Divorce Basics Attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Can you provide a quick overview of the divorce process in Minnesota?
Can you provide a quick overview of the divorce process in Minnesota?
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divorce starts when somebody observes a
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summons and petition on
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uh the other party a summons and
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petition for dissolution of marriage
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that’s just notice pleading it says yeah
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i live here i have three kids i make
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this much money
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i have some retirement assets and i have
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a few automobiles and a couple boats
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that’s what’s listed on there um and
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i’m not in the military and i’m not
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pregnant
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and then uh the it’s a prayer for relief
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well they’ll say i want the marriage
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dissolved for
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irreconcilable differences or
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irretrievable breakdown of the marriage
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you don’t need any reasons
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infidelity isn’t a reason
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and then
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i want an equitable division of the
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property i want uh joint custody with
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the kids i want to have this parenting
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time i want to have the cadillac and my
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husband can have the volvo things like
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that you put that in there spousal
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maintenance i want alimony i want child
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support that goes in there
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the other party has 30 days to answer
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they don’t even have to file those
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documents with the court right away
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but what normally will happen is
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somebody will file the summons in
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petition or the other party will file
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their answer and counter petition
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because you have to answer in 30 days
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the court will assign a judge the judge
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will hold a preliminary hearing called
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an initial case management conference
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that’s where you sit down with the judge
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and decide
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what are we how are we going to approach
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this case are we going to try to do some
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mediation are we going to take advantage
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of the early neutral evaluation program
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where we sit in a room and discuss the
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finances where we discuss what child
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custody is going to look like and try to
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resolve things without a trial or are we
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going to do the litigation track are we
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going to file temporary motions are we
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going to do formal discovery where
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everybody has to provide all their
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documents to each other finances
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education
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job history real estate bank accounts
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retirement accounts all of that has to
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get put in and then
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there would be a trial and a judge would
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decide
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that who who gets to keep the kids
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they’re going to decide how the property
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is going to be distributed so that’s it
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in a nutshell
Minneapolis, MN family law attorney Michael Fink gives a quick overview of the divorce process in Minnesota.
