Legal Opinion

Leslie E. Sheehy Lee, Appellant, vs. Travis W. Kalis, Respondent, County of Le Sueur, Respondent

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided April 9, 2025No. A230522Published

1. Extrajudicial agreements to modify child support orders are invalid as a matter of law. 2. Minnesota Statutes section 518A.39, subdivision 2(l) (2024), applies only to subsequent child support orders issued by the court and not to extrajudicial modifications of child support obligations. Reversed and remanded.

1Opinion of the Court

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A23-0522 Court of Appeals Procaccini, J. Took no part, Gaïtas, J. Leslie E. Sheehy Lee, Appellant, vs. Filed: April 9, 2025 Office of Appellate Courts Travis W. Kalis, Respondent, County of Le Sueur, Respondent. ________________________ Michael D. Dittberner, Dittberner Family Law, Ltd., Edina, Minnesota; and Tami L. Peterson, Saxton Peterson Law Firm, Mankato, Minnesota, for appellant. Jacob M. Birkholz, Birkholz & Associates, LLC, Mankato, Minnesota, for respondent Travis W. Kalis. Keith Ellison, Attorney General, Jacqueline Clayton, R.J. Detrick,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Foster v. NaftalinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
  2. Kaiser v. KaiserSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
  3. Marriage of Gully v. GullySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
  4. Putz v. PutzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
  5. Dent Ex Rel. Dent v. CasagaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973

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