Family Law Web Links 

**M. Sue Wilson Law Offices, P.A. does not necessarily endorse the content of the websites we link to, but we provide these links as a service to the visitors of our website. It is up to the visitor to determine the veracity and accuracy of any website, these included.**

M. Sue Wilson Law Offices, P.A. has compiled a list of useful web links to provide you with additional information in the following areas of family law:

• Divorce and Separation
  
• Child Custody, Visitation Rights, and Child Support
  
• Family Resources
  
• Spousal Maintenance
  
• Marital Estates
  
• Domestic Abuse
  
• Alternative Family Law
• Minnesota State Law
• United States Federal Law
• Divorce Resources

Divorce and Separation

• Divorce information from SmartDivorce.com – A website that provides helpful, easy-to-read information about divorce. There is also an offering of books on sale.
• Chrysalis for Women – This website provides human service programs to women, children, and families with a focused section on divorce.
• Cornell Law's Divorce Information Section – A legal dictionary. Just type divorce in the search engine and get some helpful articles explaining divorce law and the divorce process.
• Divorce Helpline – A website that explains the different types of divorce and provides a short course on divorce.
• Divorce Magazine – An online magazine that features many different articles on divorce.
• Divorce Online – An electronic resource for divorce with articles that focus on everything from custody laws and dating after divorce.
• The Divorce Support Page – The Divorce Support website provides divorce information on family law topics such as: divorce, child custody, visitation, child support, alimony, and property division.
• HeartChoice.com's Divorce Information Page – A website by two sociology professors that provides articles with a special section devoted to women and divorce.
• MN Child Support Calculator – An online calculator that gives a prediction for what child support payments could be like.
• Minnesota Department of Children, Family and Learning – The website for the Minnesota Department of Education.
• Divorce as Friends – This website has plenty of articles on the emotional aspects of divorce from parenting to resolving arguments. The website also has advice on staying friends throughout and after the divorce process.
• Separation and Divorce Q & A – This website is not devoted solely to the topic of divorce, but has a nice question and answer section about the different types of divorce and how to prepare for it.
• Divorce Transitions – This website has a lot of articles on a wide range of topics concerned with divorce.
• Articles Regarding Divorce – An A to Z website about divorce and its many aspects. Articles range from explaining the process of a divorce trial, to advice on how to salvage a marriage, to parenting solutions.

Child Custody, Visitation Rights, and Child Support

• Child Custody Network – A network that focuses on many different aspects of divorce through online discussion forums.
• Child Custody and Kidnapping – WomensLaw.org – A website that focuses mainly on child custody and kidnapping with laws specific to each state. There are also links to information on domestic violence as well as message boards.
• Child Custody – Child Custody FYI – A website that covers child custody information including visitation rights, types of child custody, interstate child custody, and much more.
• Child Visitation Problems – WomansDivorce.com – A resource that deals with what to do when a child is not cooperative in the visitation schedule with suggestions on how to handle the situation.
• Child Support – Spousal Maintenance-Only Policy Change – State of Minnesota, 6/29/2005
• Child Support – State of Minnesota, 3/30/2005. A Q & A site that explains child support in an easy format.
• MN Child Support Calculator – Divorce HQ, 3/28/2005 An online easy-to-use calculator to estimate future payments.
• Minnesota Office of Child Support and Collection
• Child Support – Minnesota Department of Human Service
• Support Guidelines – The Comprehensive Resource for the Interpretation and Application of Child Support Guidelines in the United States
• Minnesota Child Support Online – A website that provides information on child support cases in Minnesota.
• Minnesota Child Support Calculator – Another way to calculate child support in Minnesota.
• Divorce Forms and Divorce Law – A website devoted to explaining Minnesota divorce law with articles pertaining to the subjects of child support and custody laws.

Family Resources

• Family Help in Minnesota – Focus Adolescent Services, 4/20/2005. A website with a list of help lines on a variety of different things including Parent's Crisis lines.
• Minnesota Department of Education – Minnesota Department of Education, 3/28/2005. A Resource from the Minnesota Department of Education.

Spousal Maintenance

• Alimony in Minnesota – Minnesota Alimony Law. This website explains what alimony is and the laws surrounding spousal maintenance in Minnesota.
• Spousal Maintenance, Alimony Awards and Adjustments – This website explains spousal maintenance and what is taken into consideration by the courts for alimony.
• When is Spousal Maintenance Granted? – A website that explains how spousal maintenance is granted specifically related to Minnesota alimony.

