Family Law

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Divorce Law From Start to Finish

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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 Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah 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
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 0 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 55 minutes
Margaret Zickuhr Zolp
David Fisher
Nancy Richmond
Joan Mann Thomas
With Margaret G. Zickuhr Zolp from Houseman & Feind, LLP + 3 others
Recorded December 17, 2025.
Product ID 101340

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Overview

A Comprehensive Guide to Divorce

Every divorce case brings unique challenges, from hidden assets and support disputes to contentious custody battles. Knowing how to anticipate, prevent, and resolve these issues can make all the difference. This course offers actionable strategies for handling critical filings, discovery, negotiations, and more. Navigate your next divorce case with confidence - register today!

  • Improve your client intake process with tactics for gathering key information and assessing client priorities.
  • Develop practical strategies for uncovering and valuing all assets, even the hidden ones!
  • Identify key financial and personal factors that impact child and spousal support calculations.
  • Explore the components of thorough and enforceable parenting plans.
  • Plan for the unique challenges of collecting, authenticating, and presenting electronic evidence.
  • Discover best practices for structuring settlement agreements.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Finding, Valuing, and Dividing Assets and Debts
  2. Child and Spousal Support
  3. Discovery and Evidence Essentials
  4. Custody, Visitation, and Parenting Plans
  5. Divorce Outside the Courtroom
  6. Client Intake and Initial Filing

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Product ID 101340

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 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 Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah 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
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 0 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Finding, Valuing, and Dividing Assets and Debts

    1. Strategies for Uncovering ALL Assets and Debts
    2. What Tax Returns Can Tell You
    3. Valuing and Dividing Real Property
    4. Business, Trust, and Retirement Plan Valuations
    5. Handling Health and Life Insurance Policies
    6. Valuation and Division of Debts
    7. Tax Considerations for Dividing Assets

  2. Child and Spousal Support

    1. Types of Child and Spousal Support Arrangements
    2. Key Information That Impacts Support Proceedings
    3. Calculating Support Amounts and Timing
    4. Modifying, Enforcing, and Terminating Support Orders
    5. Deviation From Support Orders
    6. Recent Developments and Case Law

  3. Discovery and Evidence Essentials

    1. Required Disclosures and Important Discovery Motions
    2. Making and Responding to Discovery Requests
    3. Subpoenas 101: When and How to Use Them
    4. Handling Social Media, Email, and Smartphone Evidence
    5. Common Discovery Disputes and How to Handle Them

  4. Custody, Visitation, and Parenting Plans

    1. Best Interest of the Child: Key Factors and Arguments
    2. Custody Options and Procedures
    3. Tips on Advocating for Custody or Visitation
    4. Creating and Enforcing Parenting Plans
    5. Common Parenting Plan Mistakes to Avoid

  5. Divorce Outside the Courtroom

    1. Comparing Methods: Collaborative Divorce, Mediation, and Arbitration
    2. Pros and Cons of Non-Litigation Methods
    3. Negotiation Tactics and Common Mistakes
    4. Drafting Enforceable Settlement Agreements and Final Orders

  6. Client Intake and Initial Filing

    1. Divorce Intake Form: Key Information to Gather (With Sample Form)
    2. Assessing Client Goals and Priorities
    3. Screening for Domestic Violence and Safety Concerns
    4. Petitions for Divorce: Requirements, Filing, Service, and Answers
    5. Common Pitfalls in Intake and Initiation of Divorce Proceedings

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Divorce financial planners/analysts and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Margaret G Zickuhr Zolp
Margaret G.
Zickuhr Zolp
Houseman & Feind, LLP
David C Fisher
David C.
Fisher
David C. Fisher, Attorney at Law
Nancy C Richmond
Nancy C.
Richmond
A.Y. Strauss
Joan Mann Thomas
Joan
Mann Thomas
Law Offices of Joan Mann Thomas
Speaker bio
Margaret G Zickuhr Zolp

