Finding Positive Answers To Your Family Law Concerns

When your family is experiencing a change, you need a law firm that is ready to help guide you through the process. Our lawyers are here to help you find positive answers to your family law concerns.

Providing Sound Counsel to Protect Your Interests

Life is change: From childhood, to adolescence, to adulthood, we continually make choices that create new life paths. Sometimes, it is a simple choice with simple results: picking one college class over another. Other times, it is something simple with significant impact — in that chosen class sits your future spouse.

As time moves on, you may find that the path you chose was not the best fit, and you seek an alternate route — you choose to re-define your family and file for divorce.

Our Practice Areas

Divorce

Our attorneys strive to resolve a divorce by cooperation between all parties.

Child Custody

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Additional Family Law Matters

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Collaboration & Mediation

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Schedule Your Consultation with a Member of Our Team

To talk to an experienced family law attorney about your case, please call our Fargo office at 701-271-9393 or send us an email. We are licensed in both North Dakota and Minnesota, and represent clients throughout the Fargo-Moorhead area.

Finding the Right Path for Your Family

There is a reason attorneys are referred to as “counselors at law.” Our duty is to advise you of all options, so that you can make the most informed choice for your future. Our goal is to help you negotiate a new direction, one that best suits you and your children, one that offers the best opportunity for all to thrive.

While there are no guarantees on settlement, we believe that a cooperative resolution is best for all involved: After all, we generally find it easier to honor arrangements we create ourselves, rather than those that are forced upon us. If, however, the case progresses and settlement just doesn’t seem possible, our skills allow us to excel in the courtroom, and our reputation as such facilitates negotiation.

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10 Commandments of Family Law

The only truth your children need to know is that you both love them unconditionally, and that this isn’t their fault.
Take the high road — everyone wins when you do what’s best for your kids.
Negotiate but don’t capitulate — if you are being pushed toward something detrimental for your children, stand your ground.
You can only control yourself and how you respond. Don’t engage.
Do set up rules and responsibilities. Kids feel better when routine is continued.
You are still their parent — don’t be afraid to be one.
Disneyland is in California, not in your home. Don’t set up unreasonable expectations.
It is not their job to take care of you. Repeat that to them. Often.
Yelling is for sports — not court. Good lawyers strongly advocate without being disrespectful to opposing parties.
Fair is a place you go to get cheese curds. Aside from that, nothing in life is fair.