Divorce Basics Attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota

How long does it take to get a divorce?

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well that’s kind of the million dollar
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question um i think the question that we
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get most often in initial consultations
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is how much and how long to be honest it
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really depends it depends on the party’s
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circumstances it depends on the issues
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involved the minnesota court website
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says getting divorce is a lot harder
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than getting married and it can often
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take several months
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i also read in a survey that it can take
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uh 17 and a half months on average
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to go from the beginning filing all the
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way through a trial obviously not all
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cases end up going to trial and the
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majority of cases settle in fact if you
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have agreements already you can file
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what’s called a joint petition agreement
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and judgment and decree that is a one
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filing that begins and ends the divorce
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process and can usually be processed
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administratively without having to go to
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a courthouse or see a judge
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factors that influence the length of the
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divorce can be
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the severity and the number of
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disagreements the parties have
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are there parental issues co-parenting
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issues do we need to have a neutral
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involved or have a custody study done
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on the financial end do we need neutrals
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to help us resolve
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complex
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valuation issues are there family
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businesses or sole proprietorships
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involved and so it really depends on the
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amount of issues at stake and where the
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parties are
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with respect to those issues our firm
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and minnesota courts in general are very
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settlement focused in many cases resolve
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in some sort of mediation it just
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depends on how much information you have
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to make an informed decision in in
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making an agreement
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generally
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people like to compromise about their
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family rather than having the person in
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the black robe make decisions about
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their family that they don’t really know
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or never really met before
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however some cases do need to go to
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trial and our team has a wealth of
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experience in working together to
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prepare for a trial and bring
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and advocate for our clients and a trial

Minneapolis, MN family law attorney Michael Cain explains how long the divorce process takes.

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