Marital Estates

• Marital Home and Divorce: An Update – A website that cites recent cases about marital estates and a current update on the law concerning the division of the marital home.

Domestic Abuse

• Chrysalis for Women – An organization that provides health and human services to women, children, and families.
• Domestic Violence Hotlines and Resources – A website with help lines for those who are victims of domestic abuse.
• Domestic Violence Awareness Handbook – A website that gives suggestions on what to do about domestic violence, where to get help and other information.
• The ABA website about Domestic Abuse – This is the American Bar Association's website for lawyers, students, and victims of domestic abuse. It includes articles on domestic abuse, help lines, information for lawyers, as well as students.
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence – A website with lots of information about domestic abuse as well as the opportunity to donate money or time to help end the cycle of violence.

Alternative Family Law

• The LGBT Community Center – A website with resources for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.

Minnesota State Law

General

• Minnesota Lawyer – A magazine devoted to Minnesota legal issues and news.
• Minnesota Women Lawyers – A non-profit organization devoted to full and equal participation by women in the law profession.
• Minnesota Bar Association
• Minnesota State Law Library
• Minnesota State Legislature
• Minnesota local government web sites
• LawMoose.com – A Minnesota legal directory.
• Legislative Commission on Economic Status of Women – The website of the Office on the Economic Status of Women (OESW), which advises the legislature and provides information and statistics on women in Minnesota. 

Minnesota Statutes

• Minnesota Statutes
• Minnesota Domestic Relations Laws – (Marriage, Child Custody, Family Support, Domestic Abuse)
• Minnesota Statutes and Session Laws
• Minnesota Senate Bill Status and Search
• Minnesota Municipal Code

Case Law

• Supreme Court Recent Opinions
• Court of Appeals Recent Opinions
• Court of Appeals Opinion Archive
• Rules of Appellate Procedure
• MN Tax Court
• Attorney General Opinions
• Minnesota State Register
• Advisory Opinions

Minnesota Courts & Court Rules

• Minnesota State Court System
• Minnesota State Court Decisions
• Constitution of Minnesota
• Civil, Criminal and Juvenile Court Rules
• Other Court Rules
• Child Support Expedited Process
• Administrative Rules

United States Federal Law

Federal Statutes

• U. S. Tax Code
• U.S. Code
• Public Laws
• Statutes-At-Large
• United States Constitution

U.S. Supreme Court

• Supreme Court of the United States
• Supreme Court Opinions
• Supreme Court Briefs
• Supreme Court Opinions
• Supreme Court Archived Opinions
• FedLaw
• USSCPLUS

8th Circuit Courts

• 8th Circuit Opinion Database
• 8th Circuit Calendar
• 8th Circuit Rules and Publications
• 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
• 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Calendar
• 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Rules
• Arkansas Eastern District Court
• Arkansas Western District Court
• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Iowa Northern Bankruptcy Court
• Iowa Northern District Court
• Iowa Southern District Court
• Minnesota Bankruptcy Court
• Missouri Eastern Bankruptcy Court
• Missouri Eastern District Court
• Missouri Eastern Pretrial Services
• Missouri Eastern Probation Office
• Nebraska District Court
• North Dakota Bankruptcy Court
• South Dakota Bankruptcy Court
• South Dakota District Court

Federal administrative law

• Federal Administrative Decisions
• FedLaw

Divorce Resources

www.divorcenet.com/mn/mn.html
This website provides information specific to divorcing in Minnesota. It contains links to legal forms and articles dealing with various aspects of family law. There is also an online divorce law library, and a section with answers to frequently asked questions.

www.divorceprofessionals.com
This website contains helpful articles and links, and also includes a section where site users can ask a lawyer a question.

www.collaborativepractice.com
This is the website for the International Association of Collaborative professionals (IACP) and has a great deal of information about the Collaborative Method as it is practiced throughout the world.

www.extension.umn.edu/parentsforever
This website is a child-centered, comprehensive and straightforward response to divorce education needs from the University of Minnesota Extension Service.

Divorcesource.com – Saving Your Marriage
View articles, research and cases, as well as participate in forums and chats related to divorce.