Honesty, Integrity, Empathy
“We stayed together for the kids.” Every family law attorney has probably heard this before. The client is saying this as they explain how they now find themselves in the midst of a divorce…maybe after years (or decades) of an unhappy marriage. But is staying together...
In a 2018 Hidden Brain episode on NPR (click to listen), host Shankar Vedantam covers the topic of why modern marriage is so hard. Vedamtam starts with, “[S]o many marriages become unhappy. Some dissolve. Some end in divorce. And even the successful ones aren’t...
Most of us know generally that a harassment restraining order (aka, an “HRO”) is essentially a court order prohibiting a person from bothering us. Beyond that, details may be murky. But if you or someone you love is being subjected to harassment, it is helpful to know...
“Nomen est omen” is an ancient Roman proverb meaning “the name is a sign.” It captured the evergreen idea that we tend to gravitate towards a way of being that reflects our name. But there is the name we are given and then there is what we make of it and of our lives....
Many parents do not realize until they experience a custody or parenting-time dispute that NO – custody and parenting time are not the same thing. Both custody and parenting time are issues to be resolved in Minnesotadivorceproceedings, for example, when the spouses...
Opens in Saint Paul’s Historic Ramsey Hill Neighborhood I am thrilled to announce the official opening of ! As founding attorney, I look forward to practicing family law in a unique space shared with...