Divorce Mediation in St. Paul MN
So you and your spouse have decided that it’s time to get a divorce. What once was a happy union has turned into something that is no longer wanted or enjoyed. There are so many reasons that people get divorced these days. Whether you are unhappy in your marriage or you have grown apart, there are millions of other people in the same position. While it is not uncommon to get divorced these days, the price for a courtroom battle is still just as steep as ever. Read Full Post
Lisa Kallemeyn focuses her entire practice on family law and has more than twenty years of experience helping couples in the Blaine, Anoka and Coon Rapids, MN area find a way through the many aspects of a divorce in the healthiest way possible. Lisa understands that every divorce is unique and every family undergoes a huge transition that can be difficult, emotional and trying. Divorce does not always bring out the best in us, but with help and support navigating the process, it can be done in a healthy way.
The very nature of divorce is stressful. It is the culmination of a period of time during which you and your spouse have experienced enough difficulty in your marriage and have resolved to take it to its conclusion. This is true, to some extent, even in divorces that are characterized as ‘amicable.’ If you have children, they too will experience the stress initiated by your divorce. The law firm of Kallemeyn & Kallemeyn provides high quality divorce counsel and representation for those in Anoka, Coon Rapids, Andover, Ham Lake, Blaine, and many other communities in Minnesota.
If you live in the state of Minnesota and are going through a divorce, you have likely already been made aware that you should first seek an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) before moving forward with a court case to settle the terms of your divorce. And, if you have done any research on what this process entails, you may have stumbled onto the term “qualified neutral” and wonder what this actually means. A “neutral” is an individual or organization who provides an Alternative Dispute Resolution service. This is very often divorce mediation, which is a highly successful tool to settle common and complex issues in a divorce settlement. Neutrals who are on the State Court Administrator’s Rule 114 Neutral Roster are “qualified neutrals.” This means that the court system sees these professionals as trained and capable of providing these mediation services to those in the MN area.
Court battles are long, expensive, emotionally taxing and generally tend to increase the adversarial nature of any conflict. And, issues that come up in family law cases are already extremely emotionally charged for all involved, meaning that court battles can become even more contentious and divisive. More and more families are turning to mediation as a tool to solve issues such as divorce, child custody issues, child support, division of property, grandparents rights and other family law cases. Lisa Kallemeyn, of Kallemeyn & Kallemeyn, is an experienced mediator and a Qualified Neutral under Rule 114 of the MN Rules of Practice. She can help you and your family sort out all types of difficult issues and find common ground and resolution that allows all of you to move forward in a positive and healthy way.
