Sykes Family Law offers legal advice and representation in the areas of divorce and legal separation, child custody and parenting time, child support, adoption, paternity, alimony or spousal maintenance, and grandparent or third party custody and visitation. Sykes Family Law welcomes same-sex couples seeking legal advice regarding their families, whether they are working towards expanding their families or separating.
Custody in Minnesota is divided into two categories: Legal custody is the right to determine the "big issues" in a child's life: his or her education, religion, and healthcare. Physical custody is the right to make decisions about the daily activities of a child: his or her day to day care, . Your initial custody determination is very important.
Custody in Minnesota is divided into two categories: Legal custody is the right to determine the "big issues" in a child's life: his or her education, religion, and healthcare. Physical custody is the right to make decisions about the daily activities of a child: his or her day to day care, . Your initial custody determination is very important.
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Making the decision to file for divorce, commence a child custody case, or leave an abusive partner is both difficult and emotional. Sykes Family Law is dedicated to providing affordable, competent legal representation to individuals and families facing these decisions, and will work with you to resolve these problems in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Cathleen A. Sykes is the Owner and Founding Attorney of Sykes Family Law. P.A. A graduate of William Mitchell College of Law, Cathleen spent her time at law school volunteering with low-income families at Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, and at the Hennepin County Juvenile and Family Justice Center's Family Law Clinic and Child Support Workshop.
There are many people who will never come in contact with the legal system. They will never step foot inside of a courtroom, they will never receive a Summons, and they believe that law is practiced exactly as portrayed on Law and Order. For most people, however, they intersect with the legal system here: in Family Court.
Spousal maintenance, often referred to as "alimony, " is an Order requiring one spouse to continue to financially support the other. This support may be temporary in nature, or permanent. Marriage is treated as a joint enterprise between spouses. Their decisions made during the marriage are presumed to be joint decisions designed to support the entire family.
You may have heard the statistic that roughly 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. While this is an easy to remember percentage, it isn't necessarily accurate. Divorce statistics vary by age of the individuals and number of prior marriages.
Those married between the ages of 20 and 24 are nearly twice as likely to get divorced as those married between the ages of 25 and 29; and those facing their second or third marriage are significantly more likely to divorce.When it comes down to it, divorce is an individual decision and your situation is unique.
Those married between the ages of 20 and 24 are nearly twice as likely to get divorced as those married between the ages of 25 and 29; and those facing their second or third marriage are significantly more likely to divorce.When it comes down to it, divorce is an individual decision and your situation is unique.
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Wendy Urban
Sep 15, 2020
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I would recommend Kate Sykes to anyone looking for help with family law. She has helped me multiple times with various issues relating to my divorce. She is knowledgeable, thorough, and detail orientated. She is always quick to respond to my questions.
She is wonderful to work with and listens to me. I really couldn't be happier with what she has done for me.
She is wonderful to work with and listens to me. I really couldn't be happier with what she has done for me.
Angela Pedersen
Sep 15, 2018
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Cathleen Sykes is absolutely amazing. I have worked with her in my own case several years ago and again most recently with a different case. She is vastly experienced, logical, efficient, extremely intelligent, and ABSOLUTELY full of integrity. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend Cathleen Sykes for ANY family law need.
Brandon Myhre
Jul 26, 2016
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I will forever be grateful to Cathleen. She stepped in for us and took over a complicated case that our previous lawyer had continuously dropped the ball on. The other parent in this case was breaking the court order and trying to keep the children from us by denying parenting time and phone contact, among other things. Cathleen recognized what was best for the children and didn't write us off because of the complexities in our case. Our previous lawyer told us it would be nearly impossible to hold the other parent accountable because we lived in another state and that we should accept that they