Margaret G. Zickuhr Zolp

Houseman & Feind, LLP
Margaret Zickuhr Zolp

is a partner with the law firm of Houseman & Feind, LLP, where her practice areas include mediation, arbitration, and family law. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers [AAML] and has been certified by AAML as a family law arbitrator, and a certified parenting coordinator. Ms. Zickuhr has mediated and litigated many divorces, custody and placement issues, support issues, visitation, and civil disputes. She has done extensive work with the juvenile courts as an advocate counsel and as guardian ad litem, in matters such as adoption, CHIPS, and juvenile delinquency. Ms. Zickuhr is currently an adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School where she teaches Family Law and Interviewing & Counseling Clients. She has also been an adjunct professor at several local colleges and universities where she has taught undergraduate and master's degree classes on law and ethics. In addition, she has served the State of Wisconsin on the Board for the Dispute Resolution Section, Fee Arbitrator, and in the Office of Lawyer Regulation. She is a former assistant editor for the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law. Ms. Zickuhr is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, and Washington County bar associations.  She is a long-standing member of the Society of Family Lawyers - Matrimonial Inns of Court, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, National Association of Professional Women, and the Wisconsin Association of Mediators. She was recently named one of the Top 10 Best Wisconsin Family Law Attorneys by the American Institute of Family Law, she has been rated as a top Southeast Wisconsin attorney by the WISN A-list, and she also has been named a Wisconsin Rising Star Attorney by Super Lawyers. Ms. Zickuhr earned her B.B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in management information systems and marketing. Her Juris Doctor is from Marquette University Law School. She is licensed to practice in Wisconsin.

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David C Fisher

David C. Fisher

David C. Fisher, Attorney at Law
David Fisher

is a sole practitioner in the Tulsa area, where he practices in the areas of mediation, collaborative law, family law and estate planning. He is a leader and recognized authority in the area of dispute resolution, where he brings an extensive background of problem solving with more than 17 years of real life experience as an insurance adjuster, trainer, speaker and now lawyer. Mr. Fisher is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Family Law Section and Estate Planning Section; Tulsa County Bar Association, Family Law Section; American Bar Association, Family Law Section and Real Property Estate Planning Section; Oklahoma Academy of Collaborative Professionals; as well as the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. He is also included on the Tulsa County District Courts list of mediators. Mr. Fisher earned his B.S. degree from Oklahoma State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law.

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Nancy C Richmond

Nancy C. Richmond

A.Y. Strauss
Nancy Richmond

is a partner of A.Y. Strauss and has over 25 years of experience exclusively practicing family law. She is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a matrimonial law attorney. Ms. Richmond has experience handling any type of family law case, no matter how complex the issues may be. While being a fierce advocate, she is resolution oriented. Ms. Richmond has successfully settled, tried and arbitrated matters involving all aspects of family law including divorce, child custody and parenting time, equitable distribution, prenuptial agreements, relocation issues, adoptions, domestic violence, as well as appellate practice. She has lectured attorneys on various family law topics with the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and ATLA. Ms. Richmond earned her J.D. degree from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, and her undergraduate degree from Lafayette College, with a B.A. degree in international affairs with a concentration in Russian. While at the Dickinson School of Law, she was a member of the Dickinson Journal of International Law, for which she published an article, "Israel's Law of Return: Analysis of Its Evolution and Present Application."

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Joan Mann Thomas

Joan Mann Thomas

Law Offices of Joan Mann Thomas
Joan Mann Thomas

is a principal at the Law Offices of Joan Mann Thomas, where she practices in the areas of family law, divorce, separation agreements, child custody, visitation rights, child support, spousal support, premarital agreements, and distribution agreements. She also practices real estate litigation and a discovery facilitator for Marin County. Ms. Mann Thomas is a frequent lecturer on her areas of practice. She earned her B.A. degree from Mills College and her J.D. degree from Hastings College of Law, University of California. Ms. Mann Thomas is a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco, the Marin County Bar Association, the State Bar of California, and the American Bar Association. She is a State Bar Arbitrator and a discovery facilitator for the Marin County Superior Court.

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