Williams Divorce and Family Law
Attorney Gerald O. Williams has devoted himself exclusively to the practice of divorce and family law since 1993. Williams Divorce and Family Law represents clients in matters that include divorce, child custody, child support, spousal maintenance, paternity, grandparent rights and third party custody. Gerald Williams is also very experienced in representing clients in interstate and international custody, marriage dissolutions and related issues.
Mr. Williams' law practice includes collaborative law and alternative dispute resolution, advising clients in mediation, arbitration, Early Neutral Evaluation, Financial Early Neutral Evaluation and cases involving Consensual Special Magistrates.
We are located in Woodbury, Minnesota and also have access to conference rooms in Bloomington, Edina, downtown Minneapolis, and St. Louis Park. We would be happy to meet you in any of the locations. We represent clients in Minneapolis/St. Paul, throughout seven metro area counties, in district courts throughout the State of Minnesota, and in family law appeals before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Mr. Williams keeps a Minnesota divorce and family law blog, the first family law blog in the state. Recent highlights from the blog are included in the lower right hand corner. Suggestions for topics are always welcome.
Gerald O. Williams
Gerald has been named a "Superlawyer" by his peers and Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine.
Minnesota Divorce Blog
Woodbury, Minnesota divorce attorney, Gerald Williams, shares insights gained while practicing exclusively divorce and family law since 1993.
New Divorce Study
by Gerald Williams
28 Apr 2008 at 8:54pm
A new study on children of divorce has been mentioned in recent news headlines. Allen Li, of the Rand Corporation, evaluated children before and after their parents divorced, between 1979 and 2002. The more common methodology of past research had...
Changing Your Mind About Divorce
by Gerald Williams
14 Apr 2008 at 8:19am
If someone starts a divorce action and then changes their mind about it, then the consequences depend on the intentions of the other spouse. If the other spouse wants the divorce to proceed, then the divorce will proceed. But if...
Getting a Divorce By Mail
by Gerald Williams
25 Mar 2008 at 7:44pm
In Minnesota, the family court will grant a divorce in certain cases without the parties coming to court to appear in person. If there are no minor children involved, the court will sign off on a stipulated decree (agreement signed...
Emergency Court Orders and Expedited Relief
by Gerald Williams
14 Mar 2008 at 7:42pm
If you want the court grant you relief, or order your spouse / ex-spouse / child's other parent to do something, the typical process takes several weeks. You must obtain a hearing date, file with the family court certain documents,...
Joint Physical Custody Presumption Subjected to Study
by Gerald Williams
28 Feb 2008 at 9:49pm
Today there was a committee hearing at the Minnesota Legislature on a proposed bill to enact a presumption in favor of joint physical custody. The bill would establish a rebuttable presumption that joint physical custody is in the best interests...
Pension Money: Property or Income, not Both
by Gerald Williams
11 Feb 2008 at 8:39pm
When someone getting divorced has a retirement benefit or retirement income, their spouse may want to receive part of it as alimony. However, at the time of the divorce, the value of the pension interest is typically divided between the...
When One Attorney is Involved in a Divorce
by Gerald Williams
29 Jan 2008 at 8:59pm
In Minnesota and most other states, one attorney cannot represent both parties in a family court proceeding. (Do not be misled by the movie Juno!) Yet it is common for divorces to happen with only one attorney involved. When one...
Serving the Petition Starts the Divorce
by Gerald Williams
24 Jan 2008 at 9:08pm
When someone wants to start a divorce proceeding, they need to formally serve process upon the other party. The divorce proceeding does not start because the couple has separated or because a court file has been opened. When the responding...
Recognition of Parentage
by Gerald Williams
13 Jan 2008 at 9:14pm
When a child is born to a couple that is not married, it is important for both parents to sign off on a Recognition of Parentage form, for custody and parenting time purposes, as well as for child support purposes....
Home Alone 2: I Want the House
by Gerald Williams
9 Jan 2008 at 7:50am
When a wife and husband no longer want to be married, it can be assumed that they no longer want to live together. However, the economic reality is that maintaining two households is substantially more burdensome than maintaining one. In...
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