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Shelley Torvinen
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Wiscota Law and Mediation PLLC
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  Attorney at Law - MN, 1993
  Hamline University J.D. 1993
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Charles A. Seuntjens

Landlord-Tenant, Estate, Divorce & Family Law, Business

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903 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Charlie Andrew Seuntjens

Divorce, Car Accident

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 19 Years

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903 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Jeffrey David Stowman

Industry Specialties, Accident & Injury, Civil Rights

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1100 West Lake Dr, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502

Samuel Stephen Rufer

Real Estate, Lawsuit & Dispute, Business, Accident & Injury

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 21 Years

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903 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Jeffrey David Stowman

Industry Specialties, Accident & Injury, Civil Rights

Status: In Good Standing

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1100 West Lake Dr, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502

Samuel Stephen Rufer

Real Estate, Lawsuit & Dispute, Business, Accident & Injury

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 21 Years

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903 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Thomas Peter Winters

Corporate, Family Law, Estate Planning, International Other

Status: In Good Standing

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904 Lake Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

William H Briggs

General Practice

Status: Retired

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114 Holmes Street West, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Shanda Lee Fisher

Land Use & Zoning, Environmental Law Other, Native People, Contract

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 9 Years

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White Earth, MN 56591

Jerald L. Engelman

Landlord-Tenant, Immigration, Social Security, Car Accident, Slip & Fall Accident

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 50 Years

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21792 Floyd Lake Dr, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

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LEGAL TERMS

SEPARATE PROPERTY

In community property states, property owned and controlled entirely by one spouse in a marriage. At divorce, separate property is not divided under the state's... (more...)

In community property states, property owned and controlled entirely by one spouse in a marriage. At divorce, separate property is not divided under the state's property division laws, but is kept by the spouse who owns it. Separate property includes all property that a spouse obtained before marriage, through inheritance or as a gift. It also includes any property that is traceable to separate property -- for example, cash from the sale of a vintage car owned by one spouse before marriage-and any property that the spouses agree is separate property. Compare community property and equitable distribution.

CONNIVANCE

A situation set up so that another person commits a wrongdoing. For example, a husband who invites his wife's lover along on vacation may have connived her adul... (more...)

A situation set up so that another person commits a wrongdoing. For example, a husband who invites his wife's lover along on vacation may have connived her adultery, and if he tried to divorce her for her behavior, she could assert his connivance as a defense.

GUARDIAN

An adult who has been given the legal right by a court to control and care for a minor or her property. Someone who looks after a child's property is called a '... (more...)

An adult who has been given the legal right by a court to control and care for a minor or her property. Someone who looks after a child's property is called a 'guardian of the estate.' An adult who has legal authority to make personal decisions for the child, including responsibility for his physical, medical and educational needs, is called a 'guardian of the person.' Sometimes just one person will be named to take care of all these tasks. An individual appointed by a court to look after an incapacitated adult may also be known as a guardian, but is more frequently called a conservator.

CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

A federal law requiring that employers offer employees -- and their spouses and dependents -- continuing insurance coverage if their work hours are cut or they ... (more...)

A federal law requiring that employers offer employees -- and their spouses and dependents -- continuing insurance coverage if their work hours are cut or they lose their job for any reason other than gross misconduct. Courts are still in the process of determining the meaning of gross misconduct, but it's clearly more serious than poor performance or judgment. COBRA also makes an ex-spouse and children eligible to receive group rate health insurance provided by the other ex-spouse's employer for three years following a divorce.

ARREARAGES

Overdue alimony or child support payments. In recent years, state laws have made it difficult to impossible to get rid of arrearages; they can't be discharged i... (more...)

Overdue alimony or child support payments. In recent years, state laws have made it difficult to impossible to get rid of arrearages; they can't be discharged in bankruptcy, and courts usually will not retroactively cancel them. A spouse or parent who falls on tough times and is unable to make payments should request a temporary modification of the payments before the arrearages build up.

COLLUSION

Secret cooperation between two people in order to fool another. Collusion was often practiced by couples before no-fault divorce in order to make up a grounds f... (more...)

Secret cooperation between two people in order to fool another. Collusion was often practiced by couples before no-fault divorce in order to make up a grounds for divorce (such as adultery). By fabricating a permitted reason for divorce, colluding couples hoped to trick a judge into granting their freedom from the marriage. But a spouse accused of wrongdoing who later changed his or her mind about the divorce could expose the collusion to prevent the divorce from going through.

NEXT FRIEND

A person, usually a relative, who appears in court on behalf of a minor or incompetent plaintiff, but who is not a party to the lawsuit. For example, children a... (more...)

A person, usually a relative, who appears in court on behalf of a minor or incompetent plaintiff, but who is not a party to the lawsuit. For example, children are often represented in court by their parents as 'next friends.'

STEPCHILD

A child born to your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you adopt the child, he or she is legally treated just like a biological ... (more...)

A child born to your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you adopt the child, he or she is legally treated just like a biological offspring. Under the Uniform Probate Code, followed in some states, a stepchild belongs in the same class as a biological child and will inherit property left 'to my children.' In other states, a stepchild is not treated like a biological child unless he or she can prove that the parental relationship was established when he or she was a minor and that adoption would have occurred but for some legal obstacle.

ACKNOWLEDGED FATHER

The biological father of a child born to an unmarried couple who has been established as the father either by his admission or by an agreement between him and t... (more...)

The biological father of a child born to an unmarried couple who has been established as the father either by his admission or by an agreement between him and the child's mother. An acknowledged father must pay child support.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Lee v. Lee

... awarded benefits, Raymond had an interest in two defined benefit pension plans, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Pension Benefit Fund and the National Electrical Benefit Fund, neither of which was taken into account in the original divorce 634 decree. ...

Peterka v. Dennis

... Catherine F. Peterka sued appellant, Stephen G. Dennis, CPA, alleging breach of contract and that Dennis committed professional malpractice by applying an incorrect method to value marital property in the form of business assets during Catherine Peterka's divorce from her ...

Alam v. Chowdhury

... Respondent also claimed that when she refused to sign the proposed MTA, appellant promised her that she would receive an equal share of the parties' assets if she did not contest the divorce. She acknowledged that she was ...

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Charles A. Seuntjens

Charlie Andrew Seuntjens

Jeffrey David Stowman

Samuel Stephen Rufer

Jeffrey David Stowman

Samuel Stephen Rufer

Thomas Peter Winters

William H Briggs

Shanda Lee Fisher

Jerald L. Engelman

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CONNIVANCE

GUARDIAN

CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

ARREARAGES

COLLUSION

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Peterka v. Dennis

Alam v. Chowdhury

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