Last week we posted about a a bill, HR 322, that would raise Minnesota’s baseline custody presumption from 25% to 35%. Since our post, the Senate passed HF322. The MSBA Family Law Section opposes this legislation. The House had previously passed a version of the bill that set the presumption at 45.1% and only allowed the presumption …
New Developments in Family Law
Lots happening to impact the practice of family law… New Rules Amended family law rules went into effect on May 1. You can read the amendments here. Of note, the changes update terminology, streamline proceedings, and create three new forms. The changes came out of Divorce Camp 2009, with goals of making the rules reflect current practice in …
Adjustments Made to Monster Judgment and Decree
We periodically review the “Monster” Stipulated Judgment and Decree on practicelaw. And while we initially set out to review it quarterly, that is now turning into periodic reviews that roughly approximate three times each year. We just completed our last review and made only minor changes, mostly related to updating statutory citations throughout the document. …
Monster Judgment and Decree, Now Updated
If you are a Minnesota family law attorney, you’ve probably seen the “monster” stipulated judgment and decree that more than thirty family law attorneys created two years ago. Since that time, practicelaw has taken on the task of reviewing it and revising it when necessary, with a goal of reviewing it four times a year. We …
Updated Monster Judgment and Decree
In September 2008, our inaugural post highlighted the complexity of drafting a form version of a Stipulated Judgment and Decree for a family law matter. practicelaw posted a Microsoft Word version a month later and released an automated version in mndocs shortly after that. But it was not our work. It was the result at …
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