NON-MARITAL, TRACED
Equitable doesnot necessarilymean equal.
A Minneapolis divorce and family law practice that treats a divorce as a set of numbers that have to be proved. 4316 Upton Avenue South, Linden Hills.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA4316 UPTON AVENUE SOUTH
LINDEN HILLS
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA4316 UPTON AVENUE SOUTH
LINDEN HILLS
Assign a present value.
MARITAL BALANCE SHEETVALUATION DATE · ______
LAKE HARRIET LAW OFFICE, LLC · ILLUSTRATIVE
ASSET OR DEBTPRESENT VALUE
DEBTS
TOTAL ASSETS0.00
TOTAL DEBTS0.00
NET MARITAL ESTATE0.00
VALUED 0 / 6
Begin with what there is.Then, what it is worth.
THE DIVISION LINE50 / 50
Use arrow keys to move by one percent, Home for zero, End for one hundred, or drag the gold line.
EQUAL.
Equitable does not necessarily mean equal.
MINN. STAT. § 518.58, SUBD. 1,
“A JUST AND EQUITABLE DIVISION”
Tap a row to assign a present value.ILLUSTRATIVE FIGURES
NOT LEGAL ADVICE
NOT LEGAL ADVICE
Traced to a pre-marital balance. It leaves the marital estate.
LAKE HARRIET · ILLUSTRATIVE
THE SIX.
PRACTICE INDEXDIVORCE & FAMILY LAW
01Alternative Dispute
Divorce
We Represent Divorce and Family Law Clients Across the Twin Cities
02Financial Issues
Property and Asset Division, Balance Sheet Preparation, Spousal Maintenance
03Child Issues
Child Custody, Child Support, Parenting Time, Parenting Plans
04Alternative Dispute
Resolution
Mediation, FENE, SENE and Moderated Settlement Conferences
05Antenuptial Agreements
Preparation of Antenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
06Family Law Appeals
Appeals of Divorce and Family Law Cases
WHAT GETS VALUED.
ASSETS &EXPERTISE
“Each asset on the marital balance sheet should be assigned a present value, if possible.”
THE ASSET CLASSES
- Real estate
- 401(k), 403(b), 457
- Brokerage & bank accounts
- Investments
- Pensions
- Automobiles
- Businesses
- Partnerships
- S-corporations
- Intellectual property
- Antiques
- Collectibles
THE FINANCIAL NEUTRALS
- CPA
- Actuary
- ASA
- CFP
- CDFA
- Real estate appraiser
- Neutral CPA under a Rule 706 order
The firm's financial work includes asset valuation, balance sheet preparation, non-marital tracing and tax issues associated with divorce.
Read about financial issuesTHE NEUTRALS.
LAKE HARRIETLAW OFFICE
A place to work through the issues before the court decides them.
SENE
Child custody and parenting time. The process is “typically conducted by a male female team.”
FENE
Property and debt division, asset valuation, non-marital tracing and spousal maintenance.
Mediation
Addresses all possible issues in a divorce or family law case.
Moderated
settlement
Moderated settlement conferences.
SOCIAL EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION / FINANCIAL EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN MINNESOTA DIVORCE
RANDALL.
MANAGINGATTORNEY
RANDALL A. SMITHLAKE HARRIET LAW OFFICE, LLC
Randall A. Smith
- B.A.
- Hamline University
- J.D.
- Drake University Law School
- M.B.A.
- University of St. Thomas
His practice is limited exclusively to Divorce and Family Law cases in Minnesota. He is also licensed in United States Tax Court.
- Tracing of non-marital assets
- Present value calculations
- Regression analysis
- Hidden assets and forensic accounting
- Depletion and dissipation of assets
- Cash flow schedules
- Marital spending analysis
- Tax issues
THE FIRM'S OWN WORDS
LAKE HARRIET LAW OFFICE
“We are a numbers savvy law firm that focuses on the needs of the client.”
THE BENCH.
THE STUDENTATTORNEYS
“We provide a team approach to each client.”
Shea Heier
Student Attorney
Josephine Stubbs
Student Attorney
Madeline Ferraro
Student Attorney
Devmini Jayatilaka
Student Attorney
Lauren Jacobson
Student Attorney
RECENTCongratulations to Trinity Fritz Lawrence on her Judicial Clerkship with the Court of Appeals! Congratulations to the 2026 Graduates on Passing the Bar Exam!! Welcome Devmini Jayatilaka and Lauren Jacobson to Lake Harriet Law!
CONTACT.
LINDEN HILLSMINNEAPOLIS
4316 Upton Avenue South
Suites 201-205Minneapolis, MN 55410Find the office on the map
Suites 201-205Minneapolis, MN 55410Find the office on the map
In the historic Linden Hills neighborhood.
Less than a mile from 50th & France in Edina.