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1. PRE-DIVORCE INFORMATION
Kenny Leigh

2. • As you may know, January is a period of high volume for
divorce lawyers
• Why does this happen each and every year you may ask?
• Often times parents/spouses will endure the holiday season
(Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years) so as not to upset their
family or children
• January appears the be the next available time to separate
from a wife or husband
• A normally joyous time of the year unfortunately has big life
change undertones

3. • On the next few slides you will find a list of
some of the most recent news and trends
related to family law
• Some of them may surprise you

4. • A court in New York officially ruled that a father who has been
prevented from seeing his son by the child’s mother should no longer
be obligated to pay child support
• In this specific case the Court found that the mother was directly
involved in a “pattern of alienation.”
• This alienation interfered with the father’s parenting time schedule
• The mother actually went on record saying she would do everything
in her power to keep the father and son separated
• This trend continues to grow around the country even into Minnesota
• Minnesota recently changed their laws this past legislative session by
giving the Judge’s more tools by which to punish a parent who
intentionally interferes with parenting times

5. • The offenses associated with alienating a parent from
their child are now starting to have major repercussions
including jail time
• There can also be fines and probationary restrictions
• The offenses can be punishable by imprisonment for
not more than 2 years or a payment of a fine of no
more than $4,000
• The court also has the option of adding onto any
sentence imposed by assessing any expense incurred in
returning the child against any person convicted

6. CIVIL REMEDIES
• Compensatory time
• Civil penalty of up to $500 on the party
• Award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs

7. • A Judge may also find that there has been an
unwarranted denial of or interference with
duly established parenting time, they have the
option to modify custodial arrangements
completely

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