Gary Alan Debele

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Messerli | Kramer

1400 Fifth Street Towers
100 South Fifth Street
Minneapolis MN 55402

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Minnesota

Emphasis	Practice emphasizes traditional client representation and litigation in the areas of divorce, third party custody, adoption, assisted reproduction/surrogacy, and juvenile law in state, federal, and tribal courts.
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Counties	Anoka, Minnesota Carlton, Minnesota Chisago, Minnesota Crow Wing, Minnesota Dakota, Minnesota Goodhue, Minnesota Hennepin, Minnesota Kanabec, Minnesota McLeod, Minnesota Olmsted, Minnesota Ramsey, Minnesota Rice, Minnesota Scott, Minnesota Sherburne, Minnesota St. Louis, Minnesota Stearns, Minnesota Winona, Minnesota Wright, Minnesota
Education	B.A. St. Olaf College (1984); M.A. University of Minnesota (1991; American Legal and Constitutional History); J.D. University of Minnesota Law School (1987).
Legal Organizations	American Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, 1996 to present; International Academy of Family Law Attorneys; American Bar Assn.; Minnesota Bar Assn,; Hennepin County Bar Assn.; Minnesota American Indian Bar Assn.; Children's Law Center of Minnesota; Assn. of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Awards	Top 10 Minnesota Lawyer, 2007 and 2009; Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyer, 2005 to present; Top 40 Minnesota Family Law Attorney and Appellate Attorney, 2003 to present; Best Lawyers in America, 2001 to present.
CLE Presentations	"Tribal Court Practice in Child Protection and Custody Matters," (2009); Legal Questions About Assisted Reproductive Technology (2008); Drafting Contracts in Assisted Reproduction Cases (2008); Responding to Child Protection Investigations in Juvenile Court (2008); Domestice Adoption 101 (2008) Managing Child Abuse Allegations in Custody Cases (2008); Assisted Reproduction Technology Services : An Overview (2007); "Child Abuse Allegations in Custody Cases", 2007; "Assisted Reproduction Technology Services: An Overview", 2007; Minnesota Custody and Child Support", 2006; "Creative Options for Third Party Custody", 2006; "Legal Aspects of Adoption", 2006; "An Overview of Juvenile Court Practice for the Family Law Practitionar, 2005; "Family Law in Tribal Courts", 2005; "When Parents Can't Parent their Children: Third Party Custody, CHIPS Proceedings, De Facto Custodians, Guardianship and Adoption", 2005; "Domestic Relations in the 21st Century", 2005; "Lawyers, Contracts, and Courts: Creating a Legally Recognized Parent/Child Relationship Using Assisted Reproductive Technology;" "Psychological Testing in Family Law;" and "Best Interests of the Child in Court: Today and Tomorrow."
Author	Custody & Parenting by Persons Other Than Biological Parents: When Non-Traditional Family Law Collides with the Constitution, -N.D.L. Rev - (2008).Minnesota Custody and Child Support Deskbook, Minnesota CLE, 2006; Adoption Mediation, 2004; The Current State of Third Party Custody Law in Minnesota, 2003; A Children's Rights Approach to Relocation: A Meaningful Best Interests Standard, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Journal, 1999; Private CHIPS Petitions in Minnesota: The Historical and Contemporary Treatment of Children in Need of Protection or Services, William Law Review, 1994.
AAML National	Co-chair, Assisted Reproduction Technology Committee; Member of Board of Editors, Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Member, Collaborative Law Committee.
AAML Chapter	Co-Chair, Problem Solving Committee, 2006 to 2008; Chair, Seminar Committee, 2001-2004; Board of Mangers, 2001-2003; 2016 to present; Member, Amicus Committee; regular Divorce Camp facilitator.