We mostly focus on family law mediation. We meet with people with family (divorce/separation) cases all over Minnesota on Zoom. We also provide custody/parenting time evaluations and SENE/FENE. We limit our legal representationt to helping clients negotiate agreements outside of court (Collaborative Divorce/Separation). We'd be pleased to discuss your options with you during a free consultation.
Family Law includes:
Divorce
Paternity
Custody and Parenting Time
Child Support
Division of Marital Assets and Debts
Spousal Maintenance
Click here to schedule an appointment or free consultation
Mediation
We have mediated hundreds of family law cases and other types of mediation. Attorneys throughout Minnesota refer cases to us. Our office is in Northfield and we have a beautiful mediation room with large stained-glass windows in a historic brick building that has a very comfortable atmosphere. We also travel to other offices. We offer co-mediation, where Carl and Katie team up to offer a male-female team for mediating a case together. This can be helpful where there is a strong gender dynamic involved or for mediating larger groups. Contact us to schedule your mediation or co-mediation. We offer free mediation scheduling to take the work out of getting started.
1-on-1 and Small Group Professional Mediator Mentoring
SENE/FENE
Carl Arnold is an experienced Social Early Neutral Evaluation (SENE) and Financial Early Neutral Evaluation (FENE) provider in Minnesota. Because of our extensive experience, we receive referrals for these services for Family Law cases from all over Minnesota.
Custody/Parenting Time Evaluations
Carl Arnold offers timely and competitively priced Custody Evaluations all over Minnesota for those going through divorce/separation or establishing or changing custody and parenting time arrangements.
Collaborative Divorce/Separation
For couples that want legal representation and want to stay out of court for an amicable divorce/separation.
Carl Arnold has been a member of the Minnesota Collaborative Law Institute for many years, is a former President of the Board of Directors, and is a featured writer on their blog.
- The Collaborative Process is voluntary and uses mediation as a home base to help clients figure out all financial and parenting topics and come to agreements without needing to go to court to have a judge decide the case. Having a neutral person facilitate spouse/parent meetings is super-efficient and more likely to help resolve differences.
- In the Collaborative Process, attorneys are used in a more limited way, to focus on what they do best (and no more), including providing legal advice, drafting court documents, and processing the case with the court. Let's not duplicate efforts with two attorneys doing the exact same work twice.
- Collaborative Professionals will respect each client’s self-determination, recognizing that ultimately the clients are responsible for making the decisions. This is your life and your family!
- The Collaborative Process requires the full and affirmative disclosure of all Information that is reasonably required for the clients to make informed decisions. Information is shared more freely, for greater efficiency and understanding, than in the traditional court process.
- The Collaborative Process requires clients and professionals to comply with all reasonable requests for information. We don't resist sharing information. We won't hide the ball. This isn't a game.
- Collaborative Professionals will assist the clients in establishing realistic expectations. Unsupported high expectations are a recipe for prolonged disagreements.
- Each client and all Collaborative Professionals take a thoughtful and constructive approach to all unresolved questions in the interest of reaching agreements. We take a problem-solving win-win approach, rather than a winner-take-all approach.
- No client or professional takes advantage of inconsistencies, misunderstandings, miscalculations, omissions, or inaccurate assertions of fact, law, or expert opinion. We are here to help you make good, informed decisions, not to take advantage of anyone.
- The clients jointly hire experts as needed, rather than each hiring their own experts. This saves time and money.
- Clients who select the Collaborative Process have a reasonable expectation that their case can and will be resolved by an agreement that is acceptable to both clients. If the clients reach a sticking point where they can't agree on something, the professionals will encourage the clients to reconsider or create options that would be acceptable to both clients.
Family Communication Services
By coordinating and facilitating family group meetings, Carl Arnold and Katie Arnold can help caregivers, extended families, parents and other loved ones to have important conversations about important transitions and life decisions. We call our services related to scheduling and facilitating family group meetings "Family Communication Services".
We can phone conference or video conference in family from miles away! We can meet families in at our office in Northfield, Minnesota or at a residence, care facility, law office or hospital in the Twin Cities or Southern Minnesota. We travel!
