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Minnesota Family Courts
         
                       Hennepin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Minneapolis)  FIPS: 27053                     - pop.1,281,565                   
                                
                       Ramsey County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Saint Paul)  FIPS: 27123                     - pop.552,352                   
                                
                       Dakota County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hastings)  FIPS: 27037                     - pop.439,882                   
                                
                       Anoka County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Anoka)  FIPS: 27003                     - pop.363,887                   
                                
                       Washington County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Stillwater)  FIPS: 27163                     - pop.267,568                   
                                
                       Saint Louis County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Duluth)  FIPS: 27137                     - pop.200,231                   
                                
                       Olmsted County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Rochester)  FIPS: 27109                     - pop.162,847                   
                                
                       Stearns County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Saint Cloud)  FIPS: 27145                     - pop.158,292                   
                                
                       Scott County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Shakopee)  FIPS: 27139                     - pop.150,928                   
                                
                       Wright County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Buffalo)  FIPS: 27171                     - pop.141,337                   
                                
                       Carver County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Chaska)  FIPS: 27019                     - pop.106,922                   
                                
                       Sherburne County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Elk River)  FIPS: 27141                     - pop.97,183                   
                                
                       Blue Earth County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mankato)  FIPS: 27013                     - pop.69,112                   
                                
                       Rice County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Faribault)  FIPS: 27131                     - pop.67,097                   
                                
                       Crow Wing County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Brainerd)  FIPS: 27035                     - pop.66,123                   
                                
                       Clay County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Moorhead)  FIPS: 27027                     - pop.65,318                   
                                
                       Otter Tail County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Fergus Falls)  FIPS: 27111                     - pop.60,081                   
                                
                       Chisago County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Center City)  FIPS: 27025                     - pop.56,621                   
                                
                       Winona County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Winona)  FIPS: 27169                     - pop.49,671                   
                                
                       Goodhue County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Red Wing)  FIPS: 27049                     - pop.47,582                   
                                
                       Beltrami County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bemidji)  FIPS: 27007                     - pop.46,228                   
                                
                       Itasca County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Grand Rapids)  FIPS: 27061                     - pop.45,014                   
                                
                       Kandiyohi County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Willmar)  FIPS: 27067                     - pop.43,732                   
                                
                       Benton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Foley)  FIPS: 27009                     - pop.41,379                   
                                
                       Isanti County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Cambridge)  FIPS: 27059                     - pop.41,135                   
                                
                       Mower County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Austin)  FIPS: 27099                     - pop.40,029                   
                                
                       Douglas County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Alexandria)  FIPS: 27041                     - pop.39,006                   
                                
                       Steele County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Owatonna)  FIPS: 27147                     - pop.37,406                   
                                
                       McLeod County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Glencoe)  FIPS: 27085                     - pop.36,771                   
                                
                       Carlton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carlton)  FIPS: 27017                     - pop.36,207                   
                                
                       Becker County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Detroit Lakes)  FIPS: 27005                     - pop.35,183                   
                                
                       Nicollet County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Saint Peter)  FIPS: 27103                     - pop.34,454                   
                                
                       Morrison County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Little Falls)  FIPS: 27097                     - pop.34,010                   
                                
                       Polk County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Crookston)  FIPS: 27119                     - pop.31,192                   
                                
                       Freeborn County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Albert Lea)  FIPS: 27047                     - pop.30,895                   
                                
                       Cass County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Walker)  FIPS: 27021                     - pop.30,066                   
                                
                       Pine County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pine City)  FIPS: 27115                     - pop.28,876                   
                                
                       Le Sueur County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Le Center)  FIPS: 27079                     - pop.28,674                   
                                
                       Mille Lacs County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Milaca)  FIPS: 27095                     - pop.26,459                   
                                
                       Brown County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (New Ulm)  FIPS: 27015                     - pop.25,912                   
                                
                       Lyon County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marshall)  FIPS: 27083                     - pop.25,269                   
                                
                       Todd County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Long Prairie)  FIPS: 27153                     - pop.25,262                   
                                
                       Meeker County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Litchfield)  FIPS: 27093                     - pop.23,400                   
                                
                       Nobles County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Worthington)  FIPS: 27105                     - pop.22,290                   
                                
                       Wabasha County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wabasha)  FIPS: 27157                     - pop.21,387                   
                                
                       Hubbard County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Park Rapids)  FIPS: 27057                     - pop.21,344                   
                                
                       Fillmore County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Preston)  FIPS: 27045                     - pop.21,228                   
                                
                       Dodge County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mantorville)  FIPS: 27039                     - pop.20,867                   
                                
                       Martin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Fairmont)  FIPS: 27091                     - pop.20,025                   
                                
                       Waseca County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Waseca)  FIPS: 27161                     - pop.18,968                   
                                
                       Houston County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Caledonia)  FIPS: 27055                     - pop.18,843                   
                                
                       Kanabec County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mora)  FIPS: 27065                     - pop.16,032                   
                                
                       Aitkin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Aitkin)  FIPS: 27001                     - pop.15,697                   
                                
