Saint Paul Family Law Blog
How can you support your kids’ adjustment to shared custody?
For someone who has just gone through a divorce, sharing custody with an ex can seem like a nightmare situation. As hard as custody exchanges may be for you, they're likely going to be even harder on your kids. Thankfully, if you and your ex are willing to work...
Your divorce doesn’t have to be contentious
Many people automatically think about having to go through contentious battles when they think about a divorce. While your divorce might not be a pleasant experience, it doesn’t have to be a constant fight between you and your ex. Going into the process with a plan...
After divorce, children need both mothers and fathers
Children need both parents. Those parents may not be married, but children still need a connection with both Mom and Dad. That is important to their future. How does it impact them? Pick almost any type of childhood development, and you can find a link. For instance,...
What can you do when your ex isn’t following the custody order?
For couples with minor children divorcing in Minnesota, finding a way to divvy up parenting time and responsibilities will be one of the more time-consuming aspects of the divorce process. Once either you and your ex negotiate and agree on terms or the courts settle...
Your kids don’t need to know the details of why you’re divorcing
Children finding out that their parents will soon divorce often have quite a few questions. It's important for you and your ex to work together to address your children's concerns and ensure that they know the divorce is not their responsibility or fault. It is...
Emotions abound in divorce: Make a plan
When you’re going through a divorce, you’re going to have your own emotional challenges. These may be intense, and they’ll come at the same time that you have to help your children deal with similar feelings. It can be overwhelming to do this if you don’t have a...
Should you let the kids have a say in your parenting plan?
You’re the parent, so you make the rules for the household, right? As much as that’s true, there are times it’s important to let your kids have a say about things that affect them the most directly -- and that just might include when you’re making decisions about...
Changing societal views help dads win joint custody
As the famous Bob Dylan song goes, “The times they are a-changin’.” So too is the matter of joint child custody, which is more common now than ever before thanks to new perspectives. Roles aren’t always what they used to be. There’s plenty of stay-at-home dads...
Why paying lump-sum spousal support might not be a good idea
Among all the tension and stresses of divorce negotiations, it’s understandable that you might want to get all your spousal support payments done quickly and move on with your life. You might go into it hoping to pay the least alimony possible and for the shortest...
Be an active parent, not a Disneyland dad after a divorce
As a father going through a divorce, you probably cherish the time you have with your children. If your wife filed for divorce, she may temporarily have more parenting time until the courts issue the final custody order in your case. If all you have is visitation,...
