Often when parties get divorced, the value of any property is split down the middle; each party gets about 50% of the assets and debts from the marriage. This can get more complicated, however, when assets were owned by one party prior to the marriage and maintained through the marriage. How do ...
Common law marriage is an old concept that still holds ground in many countries and eleven states but not in Minnesota. In common law marriage, the parties never actually go through the process of becoming married through the church or state, but reside together and hold themselves out to the ...
It is not very common that a person dies during the pendency of their divorce. What happens in that situation? How is property distributed? Certain rights come with marriage by law. If an individual does not have a will, their property first passes to their spouse; the amount of property ...
A divorce action is started when one party, the “Petitioner”, drafts or has an attorney draft a Summons and Petition. The Summons and Petition set out what the main issues will be in the case, and list pertinent information, such as addresses, whether there are minor children, and any real estate owned ...
When parties are going through the divorce process, the question often arises of how you can be sure that the other side is being honest and not hiding information or assets from you. The rules of procedure allow for something called discovery in order for each side to know what the ...
Often at the time of divorce, both parties want to stay in the marital home. What happens then? How can you force one party to leave? If the home was purchased during the marriage, it is marital property. Likewise, if it was purchased prior to the marriage but the parties resided ...
When one party wants to get divorced, there is no way to stop the process from happening. Minnesota is a no fault divorce state. All one spouse has to show is that there has been an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The party choosing to begin the divorce process (the ...
Parties to a divorce with children, or even single parents with children, usually want to make provisions for what will happen to their child if they were to die. An individual is always able to designate who they would like to be the child’s guardian in their will or other similar documents. ...
One issue every divorcing family with children needs to deal with is the change in the holiday schedule. Holidays are generally a time, sometimes the only time, that the children spend time with their extended family and everyone gets together. There is often travel involved, if families have moved apart from ...
In a divorce proceeding, a personal injury settlement can represent a large amount of money that will have to be divided between the parties. Usually, this type of settlement occurs in Personal Injury or Workers Compensation cases. In Minnesota, a personal injury survivor can recover for a variety of losses including: past and future ...
