Posts Categorized: Child Custody

5 Tips for Communicating During a Divorce

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We’ve written about effective communicative technologies during a divorce on this blog before, but many people are unaware of how common it is for electronic correspondences to make their way into the court room.  A recent study by the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers found that some sort of social media evidence was used in… [...]

Minimum Parenting Time Rules Unlikely to Change in Minnesota in 2013

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Family law legislation like the Family Reunification Act or the adoptive placement bill have been making waves in 2013, but one bill that will not be voted on this year surrounds how much minimum parenting time each parent receives after a divorce. Last year, Governor Mark Dayton shot down a bill that would have increased… [...]

Minnesota Bill May Force Divorcing Couples to take Parenting Classes

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Minnesota legislatures are considering upgrading a current bill that would make parenting classes mandatory for all divorcing couples with children. Under the current system, only couples going through a contested divorce are required to take classes, but oftentimes they can be avoided if the parties provide certain paperwork. The bill has support from both Democrats… [...]

New Minnesota Bill Would Provide Adoptive Families with More Funding

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A new Minnesota bill is attempting to help increase adoption rates in Minnesota by providing larger subsidies for families who choose to adopt. Adoption advocates say the state’s adoption rate currently stands as the second lowest rate in the nation due in large part to the lack of financial assistance that is provided to adoptive… [...]

Abortion and the Rights of Surrogate Mothers

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A recent story out of Connecticut has raised legal and ethical questions about the rights of a surrogate parent who has entered into a contract with a couple seeking a child. Crystal Kelley agreed to become a surrogate for a couple who wanted a child, but complications arose when a five-month ultrasound revealed fetal abnormalities. … [...]

New Minnesota Bill May Reunite Children and Parents

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Minnesota parents who lost custody of their children may soon get a second chance to care for them. A new bill called the Family Reunification Act is making its way through Minnesota legislature, and the act aims at reuniting motivated parents with their children who have previously been placed in foster care. About 400 children… [...]

Man Ordered to Tell Women He’s a Deadbeat Dad

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Wisconsin has seen its fair share of odd child support cases in the past few months.  In December we wrote about a Wisconsin father who was ordered to stop having more children until he could prove that he could provide for the nine children he’s already fathered.  Today, we’ve learned about a Wisconsin judge who… [...]