When parents separate or divorce, custody becomes a crucial aspect of family law. However, the situation can become more complicated if one parent desires to relocate with their child. The relocating parent must navigate legal requirements and custody arrangements. The information below will guide parents dealing with relocation and custody ...
Child custody is a critical issue that arises when relationships end. It involves determining which parent will have the legal right to make crucial decisions for the child and where the child will live. In Minnesota, child custody is a complex legal matter, and custody evaluation is one of the ...
One common misconception in child custody hearings is that the child will get to decide, at least at some point, the parent with whom they choose to live. While this choice is taken into consideration around the age of 12 or 13, depending on their level of maturity, this, in ...
Parenting consultants (PCs) are commonly appointed in Minnesota family cases to make decisions and resolve disputes. PCs serve as a neutral third party, after the issue of a divorce decree, that makes decisions regarding parenting time. A court order is created and must be signed by both parents. Once completed, ...
Divorce can be quite unexpected, traumatic, and filled with uncertainty. The trouble compounds when the couple has joint children. In that case, divorce involves not only a financial and emotional uncoupling, but also requires decisions to be made around custody labels, parenting schedules, and child support. Even when the dust ...
Many parents who are in the midst of divorcing will disagree about what school their child should attend. Oftentimes, the school choice corresponds with where one parent lives. However, there can be other reasons for choosing a specific school for a child. Some of these include how the child is ...
At Heimerl and Lammers, our divorce attorneys understand that most spouses could easily decide to end their troubled marriages if they were the only two people involved in the dissolution. When children are involved, couples can wait months or even years to divorce, assuming the best thing to do is ...
At Heimerl & Lammers, our divorce and family law attorneys understand that some parents use the phrases child custody and parenting time interchangeably, but in reality, they are two very different arrangements that are established during Minnesota divorce proceedings when the spouses share minor children. Child custody outlines the ...
Under the United States Constitution, one has fundamental rights as a parent to raise their children as they see fit. Courts have included in these parental rights the right to exclude others from having contact with their child. Basically a parent can tell a grandparent that the grandparent can have no contact with their ...
In Minnesota when a dissolution proceeding involves minor children, the parties or the court must decide issues such as custody, parenting time, and child support. There are two types of custody “labels” in Minnesota: legal custody and physical custody. When determining custody in Minnesota, the courts will apply the “best ...
