child custody

You may have decided to divorce your spouse due to their conduct, which you fear could put your children at risk. Depending on the nature of their behavior, you may feel it is unsafe for your children to be around them for long periods. In this case, you may want to...

When a Minnesota married couple determines that their relationship cannot be restored, it often sparks a chain of life-changing events. When such couples also happen to be parents, their children’s lives are significantly affected by  the divorce proceedings that...

When Minnesota parents decide to file for divorce, they often encounter challenges as they try to devise a co-parenting plan. Most parents want what is best for their children. However, each parent might interpret that differently, which can lead to complications when...

You love your children, but you have many responsibilities that make it hard for you to have custody of them as much as you’d like. You work a busy schedule that takes you across the United States, and you sometimes even travel out of the country. At the same time,...

“Daddy, can I stay at mom’s this weekend?” “Well, I don’t know, son,” you reply, “We’ll have to ask the judge about that.” It sounds odd. Yet, that is precisely what many parents allow to happen when they get divorced. If parents cannot agree on their child’s future...

In family law, there is something known as third-party custody. It occurs when a third party who is not the biological parent of a child takes over their care. In most cases, children do best when they have a good relationship with their parents. Even if their parents...

When you and your child can’t see each other due to distance, it can be heartbreaking. You’re used to seeing your child regularly since you live together, but now that your divorce is moving forward, changes have to happen. One option that you’ve been looking into is...

In Minnesota, when someone who has a pre-existing family relationship with a minor child chooses to adopt that child, they engage in what the state calls a kinship adoption. Grandparent adoptions are among the most common kinship adoptions, as grandparents often have...

After you and your spouse get divorced, you will both be out on your own, right? Odds are that nothing sounds less likely to you than the fact that the two of you could share a home. But could that be exactly what you do? Some couples do it, though they do not live in...

The Minnesota family courts have to make decisions every day regarding the relationships between adults and minor children, and they try to do what is right for the children first. These custody determinations often occur during a divorce, but they can also happen...