Family Law

4.19

Beyond the Divorce Decree: Custody, Support, and Asset Issues Post-Judgment

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Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
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Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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5 hours 52 minutes
Sarah Barnes
Elysia Prendergast-Jones
Lawrence Gillespie
Amber James
With Sarah J. Barnes from Voya Financial + 3 others
Recorded September 10, 2025.
Product ID 100825

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Overview

How to Tackle Post-Divorce Issues Without Unnecessary Complications

What do you do when a party refuses to cooperate post-decree? How do you determine whether a change in income equals a material change in circumstance? Are you confident in your ability to build a solid case for - or against - relocation post-decree? In this essential course, our faculty provides you with the insights needed to address these challenges, along with other post-judgment support, asset, and custody issues. Expand your expertise - register today!

  • Review best practices for reinstating and enforcing a divorce decree.
  • Find out how to manage common issues with retirement assets.
  • Develop strategies for handling other assets post-decree.
  • Determine how to deal with child custody modifications post-decree.
  • Examine best practices for enforcing spousal and child support.

This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2023-2025 Content Advisory Committee Member Erika MacCormac.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Essential Insights Into the Divorce Decree
  2. Spousal and Child Support: What You Need to Know
  3. Retirement Assets: Techniques for Handling Common Issues
  4. Tactics for Handling Child Custody Modifications Post-Decree
  5. When the Dust Settles: Other Assets Post-Decree
  6. Legal Ethics: The Client Wave of Satisfaction

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Product ID 100825

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Essential Insights Into the Divorce Decree

    1. How to Reinstate and Enforce a Decree
    2. Correcting Errors on the Decree Face
    3. Additional Efforts to Find a Remedy of the Court
    4. Places or Scenarios Where the Client Might Need a Decree
    5. Post-Decree Clauses

  2. Spousal and Child Support: What You Need to Know

    1. Child Support Enforcement: Pros and Cons
    2. Change in Income: Does It Equal a Material Change in Circumstance?
    3. Reservation of Spousal Support: How to Build a Case Effectively
    4. Out-of-State Spouse: Service Tips and Tricks
    5. Termination Clauses, Provisions, and Post-PSA Support

  3. Retirement Assets: Techniques for Handling Common Issues

    1. IRA vs. QDRO Division
    2. Stock-Vesting Schedules
    3. Underfunded or Wrongly Identified Retirement Plans - Now What?
    4. What Do You Do When a Party Refuses to Cooperate Post-Decree?

  4. Tactics for Handling Child Custody Modifications Post-Decree

    1. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)
    2. Overcoming the Burden of Proof
    3. The Effect of a Decree on Third-Party Pleadings
    4. To Remand or Not: A Choice and Pros and Cons
    5. Relocation Cases Post-Decree: How to Succeed

  5. When the Dust Settles: Other Assets Post-Decree

    1. Real Estate Sales
    2. Joint Debt Obligations and Non-Compliance With Payment
    3. Post-Decree Bankruptcy: Is It a Sword or a Shield?
    4. Tax Changes for Parties Post-Decree

  6. Legal Ethics: The Client Wave of Satisfaction

    1. The Client Wants to Appeal - What's Your Ethical Duty?
    2. What Do You Do If You Find Out Your Client Lied on the Stand?
    3. Issues With QDROs - Ethical Obligations and Retention Agreement Limits
    4. Handling Bar Complaints and Preserving Your Client's Right to Appeal
    5. Strategies for Collecting Legal Fees Post-Divorce

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Sarah J Barnes
Sarah J.
Barnes
Voya Financial
Elysia Prendergast-Jones
Elysia
Prendergast-Jones
Legal Aid of North Carolina
Lawrence G Gillespie
Lawrence G.
Gillespie
Gillespie, Hetlage & Coughlin L.L.C.
Amber James
Amber
James
New Beginnings Family Law, P.C.
Speaker bio
Sarah J Barnes

Sarah J. Barnes

Voya Financial
Sarah Barnes

is an attorney and legal counsel with National Benefits Services LLC, where she handles all levels of trust and estate administration matters. She was previously in private practice for many years, where she practiced in the areas of estate planning and elder law. Ms. Barnes earned her B.A. degree from Edgewood College and her J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School. Her professional memberships include the State Bar of Wisconsin, Dane County Bar Association, Legal Association of Women, and the Madison Estate Planning Council. Ms. Barnes serves on a number of non-profit boards, is a frequent speaker at various continuing legal education seminars, and has served as guest faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is admitted to practice in the state of Wisconsin.

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Elysia Prendergast-Jones

Elysia Prendergast-Jones

Legal Aid of North Carolina
Elysia Prendergast-Jones

is managing attorney with Legal Aid of North Carolina. She is a board-certified specialist in family law. Ms. Prendergast-Jones supervises other in-house attorneys on family and domestic violence matters, advising on legal precedents, legal instruments, and the correct application of laws and statutes in district, superior and appellate courts. She also speaks at numerous CLE seminars and trainings. Ms. Prendergast-Jones earned her B.A. degree from Coker College, her M.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Webster University, and her J.D. degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law.

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Lawrence G Gillespie

Lawrence G. Gillespie

Gillespie, Hetlage & Coughlin L.L.C.
Lawrence Gillespie

is a member of the law firm of Gillespie, Hetlage & Coughlin, L.L.C., where he practices in the areas of domestic relations law and appellate practice. He has spoken for various professional groups on topics relating to his areas of practice. Mr. Gillespie has argued numerous case before the Missouri Supreme Court involving various domestic relations matters, including guardians ad litem for children in custody cases, appellate and trial court jurisdiction, interstate and intrastate relocation of custodial parents and third-party custody. He is a member of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis County Bar Association and The Missouri Bar. Mr. Gillespie earned his H.B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from St. Louis University and his J.D. degree from St. Louis University School of Law.

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Amber James

Amber James

New Beginnings Family Law, P.C.
Amber James

is the founder and CEO of New Beginnings Family Law, P.C., where her main areas of practice are divorce, child custody, parental alienation, mediation, adoption, and surrogacy. Prior to opening her own practice, she worked in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County Domestic Relations Division as a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph A. Ferguson, Jr., and in the firm of Shaw-Anderson, LLC. Ms. James earned her B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and her J.D. degree from the Birmingham School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Alabama and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. James is also a board-certified family law trial advocate, having received her board certification from the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She is a member of the Alabama State Bar, and the American, Morgan County and Huntsville-Madison County bar associations. Ms. James has previously been recognized as Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020 by the Catalyst Center for Business and Entrepreneurship in Huntsville, Alabama. Her firm was chosen as the Professional Services Business of the Year in 2020 by the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce. Her firm is consistently recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Huntsville, Alabama and recently received the designation of Best Place for Working Parents.

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