Despite the tremendous progress the LGBTQ movement has made in the last few decades, substantial misconceptions still remain regarding the rights of LGBTQ individuals and couples concerning adoption. Quick Facts about LGBTQ Adoption in Minnesota Sing…
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As a parent, you want to do everything possible to protect your children. You buy safety equipment, research the best daycare centers and schools, and save for their future. A surprising number of parents, however, don’t do one of the most impo…
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Are you old enough to remember “brag books?” They were miniature photo albums in common use in the 1970s and 1980s. Parents and grandparents would pull them out at the slightest provocation (or sometimes none at all) to display pictures o…
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Parents of young children may feel bad about divorcing, fearing that being split between two homes would be too hard for their little ones, who may not even be able to fully grasp the concept of divorce. By the time your kids are in their teens, thou…
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It’s been said that parenting is the experience of having your heart walk around outside of your body. Our children are as dear and essential to us as our own hearts, but it’s true that from the moment they begin to walk, they begin to wa…
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It’s completely natural for you, as a parent, to want to spend as much time with your baby as possible. And, of course, your baby needs to develop strong relationships with both parents. But the way in which divorced or separated parents spend…
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When parents can no longer live together, one of the first orders of business is to figure out how each of them will spend time with their children. There are any number of possible configurations for parenting time, and parents are often focused on…
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One of the “best interests” factors that Minnesota courts consider in custody disputes is “the willingness and ability of parents to cooperate in the rearing of their child; to maximize sharing information and minimize exposure of the child to…
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You probably had excellent reasons for ending your marriage or your relationship with your child’s other parent. Those reasons may have included behavior on your ex’s part that made it seem like spending time with them would not be good f…
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How important is it for your children to spend time with you? If you’re like most parents, you’d say it’s very important. When you spend time with your children, you’re communicating, sharing about things as mundane as what ea…
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We at Mundahl Law regularly blog about family law issues, but from time to time, we’ll be sharing this space with clients and others who have experienced the Minnesota family law system from the client’s perspective. This is one such stor…
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“It’s not just about you!” How many times have you heard someone say that? Ordinarily, it’s meant to snap people out of a self-centered bubble. But when it comes to your child’s custody, it’s literally true: it’s not…
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Studies have shown that when undergoing life changes, the more control people have over a transition, the more successfully they navigate it. Divorce, naturally, is one of the largest and most disruptive changes that any of us can go through. That…
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How willing and able are you to fulfill your child’s various ongoing needs? How you answer that question may have a serious impact on your custody matter. Minnesota resolves custody disputes based on what’s in “the best interests of the…
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In this latest installment of our series of blog posts on Minnesota child custody law, we’ll focus on parents’ health issues, and the impact they may have on the outcome of a custody matter. As you likely know, in 2015, the “best intere…
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