Mack & Santana Law Offices, P.C. provides efficient, diligent, committed, and creative legal services to clients. who are going through enormous changes in their lives? They provide effective mediation services to resolve family law disputes, oftentimes as Qualified Mediators under Rule 114, Minnesota Rules of General Practice.
In a contested divorce, you and your spouse disagree on one or more of these issues and require additional help to reach a settlement. This may happen during mediation or you both might have to go to court.
Child Support
The experienced lawyers at Mack & Santana Law Offices, P.C. in Minneapolis have been handling matters of Minnesota child support for many years. Our attorneys are the authors of the “Child Support” chapter of the
Child Custody and Visitation
Libby co-authored the Legal Recognition of Queer Families chapter of the Minnesota Child Custody Deskbook and the Same-Sex Couples chapter of The Complete Family Lawyer's Quick Answer Book. She has co-taught seminars through Minnesota Continuing Legal Education and the Minnesota Family Law Institute. Libby is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, and the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association, where she served on the amicus committee.
Paternity
At Mack & Santana Law Offices, P.C., we help fathers establish their right to custody and parenting time by filing successful paternity actions. Recognizing that each family’s situation is unique, we represent mothers in paternity actions as well. If you are dealing with a paternity action, Mack & Santana Law Offices, P.C. can assist you.
Premarital Agreement
Nonmarital property is real or personal property that is excluded from the marital estate due to when and/or how it was acquired. Premarital (owned before marriage) property is nonmarital property. Gifts or inheritances to one spouse only, from a third party, constitute nonmarital property also and can occur before, during, and after the valuation date in the case (the end date of the marriage for property valuation purposes). Property excluded by a valid antenuptial or prenuptial agreement (“prenup”) is also nonmarital property, as well as property acquired in exchange for other nonmarital property.
Spousal Support
Establishment of spousal maintenance (often referred to as alimony or spousal support) can be an important part of the final outcome of any divorce. Many times, a party is very concerned about how they will support themselves during and after the divorce, or conversely is very concerned about having to support the other spouse during and after the divorce. If spousal maintenance could be an issue in your divorce, working with a well-qualified attorney is the best way to make sure that your interests are protected. At Mack & Santana Law Offices, P.C., we can help.
Under Minn. Stat. §609.748, “harassment” includes physical or sexual assault, dissemination of private sexual images, or repeated or persistent incidents involving unwanted actions or speech that negatively affect the victim’s safety, privacy, or security. Victims, parents, guardians, stepparents, and conservators may seek an HRO from the district court in the county where the harassment occurred on behalf of themselves or a minor. The victim does not have to be a resident of that county.
Misdemeanors
Per Minn. Stat. §629.75, a DANCO is issued during a criminal proceeding against a defendant who was accused of domestic abuse, or the harassment or stalking of a member of the defendant’s family or household. DANCOs can also be issued when a defendant violated the terms of an order for protection or prior no contact order. Violation of this order will result in a misdemeanor for a first offense, or a felony if it the second violation within ten years or a prior conviction, or if the violation involved the use of a dangerous weapon.
Assault
Restraining Order
Minnesota’s Domestic Abuse Act gives the state’s courts permission to issue and enforce domestic violence no contact orders, orders of protection, and harassment restraining orders.
After graduating with Highest Honors in the top 5% of her class from Florida State University's College of Law in 1994, Laurie served as an associate at Carlton Fields in Tampa, a leading Florida law firm. At Carlton Fields, Laurie began her career in the business litigation arena, focusing primarily on complex corporate litigation, employment law and appellate practice. She also provided pro bono services for Guardians Ad Litem in juvenile court, and gave presentations on sexual harassment at various law seminars across central Florida.Â
Rob Marshall is a paralegal with Mack & Santana and has worked in various capacities with our firm since 2010. After working with us full-time for six years (2010-2016), he left the firm to start a family and worked as a part-time freelance paralegal with our firm, as well as an estate planning firm. Rob returned to our office full-time in February 2020.
Wills
Lymari received a bilingual education and she speaks, reads and writes Spanish as fluently as English. She attended the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, on an Army Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship and earned a degree in political science with honors in 1991. After graduation, Lymari moved to Detroit, Michigan, to pursue a law degree at Michigan State University College of Law. After graduating from law school in 1994, Lymari served as an attorney in the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) for nearly five years. Initially, Lymari advised soldiers and their families on family law issues, tax issues, consumer law and wills and estates. Lymari finished her military career after serving a tour of duty as a criminal defense lawyer with the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division. In 2000, Lymari brought her litigation experience to family law when she relocated to establish a private practice in the Twin Cities.