Practice Areas

Because many family law issues overlap into other practice areas, having our full breadth of services working in your favor offers you a distinct advantage. We’ll show you what’s possible and bring your best options to light.

We are also highly experienced with alternative dispute resolution techniques like mediation, financial early neutral evaluation (FENE), social early neutral evaluation (SENE), and moderated settlement conferences (MSC), if your desire is to keep your legal issues out of the courtroom as much as possible.

Divorce

Divorce is a very personal matter, full of emotion and complexity. No two divorces are alike. We believe that in a divorce case, an effective attorney will build a genuine relationship with his or her client, provide personalized guidance regarding all the relevant issues and work strategically toward favorable results.

Property

Divorce is a very personal matter, full of emotion and complexity. No two divorces are alike. We believe that in a divorce case, an effective attorney will build a genuine relationship with his or her client, provide personalized guidance regarding all the relevant issues and work strategically toward favorable results.

Spousal Maintenance (Alimony)

In the challenging world of family law, alimony remains one of the toughest, most litigated issues that divorcing and divorced people talk to their lawyers about. Alimony is also referred to as spousal support, spousal maintenance or simply maintenance. Minnesota law does not provide a cut-and-dried method of determining spousal main…

Child Custody, Support and Parenting Time

Child custody and parenting time (traditionally known as visitation) can be the most hotly contested issues in a divorce or in a case involving unmarried parents. In custody and visitation matters, the critical consideration is the best interests of the children. To meet your children’s needs — and protect your rights as a parent — you may need the…

Modification of Court Orders

In Minnesota, family court orders reflect a judicial officer’s or judge’s decision (or the parties’ agreement) about the facts of a case at a certain point in time. We all know that circumstances can change as time goes on. If you have experienced a change of circumstances — a change related to you or your children that you think could signific…