CHILD PROTECTION: HOW DO I RESPOND WHEN FACED WITH A PETITION FOR CHILD(REN) INNEED OF PROTECTION AND SERVICES? Child(ren) in Need of Protection or Services “CHIPS” matters are brought in juvenile court in Minnesota and are governed by the Rules of Juvenile Protection...
One of the most complex and challenging types of divorces from a financial perspective is a divorce involving a farm. There are three financial categories of farms: (1) the productive farm; (2) the marginal farm; and (3) the hobby farm. The productive farm generates...
Spousal maintenance, without an agreement otherwise, ends in Minnesota when the spouse receiving the maintenance remarries. The reasoning has been that once an ex-spouse remarried, there was a new spouse in the household helping to pay monthly living expenses and the...
By Michael S. Divine 6/28/2016 This article discusses some of the legal documents that can assist in planning for the physical care of a minor child in the event of a parent’s death or incapacity. Minnesota law provides that a parent may appoint a guardian over a...
Retirement assets are often the largest assets in a divorce case. The attorneys at Dudley and Smith, P.A. have dealt with every kind of retirement asset and the division of protection of the same. If you and your spouse both have retirement assets, you may elect to...
Often people think that if they have a decree from one state and they want to enforce it in another, they need to travel to that State. Some common divorce decree modifications include custody, parenting time, spousal maintenance and child support. The state court...
