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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… Read More

If you are receiving spousal maintenance (alimony), and your divorce decree states that payments will terminate on remarriage, what do you do when you meet and fall in love with someone? If you’re like many people, the answer is to move in toge… Read More

Some unhappy couples stay together for the sake of the kids. Others do it because of religious beliefs or because they can’t afford to live apart. And some married couples have put off divorce to avoid one spouse being removed from the other sp… Read More

Everybody knows that the divorce process is stressful, but making the decision to divorce carries its own challenges. Saying, “I want a divorce,” to your spouse is like letting a genie out of a bottle. Once you’ve done it, things will never… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

“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… Read More

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… Read More