Child Custody and Visitation Attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tell us about a memorable custody dispute you handled.
Tell us about a memorable custody dispute you handled.
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of a young man he was a he’s a marine
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still is a marine but when i when i um
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took the case on
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he was stationed in virginia
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his
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child was born there his wife moved to
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minnesota
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with the child
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when the child was about six months old
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at first
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she would allow the father to to come
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and see the child but um after
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within a few months of that she stopped
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allowing him to see the kid
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she would say well i’ll be home you can
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come up and see him come up on such a
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date
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and he would come up and she would be
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gone she would have disappeared with
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this child and the child wouldn’t be
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there
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the first time he saw his child within
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within about two years was when she
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filed for child support
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and
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i was representing him and i arranged
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for him to have some parenting time he
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came up he had some parenting time with
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the child went back to virginia
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and then
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we were working trying to work through
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mediation but talks stalled and she
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again
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stopped letting him see his child we
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went to court we went before the judge
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the judge said
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this child
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is going to go see his son
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and he was allowed to fly his son back
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to virginia for
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about a week this was when i think the
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child was about three years old already
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three and a half years
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and so that was working out and i kept
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trying to work with the mother she went
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through attorney after attorney
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and we never got anywhere with it so
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finally
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we had a trial
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i had this track record of her failing
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to
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allow father to have parenting time with
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with his child even though
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when they first divorced she agreed to
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equal parenting time with the son
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for whatever reasons it took four years
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finally after the trial
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my client was awarded sole legal and
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sole physical custody
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of the minor child because the wife
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resisted
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his parenting time so much
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and to this day
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the child is now six
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and his father is relocated to another
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state but he is still
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solely in his father’s care
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and mother has somewhat dropped off the
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face of the earth so that was a
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particularly rewarding case it took four
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years three four years but
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this father is now seeing his son
Minneapolis, MN family law attorney Michael Fink tells the story of a memorable custody dispute he successfully handled.
