huge difference. It is not just timing with your ex that you need to consider. You also need to take into account expectations at work to ensure you get [...]

205, 2019

A Positive Divorce – What We Can Learn From Celebrities

May 2, 2019|Family Law Updates|

There are certain normal events which create major stress in our lives. The top category is life transitions. These transitions include moving, starting a new job, marriage, divorce, and death. It’s tempting to instantly categorize each of these events as a positive or negative experience, but any one of them [...]

104, 2019

Cohabitation Effects of Spousal Maintenance in Minnesota

April 1, 2019|Family Law Updates|

Minnesota law, under Minn. Stat. § 518.522, Subd. 6, allows a spousal maintenance award to be modified if the party receiving maintenance or alimony (also known as the obligee), moves in with a significant other. Typically, spousal maintenance terminates upon the remarriage or death of the obligee, but now it [...]

103, 2019

Financial Issues – Qualified Plans Subject to Division

March 1, 2019|Family Law Updates|

In a Minnesota divorce proceeding, a qualified plan may include any marital portion of a retirement or investment account (IRA), pension plan, or deferred compensation plan that either party has an interest in. However, it is difficult to determine the value of these plans because of their after-tax value – [...]

1502, 2019

Navigating FAFSA While Going Through the Divorce Process

February 15, 2019|Family Law Updates|

Going through a divorce isn’t easy on a family, but when you pair that with one of the kids getting ready to go off to college, it can get a lot more difficult and confusing. Most issues concerning divorce and college are financial. Who is paying for which expenses? What [...]

1002, 2019

Minnesota Divorce Issues – Depletion and Dissipation of Assets

February 10, 2019|Family Law Updates|

Although Depletion and Dissipation of property carry different meanings, in Minnesota divorce cases the terms are sometimes used synonymously by the Court.  Dissipation is defined by Minnesota case law as "wasting or expending funds foolishly." Volesky v. Volesky, 412 N.W.2d 750 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987).  Spouses have a fiduciary duty [...]

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