Chanhassen Divorce Lawyer

Under Minnesota law, divorcing spouses can choose how they want to divide marital property in the divorce agreement. You may need to take into account all property you acquired during those years, whether you hold it individually or together. Marital property refers to a variety of assets acquired during the marriage, including retirement accounts, savings accounts, real estate, businesses, and more. Our skilled Chanhassen divorce attorney can help you determine a fair distribution of property, and even research the origin of your property to determine whether it counts as a marital asset for the purposes of divorce.

Before you entered into marriage, you may have signed a prenuptial agreement that determined how property would be handled in the event of a divorce. Prenups can have a significant impact on the distribution of assets during your divorce. At M. Sue Wilson Law Offices, our talented Chanhassen divorce lawyers can help review any prenuptial agreements to determine how assets might be distributed during the divorce and analyze whether the agreement is legally binding - or, in some cases, identify any challenges that could prevent them from being executed.

Spousal maintenance is often awarded to a lower-earning spouse to financially support them during and after the divorce. Spousal maintenance can often help the lower-earning spouse rebuild financially following the divorce, and may provide considerable financial support for a spouse who does not have the means to build a career due career sacrifice, age, or disability. The court will take several key factors into consideration, including:

• The duration of your marriage
• Each spouse's physical health at the time of divorce
• Career advancement opportunities and sacrifices during the marriage
• Education levels and potential career opportunities after divorce
• Standard of living during the marriage
• Your anticipated financial needs after divorce

If you and your spouse have any minor children, you will need to determine how to handle child custody. Often, child custody arrangements are unique to a specific situation. They may depend on the age of the child, parent schedules and proximity to each other. If parents cannot agree on custody, the Court will take the best interest of the child into consideration when making a custody determination.

Child visitation is referred to as “parenting time.” Parenting time refers to the amount of time a child spends with either parent in a given week. While one parent may have physical custody of a minor child after divorce, the other parent will most often have substantial parenting time. Figuring out a parenting time schedule that works for both parents is critical. Child visitation schedules may include holidays, weekends, and vacations as well as regular visits with the non-custodial parent.

Child support is paid to support the financial needs of a minor child. Child support payments are intended to ensure that the child has reasonable housing, food, clothing, transportation, medical care, and that the child's educational needs are met. Child support arrangements may also include other items like, medical insurance premiums or sports and activity fees.

Figuring out your living situation in the middle of a divorce can feel extremely complicated. However, in most cases, living apart during the early stages of the divorce process can help make other issues easier, especially if you have minor children. Our devoted Chanhassen divorce attorneys can help fight for fair living situations from early in the divorce process.

The cost of divorce may depend on your unique situation. There are many considerations that can increase or decrease your costs. At M. Sue Wilson Law Offices, we offer transparent pricing, including an hourly fee for our divorce services that is charged only when our office works on your file.