                       Redwood County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Redwood Falls)  FIPS: 27127                     - pop.15,425                   
                                
                       Roseau County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Roseau)  FIPS: 27135                     - pop.15,331                   
                                
                       Sibley County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Gaylord)  FIPS: 27143                     - pop.14,836                   
                                
                       Renville County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Olivia)  FIPS: 27129                     - pop.14,723                   
                                
                       Wadena County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wadena)  FIPS: 27159                     - pop.14,065                   
                                
                       Pennington County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Thief River Falls)  FIPS: 27113                     - pop.13,992                   
                                
                       Faribault County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Blue Earth)  FIPS: 27043                     - pop.13,921                   
                                
                       Chippewa County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Montevideo)  FIPS: 27023                     - pop.12,598                   
                                
                       Koochiching County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (International Falls)  FIPS: 27071                     - pop.12,062                   
                                
                       Cottonwood County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Windom)  FIPS: 27033                     - pop.11,517                   
                                
                       Pope County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Glenwood)  FIPS: 27121                     - pop.11,308                   
                                
                       Watonwan County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Saint James)  FIPS: 27165                     - pop.11,253                   
                                
                       Lake County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Two Harbors)  FIPS: 27075                     - pop.10,905                   
                                
                       Jackson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jackson)  FIPS: 27063                     - pop.9,989                   
                                
                       Swift County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Benson)  FIPS: 27151                     - pop.9,838                   
                                
                       Rock County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Luverne)  FIPS: 27133                     - pop.9,704                   
                                
                       Stevens County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Morris)  FIPS: 27149                     - pop.9,671                   
                                
                       Yellow Medicine County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Granite Falls)  FIPS: 27173                     - pop.9,528                   
                                
                       Pipestone County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pipestone)  FIPS: 27117                     - pop.9,424                   
                                
                       Marshall County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Warren)  FIPS: 27089                     - pop.9,040                   
                                
                       Clearwater County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bagley)  FIPS: 27029                     - pop.8,524                   
                                
                       Murray County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Slayton)  FIPS: 27101                     - pop.8,179                   
                                
                       Lac qui Parle County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Madison)  FIPS: 27073                     - pop.6,719                   
                                
                       Wilkin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Breckenridge)  FIPS: 27167                     - pop.6,506                   
                                
                       Norman County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ada)  FIPS: 27107                     - pop.6,441                   
                                
                       Grant County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Elbow Lake)  FIPS: 27051                     - pop.6,074                   
                                
                       Lincoln County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ivanhoe)  FIPS: 27081                     - pop.5,640                   
                                
                       Cook County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Grand Marais)  FIPS: 27031                     - pop.5,600                   
                                
                       Mahnomen County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mahnomen)  FIPS: 27087                     - pop.5,411                   
                                
                       Big Stone County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Ortonville)  FIPS: 27011                     - pop.5,166                   
                                
                       Kittson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hallock)  FIPS: 27069                     - pop.4,207                   
                                
                       Red Lake County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Red Lake Falls)  FIPS: 27125                     - pop.3,935                   
                                
                       Lake of the Woods County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Baudette)  FIPS: 27077                     - pop.3,763                   
                                
                       Traverse County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wheaton)  FIPS: 27155                     - pop.3,360                   
                            
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- Family and friends. Ask people you know and trust whether they have hired a family lawyer in the past -- or if they know someone else who has. If you hear a name once, that could be a starting point. If you hear the same name many times, put that person on your list of lawyers to call.
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What Is Physical vs. Legal Custody of a Child?

Every child custody decision has two essential parts:

Physical custody determines where the children will live.

Legal custody refers to the right to make other important decisions for the children—for example, religious upbringing, medical care, and choices about education.

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What Is Joint vs. Sole Custody of a Child?

While the terms physical custody and legal custody refer to types of decisions affecting your children, “joint custody” and “sole custody” refer to who makes those choices on behalf of the kids.

Joint custody refers to a situation where both parents make decisions.

Sole custody means that just one parent has control.

Note that these two types of custody can be blended, and that joint custody doesn’t necessarily mean a 50/50 split.

For example, parents could be granted joint legal custody—giving them both a say in important decisions about their child’s education, religious training, medical treatment, and the like—while one parent gets sole physical custody, meaning that the child will live with him or her and most likely visit the other.

For more details about the different types of child custody and how they fit together, see How Does Child Custody Work in Minnesota?
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What Is Split Custody?

Split custody means that each parent takes primary custody of different kids—think of the film “The Parent Trap,” where the parents separate the twin sisters as babies, raising one in California and one in Boston. Such arrangements are unlikely to lead to Hollywood endings and are usually disfavored, but there are rare situations in which split custody may make sense. For example, if the siblings aren’t close or if a particular child-parent relationship is unusually strained, an unconventional arrangement might be appropriate.

Before you ask for split custody, it’s wise to consult a counselor or custody evaluator—a therapist that specializes in softening the blow of divorce on children by evaluating the family situation and making recommendations. Your lawyer or your local court should be able to help you find a qualified custody evaluator in your area.
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