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Divorce Lawyers Hennepin County
Divorce is a difficult transition in anyone’s life, and because emotions tend to run high and protecting your rights (both parental and financial) is paramount, having an experienced Hennepin County divorce lawyer in your corner from start to finish is always well-advised.
Your Divorce Terms
While your divorce will be utterly unique to you and your family, the basic terms that must be worked out do not vary, including:
- Your child custody arrangements
- The division of your marital property
- Child support
- Alimony (called spousal maintenance in Minnesota)
If you and your divorcing spouse are able to find middle ground via compromises and negotiation, you can keep the decision-making between yourselves (and the court will almost certainly incorporate them into your final divorce decree). If not, however, you’ll need the court to step in on your behalf – for any terms that remain unresolved.
Your Child Custody Arrangements
Child custody is divided into both physical custody (also called parenting time) and legal custody. Legal custody addresses who will be making critical decisions related to your children, including:
- Decisions about your children’s schooling
- Decisions about your children’s health care
- Decisions about your children’s extracurricular activities
- Decisions about your children’s religious education
You can share or divide (according to topic) this decision-making responsibility, or one of you can take it on himself or herself.
Physical custody addresses when your children will live with you and when they will live with their other parent. While the scheduling options are limitless, the two basic divisions include one of you becoming the primary custodial parent (while the other receives a visitation schedule) or dividing your time with your children more equally.
The Division of Your Marital Property
Those assets that you and your spouse acquired during the years of your marriage are, legally speaking, marital property, and upon divorce, these assets must be divided in a way that is equitable (or fair to both of you under the given circumstances).
Child Support
The State of Minnesota requires both parents to contribute to their children’s financial support, and child support is the tool for doing so. Child support is calculated in accordance with each parent’s ability to pay, which means that the parent who is the higher earner usually becomes the payor (even if you split your time with your children equally).
Alimony
Alimony will only play a role in your divorce if it leaves one of you facing a financial disadvantage (while the other has the financial means to help offset it).
Seek the Professional Legal Guidance of an Experienced Divorce Lawyer in Hennepin County for the Help You Need
If you are facing a divorce, the trusted divorce lawyers in Hennepin County at Atticus Family Law understand the difficulties ahead and are committed to skillfully advocating for divorce terms that protect your parental and financial rights and that work for you and your children. To learn more about what we can do to help you, please don’t wait to reach out and contact us today.
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Debra W.
You can count on the excellent and dedicated team at Atticus Family Law to handle your divorce or custody matter superbly. I highly recommend.
Steven C.
I have confidence in Matt's skill as a family law attorney and have referred many people to him over the years. He has always treated them professionally and done excellent work for them.
Stacey S.
I love Atticus and recommend them to anyone in a difficult situation. They are there for you and your family.
Ron L.
Alexandra Reynolds is an outstanding attorney and she did an incredible job handling my case. She applied the little tested Cohabitation Law to my alimony appeal and she nailed it. Her knowledge of the law and her professionalism
Mike M.
The worst thing I have ever experienced in my life, my divorce, felt like a never-ending maze of financial and emotional torment. Alexandra Reynolds was there to guide me through the process. Her ability to break things down
Laura L
Alexandra and the entire team at Atticus Family Law have been nothing short of amazing during what is no doubt one of the most challenging times to navigate! Her incredibly poised and professional approach with opposing counsel and
Jeff M.
I'd like to say that Alexandra Renyalds is an extremely outstanding Family Attorney. She not only found new ways to look at my case. But was able to get on it right away. And when I needed her
Frosty L.
I cannot overstate how happy my family has been with service from Alexandra Reynolds, Tiffani Richardson, and everyone at Atticus Family Law. From an initial inquiry with Missy Olson (so friendly, attentive and helpful) to our hired counsel,
Dylan M.
Ms.Reynolds was able to jump into an ongoing case and pick up without missing a beat and we were able to get the desired outcome, as well was really helpful with any questions or concerns that I had.
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