Family Law

You and your partner want to get married, and you’re excited to be together and to start a family. You have a small problem, though, in that you have much more in terms of assets than they do. As a result, you do want to protect yourself and make sure that you don’t...

There’s a lot to consider when you negotiate your parenting plan with your co-parent during your divorce. While scheduling, education, and religious training are all important, sometimes co-parents end up in serious conflicts over things they didn’t consider important...

There are many different careers that parents hold in today’s world. Some allow them to be home with their children and work remotely. Others have them on unusual schedules and require them to have babysitters or nannies ready to take over their children’s care if...

Parents don't always stay together until the children that they share become adults. Unmarried parents break up, and married couples get divorced. Typically, these couples will then have to share custody following their divorce. Parents who decide to separate have the...

A statistician named Nathan Yau was curious about whether or not occupation could be used as a predictor of divorce, so he decided to look at the U.S. Census data from 2015 to see what he could determine. What were the results? Well, if you’re married to a casino...

Dividing assets after divorce is something many couples struggle to do on their own. As a result, they have to report their assets to the court, and then the court determines the proper way to split up those assets. However, some spouses decide that they don’t want to...

If you are about to divorce, you are probably dreading the thought of going to court. As you know, it can take a lot of time and money to settle a divorce through litigation. What you might not know is that there is an easier way. Mediation is an alternative form of...

Even if a divorce is the best solution for your future, you will still likely face several complex negotiations. Discussions involving your children, property division and support issues can lead to heated debates and multi-tiered negotiations. When your property...

Co-Parenting in COVID-19 Don’t have time to read a full blog? Here’s a Cheat Sheet: 1) When in doubt: Follow the Judgment! If you do not follow the judgment be prepared to defend yourself and explain why you didn’t follow your judgment in a court of law later. Call an...

It Takes a Village North Dakota has taken steps which allow third parties (a/k/a “nonparents”) to obtain custody of a child through N.D.C.C. § 14-09.4-03.  This means a child’s “village” (typically a grandparent, aunt, uncle, neighbor, etc.) can step in and provide...