Family Law

PA Specific

4.5

Top Challenges in Pennsylvania Family Law

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 56 minutes
Cassandra Colombo
Elizabeth Billies
Jacqueline DiColo
Katherine Fow
Cara Sawyer
Bradford Charles
With Cassandra A. Colombo from Cordell & Cordell + 5 others
Recorded April 29, 2025.
Product ID 100018

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Overview

Complex Assets, QDROs, Child and Spousal Support, Military Divorce, and More!

Resolving the wide variety of issues that must be addressed in family law can be challenging. This course will tackle some of the biggest problems in family cases, including tough discovery and evidence issues, complex assets, military divorce matters, and much more. Don't miss this opportunity to take your family law skills to the next level with these helpful tactics for overcoming key challenges - register today!

  • Explore the challenges involved with conducting complex discovery involving social media, email, and text.
  • Discover effective ways to find and untangle complex assets involved in divorce.
  • Review ways to overcome complicated problems that arise with determining child and spousal support.
  • Take the confusion out of the tricky considerations surrounding a military divorce.
  • Discuss efficient methods to confront heated custody and parenting time dilemmas.
  • Learn approaches for dealing with parental alienation and abuse allegations.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Complex Assets: Finding, Valuing and Dividing
  2. Child and Spousal Support: Top Issues that MUST be Addressed
  3. Military Divorce
  4. Overcoming Discovery and Evidence Obstacles in Family Law
  5. Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations: Key Hurdles for Proving/Disproving
  6. High-Conflict Custody and Parenting Time Concerns
  7. Ethics in Family Law

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Product ID 100018

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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CLE

Agenda

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  1. Complex Assets: Finding, Valuing and Dividing

    1. Commingled Separate and Marital Assets
    2. Real Property Interests
    3. Valuing and Dividing Family Business Assets
    4. Finding Hidden Assets, Income and Debt
    5. Using Forensic Accountants and Business Valuation Experts
    6. Prenuptial Agreements: Proving/Disproving Validity

  2. Child and Spousal Support: Top Issues that MUST be Addressed

    1. UIFSA and Jurisdictional Issues
    2. New Tax Laws Affecting Support
    3. Imputed Income
    4. Analysis of the Current Child Support Model
    5. Arguing Spousal Support
    6. Enforcement Options
    7. Modification and Termination Procedures and Tactics
    8. Case Law Update

  3. Military Divorce

    1. Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act Updates
    2. Current Case Law
    3. Jurisdictional Considerations
    4. Custody and Visitation Issues
    5. Child and Spousal Support
    6. Military Pension, Retirement and Benefits
    7. Survivor Benefit Plan for Retired Military Personnel
    8. Military Reservists' Retirement Benefits
    9. Survivorship and Military Disability Benefits
    10. Federal Health Benefit Concerns
    11. Contempt

  4. Overcoming Discovery and Evidence Obstacles in Family Law

    1. Smart Phone, Text and Social Media Evidence - Uncovering Critical Information
    2. Balancing the Need for Information and the Cost
    3. Spoliation Pitfalls
    4. Subpoenas for Cell Phone Records and Social Media - Confronting Common Defenses
    5. Authentication and Admission Evidence Challenges

  5. Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations: Key Hurdles for Proving/Disproving

    1. Proving Alienation: Mental Health vs. Court Views
    2. Witness Examination: GALs, Parenting Coordinators and More
    3. Key Challenges in Admissibility of Evidence and Testimony
    4. Fighting Against False Allegations

  6. High-Conflict Custody and Parenting Time Concerns

    1. Negotiating/Drafting Pitfalls: Avoiding Provisions that Lead to Disputes
    2. Custody Evaluations Reports - How, What and When to Challenge
    3. UCCJEA and Relocation - Key Challenges
    4. Temporary Orders for Custody - Getting What You Want
    5. Custody Concerns in Same-Sex Couples
    6. When to Modify or Terminate the Parenting Plan

  7. Ethics in Family Law

    1. Managing Client Expectations
    2. Limited Scope Representation
    3. Dealing with Difficult Clients
    4. Researching and Preventing Conflicts of Interest
    5. Communication with Adverse Party

Who Should Attend

This advanced level online program will benefit:

