Dakota County Law Blog

This post is aimed at explaining initial child support jurisdiction requirements in Minnesota. Before I get to far into explaining the Minnesota child support system, I want to direct any readers to the online calculator used by many, many lawyers and judicial personnel throughout the state.  The online calculator is at:  http://childsupportcalculator.dhs.state.mn.us/Calculator.aspx. I use that online calculator…

Many people who are not family law lawyers don’t know that, if they want to file their own divorce paperwork with a court, they must file it in the county where either the husband or wife resides.  Furthermore, when I say county, I mean the county in the state where the husband and wife live.…