Annulment, also known as a voidable marriage, is a process negating a marriage entirely on the basis of discovering unknown information at the time of the marriage.
Collaborative divorce involves parties working together to resolve the divorce amicably with or without the help of an attorney, mediator, or both.
Contested divorce involves disagreements with finances, custody, parenting time, or other issues of the divorce requiring assistance of the court for determination.
Default divorce involves circumstances when one spouse fails to respond to the request for divorce necessitating a request of the court to make the divorce happen without their participation - by default.
High conflict divorce typically involves coercive manipulation of a spouse exerting control over the other spouse while using the court process to continue maintaining control.
High asset divorces, also known as high net worth divorce, involves significant assets often requiring experts for valuation thereof.
Legal separation is similar to a divorce without entirely severing the marriage.
Uncontested divorce is similar to collaborative divorce. Both involve a lack of disagreement between spouses. Instead, one spouse requests terms of the divorce with the other spouse’s agreement to the terms stated without disagreement.
A request to reopen a divorce may be due to discovered assets not disclosed during the initial divorce process.

Child Custody

Child custody includes legal custody and physical custody. Legal custody relates to decision-making while physical custody pertains to daily care and residence.
Modification of child custody is a request to change custody or parenting time.
Parenting time involves the schedule parents have with their child(ren). Parenting time can be equal or less than equal depending on circumstances surrounding the best interest of the child(ren).
Paternity involves unmarried parents a child or children where one requests custody and parenting time. Often this involves a father’s requirement to establish parentage of the child involved in Minnesota.
Third party custody occurs when someone other than the biological parent requests custody and parenting time of a minor child.
Relocation or moving out of Minnesota requires careful planning and often court approval.

Financial Matters

Child support involves basic support, medical support, and child care. Child support is the child’s right to support from parents.
Modification of Child Support is a request to change the amount of child support based upon new circumstances.
Spousal Maintenance is support received from one spouse. There are two types of spousal maintenance: transitional and indefinite.
Modification of spousal maintenance is a request to adjust spousal maintenance on the basis of a change in circumstances include a spouse’s remarriage to another, cohabitation, or increase/decrease in income.
Prenuptial Agreements involves protecting assets prior to entering a marriage.

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