  • Attorneys
  • Guardians Ad Litem and Other Child Representatives
  • Social Workers
  • Counselors
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Cassandra A Colombo
Cassandra A.
Colombo
Cordell & Cordell
Elizabeth J Billies
Elizabeth J.
Billies
Dischell, Bartle & Dooley, P.C.
Jacqueline DiColo
Jacqueline
DiColo
Cordell & Cordell
Katherine A Fow
Katherine A.
Fow
Lamb McErlane PC
Cara C Sawyer
Cara C.
Sawyer
Lamb McErlane PC
Hon. Bradford H Charles
Hon. Bradford H.
Charles
Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas
Speaker bio
Cassandra A Colombo

Cassandra A. Colombo

Cordell & Cordell
Cassandra Colombo

is a divorce attorney with Cordell & Cordell. Her practice centers around family law. Ms. Colombo earned her B.A. degree from Ursinus College and her J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lackawanna County Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association. Ms. Colombo is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania.

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Elizabeth J Billies

Elizabeth J. Billies

Dischell, Bartle & Dooley, P.C.
Elizabeth Billies

is a partner with Dischell, Bartle & Dooley, P.C., practicing in all areas of family law including, but not limited to preparing pre- and post-nuptial agreements, obtaining no-fault and fault divorces, as well as litigating and settling equitable distribution, custody and support matters. Prior to working at Dischell Bartle Dooley, she clerked for the Honorable Susan Devlin Scott, President Judge of Bucks County Court of Common Pleas and Administrative Judge of the Family Court. During her tenure, Ms. Billies learned many skills that have become essential to her representation of the best interests of her clients. She earned her B.A. degree (Ivanhoe Commandery Merit Scholarship, Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society) from the University of Wisconsin and her J.D. degree (staff writer, Law Review) from Villanova University School of Law. Ms. Billies is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, member, 2011-present and the Montgomery County Bar Association, Family Law Section, member, 2008-present. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

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Jacqueline DiColo

Jacqueline DiColo

Cordell & Cordell
Jacqueline DiColo

is a attorney with Cordell & Cordell. She is an accomplished attorney with a focus on family law and notable recognition as one of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in 2024. Actively contributing to the legal community, Ms. DiColo is a member of respected professional organizations, including the New Jersey State Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association; as well as the Philadelphia Bar Association, where she serves on the Executive Committee of both the Family Law Section and Young Lawyers Division. Her legal practice covers diverse aspects of family law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, reflecting her dedication to justice in the legal field. Ms. DiColo is licensed in New Jersey, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and District of New Jersey.

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Katherine A Fow

Katherine A. Fow

Lamb McErlane PC
Katherine Fow

is a family law attorney at Lamb McErlane PC in West Chester, PA. She assists clients with divorce matters, custody, child support, spousal support, and alimony. Ms. Fow's background includes drafting and filing pleadings, discovery motions, response to discovery requests, dispositive motions, and pre-trial motions and documents. She has experience with motion hearings and other court-ordered events, including but not limited to case management conferences, status conferences, settlement conferences, pre-trial conferences, discovery court hearings, and oral argument on pleadings. During law school, Ms. Fow was a legal intern at the Office of the Camden County Prosecutor, Camden, NJ in the Grand Jury and Domestic Violence Unit. Additionally, she was a Law Clerk at a Philadelphia law firm conducting research and drafting documents regarding family law issues. Ms. Fow earned her undergraduate degree from Loyola University and a JD from Widener University Delaware Law School. She is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania.

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Cara C Sawyer

Cara C. Sawyer

Lamb McErlane PC
Cara Sawyer

is of counsel with Lamb McErlane PC. She advocates for her clients and supports them through family law matters including divorce cases, issues related to custody, child support, spousal support, and alimony. Prior to joining Lamb McErlane, Ms. Sawyer practiced at a large Philadelphia law firm, where her practice focused on providing counsel to educational institutions regarding policy development and leading investigations into sexual and gender-based harassment and violence, and other forms of misconduct. She spent over a decade with the State of Delaware, where she developed policy and managed agencies in the areas of child welfare, and substance abuse and mental health. Ms. Sawyer began her career as a child abuse and sexual assault prosecutor, working for five years at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. She earned her J.D. degree from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, her M.A. degree from the University College Cork, Ireland and her undergraduate degree from University of Scranton. Ms. Sawyer is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and is located at the firm's West Chester West location. She is active in her community, volunteering as vice chair of the State of Delaware's Anti Trafficking Action Council, and with the Support Center for Child Advocates of Philadelphia as a volunteer attorney, representing children in foster care.

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Hon. Bradford H Charles

Hon. Bradford H. Charles

Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas
Bradford Charles

is a Judge in the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas.

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