Here are some common topics for facilitated meetings:
- Care-giving responsibilities and needs
- Inheritance/Gift Planning
- Vacation home/cabin use
- End of Life Planning and Decisions
- Transition Into Assisted Living
- When to stop driving
- Adding care-giving to independent living
- Resolving land/property use conflicts
- Compensating family caregivers
Click here to schedule an appointment or free consultation
Family Law includes:
Divorce
Paternity
Custody and Parenting Time
Child Support
Division of Marital Assets and Debts
Spousal Maintenance
Click here to schedule an appointment or free consultation
Mediation
We have mediated hundreds of family law cases and other types of mediation. Attorneys throughout Minnesota refer cases to us. Our office is in Northfield and we have a beautiful mediation room with large stained-glass windows in a historic brick building that has a very comfortable atmosphere. We also travel to other offices. We offer co-mediation, where Carl and Katie team up to offer a male-female team for mediating a case together. This can be helpful where there is a strong gender dynamic involved or for mediating larger groups. Contact us to schedule your mediation or co-mediation. We offer free mediation scheduling to take the work out of getting started.
1-on-1 and Small Group Professional Mediator Mentoring
SENE/FENE
Carl Arnold is an experienced Social Early Neutral Evaluation (SENE) and Financial Early Neutral Evaluation (FENE) provider in Minnesota. Because of our extensive experience, we receive referrals for these services for Family Law cases from all over Minnesota.
Custody/Parenting Time Evaluations
Carl Arnold offers timely and competitively priced Custody Evaluations all over Minnesota for those going through divorce/separation or establishing or changing custody and parenting time arrangements.
Collaborative Divorce/Separation
For couples that want legal representation and want to stay out of court for an amicable divorce/separation.
Carl Arnold has been a member of the Minnesota Collaborative Law Institute for many years, is a former President of the Board of Directors, and is a featured writer on their blog.
- The Collaborative Process is voluntary and uses mediation as a home base to help clients figure out all financial and parenting topics and come to agreements without needing to go to court to have a judge decide the case. Having a neutral person facilitate spouse/parent meetings is super-efficient and more likely to help resolve differences.
- In the Collaborative Process, attorneys are used in a more limited way, to focus on what they do best (and no more), including providing legal advice, drafting court documents, and processing the case with the court. Let's not duplicate efforts with two attorneys doing the exact same work twice.
- Collaborative Professionals will respect each client’s self-determination, recognizing that ultimately the clients are responsible for making the decisions. This is your life and your family!
- The Collaborative Process requires the full and affirmative disclosure of all Information that is reasonably required for the clients to make informed decisions. Information is shared more freely, for greater efficiency and understanding, than in the traditional court process.
- The Collaborative Process requires clients and professionals to comply with all reasonable requests for information. We don't resist sharing information. We won't hide the ball. This isn't a game.
- Collaborative Professionals will assist the clients in establishing realistic expectations. Unsupported high expectations are a recipe for prolonged disagreements.
- Each client and all Collaborative Professionals take a thoughtful and constructive approach to all unresolved questions in the interest of reaching agreements. We take a problem-solving win-win approach, rather than a winner-take-all approach.
- No client or professional takes advantage of inconsistencies, misunderstandings, miscalculations, omissions, or inaccurate assertions of fact, law, or expert opinion. We are here to help you make good, informed decisions, not to take advantage of anyone.
- The clients jointly hire experts as needed, rather than each hiring their own experts. This saves time and money.
- Clients who select the Collaborative Process have a reasonable expectation that their case can and will be resolved by an agreement that is acceptable to both clients. If the clients reach a sticking point where they can't agree on something, the professionals will encourage the clients to reconsider or create options that would be acceptable to both clients.
Family Communication Services
By coordinating and facilitating family group meetings, Carl Arnold and Katie Arnold can help caregivers, extended families, parents and other loved ones to have important conversations about important transitions and life decisions. We call our services related to scheduling and facilitating family group meetings "Family Communication Services".
We can phone conference or video conference in family from miles away! We can meet families in at our office in Northfield, Minnesota or at a residence, care facility, law office or hospital in the Twin Cities or Southern Minnesota. We travel!
Here are some common topics for facilitated meetings:
- Care-giving responsibilities and needs
- Inheritance/Gift Planning
- Vacation home/cabin use
- End of Life Planning and Decisions
- Transition Into Assisted Living
- When to stop driving
- Adding care-giving to independent living
- Resolving land/property use conflicts
- Compensating family caregivers
Click here to schedule an appointment or free consultation