Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  Family law includes all legal aspects of marriage, divorce, and adoption. Pre-marital and post-marital agreements typically involve separate representation of the parties, disclosure of assets, and negotiation of terms covering rights and responsibilities during the marriage and upon divorce or death. Divorce proceedings may include property divisions, child custody and visitation and support, and spousal maintenance. Tax effects can be significant. Post-divorce proceedings may seek changes in custody, parenting time, child support or maintenance. Other family law matters include legal adoption, paternity proceedings and grandparent visitation.
• Child Custody and Visitation
• Adoption
• Paternity
• Guardianship
  Elder law involves advising individuals on issues related to aging and disabilities. It includes planning estates, planning for incapacity and long-term care, and eligibility for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and other public assistance. It also includes advice and advocacy for seniors and disabled clients to assure adequate and appropriate care. It may include guardianships, convervatorships, powers of attorney, and health care directives.
• Spousal Support

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Cindy retired in 2022. She practiced primarily in the areas of real estate law, estate planning, probate and trust administration, business law and employment law.
• Business Transactions
• Limited Liability Companies
  Formation and organization of business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, business trusts and unincorporated associations.
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  Our lawyers advise employers and employees on their rights and responsibilities. We have prosecuted and defended claims involving covenants against competition, disclosures of trade secrets, wrongful terminations, discrimination, wage and hour violations, and other employment issues. We offer assistance to employers in auditing employment practices, correcting deficiencies, and developing manuals and policies. We have represented both employers and labor organizations in contract negotiation and grievance processing.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Streater & Murphy, P.A. handles all aspects of real estate law for buyers, sellers, owners, lenders and mechanics’ lien claimants. We issue title opinions to our clients and their lenders, and we are an agent for Attorneys Title, which insures titles to residential and commercial properties.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Cindy is an elected fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. She is Co-chair of the Minnesota Title Standards Committee, which promulgates standards for examining real estate titles and documenting real estate transactions in Minnesota. She has served as chair of the Real Property Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and on the MSBA Board of Governors and Assembly, the Board of Directors of Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, the Third District Ethics Committee and the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. She has been a speaker at numerous continuing legal education seminars.
• Easement

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Streater & Murphy, P.A. handles all aspects of estate planning and administration. We help families with modest and large estates and we employ simple and complex techniques. We file gift and estate tax returns and negotiate their audit and acceptance by IRS and state tax authorities. We work with banks and trust companies, and assist family members who serve as fiduciaries.
• Wills
• Trusts
  Estate planning involves counseling individuals and families on all aspects of wealth and property transfer. The primary concern and objective is to achieve the client’s desires for sharing wealth with family, friends and charities, in a way that is as tax-efficient as the client’s desires permit. The objectives may be achieved with a combination of gifts, wills, trusts, insurance and other techniques. A client’s affairs may be managed through living trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives. Joint ownership, multi-party accounts, and transfer-on-death deeds and directives may be used to facilitate transfers. Beneficiary designations typically govern the disposition of assets in retirement plans and insurance proceeds.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Real estate law involves the transfer of interests and perfection of titles in real estate. It includes transfer documents such as contracts for purchase and sale, deeds, options, leases, easements and rights of refusal. It also includes encumbrances such as mortgages and mechanics’ liens, and their foreclosure. Real estate lawyers issue opinions of title to real estate after examining abstracts of title records, and title companies issue insurance on real estate titles. Real estate lawyers also assist property owners in correcting title defects and resolving property disputes.
• Tax Law