People sometimes ask me whether they can represent themselves in a Minnesota divorce proceeding. The answer is "Yes." One can always represent oneself in a court proceeding. However, you need to keep in mind that in Minnesota, it is also legal to remove your own appendix. Just because its legal doesn't mean that it is [...]
In the previous post I talked about the divorce Summons and Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. Service of these documents is the event that commences a divorce proceeding in Minnesota. A person who is served with a Summons and Petition has 30 days in which to serve an Answer. If he or she does not [...]
This is the time of year that many divorced parents begin to have problems with holiday parenting time. Often times, divorce decrees are ambiguous about holiday parenting time. A divorce decree might say that parenting time is "reasonable and liberal," without saying anything about a specific parenting time schedule. Or a divorce decree might say [...]
Do divorce attorneys use negotiating tricks? Yes. Not all of them, but a lot of them. After all, they went to law school, they are attorneys, and they want to get the best deal for their client in any (legal) way they can. Many attorneys who use "positional bargaining" tactics use various "tricks" to try [...]
