Eagan Family Law Blog

Conflicts between those sharing custody of minor children are common, and emotions can lead to people saying and doing things that could make them seem unstable, dangerous or selfish to a judge hearing their case in family court. What people say in anger can come back...

Both your property and your debts can contribute to your conflict with your spouse in the early stages of divorce. Many couples struggle to separate their finances, especially if they do not have a pre-existing marital agreement. Often, valuable property is what...

Deciding how to divide your parenting time will be one of the biggest challenges in a Minnesota divorce. You and your spouse both love your children, and you want to minimize the harm your divorce causes them. That is probably one of the few things you still agree...

You and your spouse are getting a divorce, but at the moment, you feel like you’re at a standstill. On one hand, you know that certain assets are going to be yours in the settlement, but on the other, you’re not sure you can take those until the settlement is...

Dividing property is a stressful process as you plan your divorce. Some couples fight so intensely about property division that they end up asking a judge to intervene and make those decisions because they cannot agree on anything. In Minnesota, couples should fairly...

You know well that you and your spouse are going to need to split up your assets when you get divorced. This is one of the key points of almost any divorce case, second only perhaps to splitting up time with the children. But you don't want to share the inheritance...

Divorce is hard for the couple ending their marriage, but it is also very hard for any children they share. Losing a relationship with one parent or watching the people they love fight bitterly can be extremely difficult for children to handle. The Minnesota family...

By the time someone starts seriously considering divorce, they have probably been unhappy or dissatisfied with their marriage for months if not years. Even if you didn't have separate accounts in just your name when you got married, you may have started one when you...

Most divorcing couples in Minnesota, especially those with children, want to make the process of ending their marriage as painless as possible. But painless doesn’t necessarily mean “quick.” The vast majority of divorces are settled out of court, with less than 10%...

You know that you are getting divorced, and you and your spouse have officially started talking about it and even taking steps in that direction. That said, you know well that divorce can take months and may take up to a year, so this isn’t going to be over any time...