Payne Law Office, PLLC

Protecting your Parental Rights, Building a Plan

Our Minnesota courts recognize the importance of both parents being involved in parenting a child. The days of losing touch with your children in the aftermath of a divorce because of an unfavorable judge’s ruling are fading, but it doesn’t mean that there aren’t significant issues to be addressed during a divorce or paternity case and when deciding matter of child custody and parenting time.

At the Payne Law Office, our first and primary concern is to protect your parental rights with your children. We can address the concerns you have regarding sole and joint custody. We will also help you build a reasonable and enforceable parenting plan that will address the questions you haven’t even though of yet.

Building Plans Based on Your Situation and Our Experience

We have helped people through the sometimes contentious landscape of child custody disputes for more than a decade. Ms. Payne has experience as a litigator and a strong ability to negotiate on your behalf. We can help you create a workable custody and parenting plan or, if necessary, advocate for your proposed parenting plan in court.

We will make sure that you big concerns about your child’s upbringing, such as education, medical care and religious matters, are respected. But, we will also help you build the long-term plans that will meet the day-t-day needs of raising a child. We help you answer questions you might not have thought to ask, such as:

• Where will the child spend the holidays?
• Who will be responsible for picking him or her up from school when sick?
• Who will be in charge of extracurricular activities?
• How will vacations be handled?
• Who makes the decisions or becomes the first point of contact in a sudden emergency?

We help you work with the other parent to develop a parenting plan that is realistic, enforceable and reasonable.

Child Custody and Divorce Attorney

Whether you can work directly with your former partner in a collaborative setting or you need to fight for your child custody rights and plan in the courtroom, our offices can help. Attorney Payne has experience as a strong negotiator and effective litigator.

Contact us online or by phone at 952.440.9966 today to put our office to work for your child custody concerns.