The term “bucket list” has become such a cliché, it is likely that many people forget it came from a 2007 Rob Reiner movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, called, appropriately enough, “The Bucket List.” The movie is about...
Fathers’ rights group rallies at State Capitol
As we have discussed before on this family law blog, when a judge in Minnesota must decide which parent a child will live with, the law requires him or her to consider the child’s best interests above everything else. Most parents also want what is best for...
At what age are Minnesotans most likely to be divorced?
Knowing somebody’s age gives you few clues about that person’s personality or past, but it may help you predict whether or not the person has ever been divorced. That is the conclusion of a study that used data about Minnesotans.Researchers at Business...
Minnesota has second-lowest rate of single-parent households
A common consequence of divorce is that the children live primarily with one parent, instead of two parents as they once did. Raising a child as a single parent can be a big challenge, though child support helps.In Minnesota, single parenthood is actually relatively...
What happens when a divorced parent wants to move out of state
In some ways, a divorce may never truly end, at least for many years. This is especially true for parents. As the children grow up, custody and visitation arrangements that were in their best interests when the divorce happened may no longer make sense. Or the...
