There is a wealth of information available on the Internet that discusses the issue of child support. Minnesota law specifically recognizes that children have the right to receive financial support from both parents. Child support generally involves three components, including:
Tips for handling unexpected co-parenting costs after divorce
How will your adult child react to your divorce?
In past generations, it may have seemed more common for parents to delay getting divorced until the children reached adulthood. Some couples continue to drudge through an unhappy marriage to protect their minor children from strife. However, as we discussed in July, more couples over the age of 50 are getting divorced. Many of these divorces are not due to a prior conscious decision to delay the dissolution until the kids were out of the house. Marriages break down for a wide variety of reasons, and sometimes couples that have been together for many years grow apart and seek to move on in their separate directions.