The stress of a divorce often forces parents into a here-and-now state of mind; it is a life experience that can cause the feeling of compressed time, high stress, and no-time-to-rest. As a consequence, parents who go through divorce can end up not having the clarity of mind to think beyond the moment when the ink on the divorce papers dries. The team at AMS Mediation
The purpose of spousal support is to provide financial assistance to the lower earning individual in a divorce in order to allow him/her to maintain a standard of living that they have become accustom too during the relationship they had while they were married. In Minnesota, there are three types of spousal support – temporary, short term and long term.
Generally the following factors are taken into account when it comes to the determination of spousal support
One of the primary benefits of settling your divorce using mediation is that it lays the groundwork to make any additional necessary changes after your divorce is final. When you initially settle the important terms of your divorce such as how to equitably divide your property and how to structure your child custody agreement, you have no real way of knowing what the future holds.
The stress of a divorce does not necessarily stop when the divorce papers are signed. Very often, when couples share children the divorce is simply the beginning of a new phase of the relationship. For this reason, AMS Mediation offers post-divorce counseling services which provides support to couples who have already completed the divorce process. For more information call 952-252-1492 today.
There is no denying that divorce is hard on a couple, and on an entire family. Your emotions can range from intense sadness to anger, from guilt to remorse and many individuals feel confusion, uncertainty, shock, fear and many have trouble letting go. Adjusting to the idea that your marriage did not succeed can take some time and it is normal to feel a huge sense of loss during the process. AMS Mediation can help you navigate
Alimony, which is also known as ‘spousal support’ or ‘spousal maintenance,’ is a very important component of a divorce agreement. Alimony is the financial support paid by one divorcing spouse to the other after the divorce has been finalized. If you have been through a divorce and are either paying or receiving alimony and you need to have the alimony amount adjusted, AMS Mediation can help you.