Coon Rapids Family Lawyer
The issues at play in family law cases are particularly sensitive and often rooted in emotion. At the same time, these same issues are surrounded by very complex laws. If you are facing a divorce, or have issues to resolve with a child custody case, child support payments or even issues with paternity, you will want to find balance between the sensitive and emotional issues and the laws that governs these cases. Lisa Kallemeyn of Kallemeyn & Kallemeyn is a family lawyer in Coon Rapids, MN with more than twenty years navigating all type of family law cases. Read Full Post
When a couple decides to move forward with a divorce, one of the first things to consider is the mechanism through which the divorce will be settled. Many people elect to hire attorneys and navigate this process via the traditional court system, but over the last decade or so, more and more divorcing couples are electing to use mediation services to settle their divorce.
We have all heard the statistic that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. There is some speculation that this number is off and it may have dipped a bit lower over the last decade or two, but regardless, if your marriage is ending and you are heading into a divorce, this statistic likely does not matter to you at all. What likely matters to you is finding a way to get through this difficult situation with some measure of strength.
The US Government estimates that the cost of raising a child (from birth to 18 years of age) is nearly $250,000, including education costs, childcare, food, health care, and housing costs. It is safe to assume that few couples are thinking about this staggering number when they decide to start a family. And, if you find yourself in the midst of a divorce after starting a family, the financial outlook can become even more difficult. 
Relationships come prepackaged to us as fantastical, wondrous, romantic, and everlasting. Every grade school child who begins “dating” someone else in their class is showing signs of buying into the hopeful, if often unrealistic, mythos of everlasting love. Children mimic the behaviors they see in adults, and few are more powerful or capable of imprinting messages…
