Andrew M. Tatge - Mankato, MN

Andrew is a partner and chair of the firm's Family Law & Divorce Practice Group and is also a member of the firm's Estate Planning Practice Group. Andrew represents business owners, farmers, and other individuals throughout southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities in a wide range of family law matters. Andrew is also regularly consulted on family law-related issues necessary for protection of businesses and for estate planning purposes.

Andrew enjoys solving complex and difficult issues and guiding his clients through what for many is the most emotional and difficult time of their lives. He has represented numerous farmers, business owners, and professionals (or their spouses) in complex and high net worth divorce and other family law matters throughout Minnesota. In addition to representing his clients, Andrew is a frequent lecturer on complex family law issues to both local and national audiences.

Clients seeking to protect businesses and assets from divorce before a divorce is ever even contemplated as well as divorcing parties with significant assets or a business appreciate Andrew's experience representing businesses and business owners and his knowledge of farm, real estate, and business valuation, accounting, and finance principles.

Andrew also represents unmarried individuals in custody and parenting time matters as well as those entering into cohabitation agreements to protect assets and income.

Divorcing parents and unmarried parents involved in disputes concerning their children appreciate Andrew's analytical and logical approach to resolving child custody and parenting time issues.

No matter what kind of case Andrew is handling, he understands and appreciates clients' concerns about the cost of legal services and utilizes his experienced administrative staff, paralegals, and other attorneys in the firm to ensure that financial resources are used efficiently and appropriately, and that the right person is doing the job.

Andrew provides a full range of personal legal services for his and the firm's Minnesota clients, including:

Litigation Matters:

• Divorce
• Paternity (issues arising between never-married parents)
• Child custody, parenting time and modifications
• Child Support and modifications
• Spousal Maintenance and modifications
• Property Division (including farms, businesses, professionals, and high net worth cases)
• High net worth and complex divorce cases, including cases involving complex tax, valuation, and discovery issues
• Mediation, Social Early Neutral Evaluations, Financial Early Neutral Evaluations, and other Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures
• Post-Divorce or Paternity matters, including modification of court orders and contempt of court matters
• Orders for protection and harassment restraining orders
• Grandparent and third-party visitation issues
• Interstate child custody jurisdiction and enforcement
• Family law appeals

Transactional Matters:

• Antenuptial ("Pre-nuptial") Agreements
• Post-Nuptial Agreements
• Cohabitation Agreements
• Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
• Estate planning focused on protecting assets and income from divorce of the parties or their intended beneficiaries
• Business planning focused on protecting assets and income from divorce of business owners, "divorce proofing" businesses, and minimizing or eliminating other effects of divorce and family dynamics on businesses