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In 1993, the Minnesota Human Rights Act was enacted, prohibiting certain forms of discrimination due to specific characteristics including sexual orientation. In 2013, a bill became law officially recognizing same-sex marriages in the State of Minnes…
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Can a man make a woman a mother without her making him a father? Yes, and this isn’t a trick question. In Minnesota, an unmarried man who gets his girlfriend pregnant unquestionably makes her a mother. However, legally speaking, he is not a fat…
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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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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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Not all that long ago, two assumptions were prevalent in family law: one parent, almost always the mother, was the “primary caretaker” of the children; and the primary caretaker should receive some degree of preference in custody determinations.…
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In our last several blog posts, we’ve discussed the recently amended “best interests” factors that Minnesota courts consider in deciding custody and parenting time disputes. In general, the language in the statute has been changed to focus…
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