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Overview
Successfully Resolve Your Clients' Family Law Issues
When families run into difficulties, they are dealing with highly emotional situations that may cloud their judgment and prevent them from making rational long-term decisions. As a family law attorney, it's your job to help clients through family law issues with knowledge, insight, and compassion. Developing these skills and sensitivity can take years to perfect, but you can get the essential knowledge and techniques you need in just one day. Join us as we explore legal updates, procedural tips, and problem-solving strategies critical to family law success. Register today!
- Simplify the process and avoid missing steps with our sample forms and checklists.
- Achieve the best custody arrangement for children and parents.
- Get the best financial settlement for your client: understand how to value and divide.
- Avoid novice mistakes: know relevant court procedures.
- Advise clients of their options by understanding the different ways to dissolve a marriage.
- Protect the rights of non-traditional relationships: grandparents, unmarried couples, and other parties.
- Prepare clients for immediate and future financial ramifications: retirement funds, taxes, insurance, child support, and bankruptcy.
- Apply recent legislative updates and laws to your cases.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Legal Update - A Year in Review
- Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
- Discovery in Divorce
- Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
- Ethics
- Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida CLE |
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7 Total | 11-30-2026 |
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CLE
Agenda
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Legal Update - A Year in Review
- Procedural Rules for Family Law Cases
- Case Law Update: Family Law
- Application of Recent Cases and Amended Statutes to Your Cases
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Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Annulment
- Legal Separation
- Divorce
- Checklist of Necessary Documents
- Typical Case Timeline and Basic Steps to Follow
- Sample Pleadings and Motions: What to Use and When
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Discovery in Divorce
- Social Media Tips and Tricks
- Discovery of Electronic Communications
- Locating Hidden Assets
- Model Letters and Motions (with Sample Forms)
- Discovery Abuses and Remedies
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Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Petition for Visitation
- Petition for Custody
- Motion for a Change of Custody or Visitation
- Questions of Paternity
- Termination of Parental Rights
- The Rights of Grandparents and Other Relatives
- UCCJEA: Uniform Child Custody and Enforcement Act
- Checklist of Necessary Documents and Sample Forms
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Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- Valuation and Division of Assets (Real Estate, Insurance, Stock Options, Retirement Plans)
- Tax Ramifications of Divorce
- Petition for Child Support
- Child Support Enforcement Options
- Drafting Clear QDROs - Do's and Don'ts
- Equitable Distribution when Debts Equal or Exceed Assets
- Bankruptcy
- Checklist of Necessary Documents and Sample Forms
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Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
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Ethics
- Client/Lawyer Relationship
- Attendance at Client Conferences by Friends or Family of Client
- Attorneys' Fees
- Communication With Adverse Party
- Malpractice Concerns
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Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers
- The Emotional Side of Family Law - Strategies for Working With Families and Children
- Domestic Violence and How to Handle it When it's Part of Your Case
- Rights of Unmarried Parties - Cohabitation Agreements
- Representing Gay and Lesbian Parents
- Immigration Issues in Divorce
- Juvenile Court
- Collaborative Law
- Emancipation of Minors
- Adoptions
- Relocation
Who Should Attend
This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar will provide topical insights, sample forms, and important legal updates. This is a must attend for professionals who are new to the field or who need a timely refresher, including:
- Attorneys
- Paralegals
Speakers
Speaker bio
Stacey D. Mullins
is the deputy managing shareholder of GrayRobinson, P.A. in Boca Raton, Florida. She is a collaboratively-trained attorney with extensive experience in the area of marital and family law. Ms. Mullins is certified for practice by the Florida Supreme Court, as well as a family law mediator. Her approach is to focus on resolution of disputes, and avoiding litigation and court time if possible. Extraordinary dedication, intense case preparation, outstanding courtroom performance, and admirable integrity distinguish Ms. Mullins' work as an attorney. She emphasizes a team approach within her practice and serves her client's needs 24/7. Ms. Mullins is a member of South Palm Beach County Bar Association, Florida Justice Association and on the National Borad of Directors, Sharsheret (2023-Present). She earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from University of Florida.
Speaker bio
T. Kevin Knight
is a partner in the law offices of DSK Law. He is board-certified as a trial lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over the course of his practice, Mr. Knight has generally focused on personal injury litigation. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.
Speaker bio
Hon. Mary C. Evans
is a Circuit Court Judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Charlotte County, Florida.
Speaker bio
Spencer D. West
is an equity partner, shareholder and co-founder of the law firm of Mitchell & West, LLC. He specializes in the area of family law. Mr. West is admitted to The Florida Bar and Massachusetts Bar Association; where he actively represents clients in an array of cases including divorces, custody, child support, relocation, modification, paternity and domestic violence disputes. In addition, he is permitted to practice before Florida federal courts and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. West has assisted many professional clients, including but not limited to doctors, lawyers, accountants and retired professional athletes with their high asset divorces and other disputes; as well as with drafting custom pre and postnuptial agreements. He is sought out by clients and other lawyers for his extensive expertise and dedication to fighting for his clients. Mr. West is an aggressive litigator who devotes himself to achieving the best results for his individual clients, while maintaining the highest ethical standards of professionalism. He earned his undergraduate degree from Northeastern University in Boston and his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
Speaker bio
Alex Peterson
is owner and principal attorney at Family First Legal Group in Naples, Florida. He is a proud father of twins, husband, Baltimore, Maryland transplant, parishioner at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and a graduate of Ave Maria School of Law. Mr. Peterson practices exclusively matrimonial and family law and has helped many families find stability in the midst of divorce or custody disputes. To further his knowledge, he has studied at Parent Coaching International, as well as the Proctor Gallagher Institute.
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