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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
- Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers
- Locating Hidden Assets
- Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
- Ethics
- Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
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Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island CLE |
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7 Total |
| Divorce Financial Analysts |
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6 Total |
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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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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
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Locating Hidden Assets
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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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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
Who Should Attend
This basic 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
John P. Larochelle
is an attorney with Larochelle Law in Providence, Rhode Island. After completing his B.S. degree in finance and his B.A. degree in economics, he graduated cum laude from the University of Suffolk Law School in 1994. A few months later, immediately after being admitted to the Rhode Island bar, Mr. Larochelle began his legal career as a specialassistant attorney general for the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General. Following his successful career as a prosecutor, in 1997 he founded his own law firm in downtown Providence, concentrating his practice in family court matters and in criminal defense. Mr. Larochelle has litigated criminal law matters in Rhode Island Federal Court, Massachusetts Federal Court, and in every courthouse in Rhode Island and in Southeastern Massachusetts. In addition, in every family court in Rhode Island, he has successfully advocated all types of domestic law issues, including complex divorces, hotly contested custody battles, tough relocation hearings, and novel theories of law. Mr. Larochelle has also had success in major cases for which he wrote the appeals and orally advocated before the Rhode Island Supreme Court. If reaching a favorable agreement for your case is possible, negotiation will be the first choice of how to get you the best result for your legal matter. This is especially true in resolving issues between separating parents who have a lifetime of co-parenting ahead of them. If, however, your rights are in danger of being diminished, Mr. Larochelle will bring aggressive advocacy on your behalf in court. Whatever course of action you decide upon, he will bring a prepared, strongly-argued presentation of your best case. Leading up to every court hearing, Mr. Larochelle will provide you with a thorough explanation of every aspect of your specific situation, from the small details to the big-picture strategy.
Speaker bio
Sophia J. Caprio
focuses her practice exclusively on family law, representing clients in divorce, child custody and support, prenuptial agreements, and complex family disputes across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She is skilled in negotiating marital settlement agreements, managing contempt and enforcement actions, and guiding individuals and families through deeply personal legal transitions with clarity and care. For Ms. Caprio, family law is where the law intersects with real human experience. She has always been drawn to helping people navigate the issues that most profoundly affect their relationships, families, and personal lives. Her approach is empathetic, practical, and forward-thinking — offering clients clear guidance while helping them move through uncertainty with confidence. Before Caprio Law, Ms. Caprio practiced family law at a reputable mid-sized Boston firm and previously represented clients at a leading national law firm, where she focused on complex business litigation and dispute resolution in state and federal courts, securing multi-million dollar awards and settlements. She has been recognized as a Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch honoree in both family law and family law: arbitration and mediation, as well as a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star.
Speaker bio
Andrea Dunbar
brings nearly two decades of experience representing clients in high-net-worth divorces, contested custody matters, and complex family and fiduciary litigation across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. A skilled trial attorney and accomplished negotiator, she helps clients achieve their goals through thoughtfully crafted settlements - or decisive litigation when necessary. Ms. Dunbar's practice includes all aspects of probate and family court matters, including trust and estate disputes, guardianships, conservatorships, and high-conflict cases involving family businesses, corporate fiduciaries, and multi-generational trusts. She is known for her ability to navigate sophisticated financial issues with precision while remaining deeply attuned to the human realities behind every case. Prior to joining Caprio Law, Ms. Dunbar practiced family law and fiduciary litigation at a highly regarded firm in Boston and previously served the justices of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court as a law clerk and assistant judicial case manager. She has been honored as a Best Lawyers in America recipient in family law and named to the Lawdragon 500: Leading Family Lawyers list.
Speaker bio
Nancy D. Butler, CFP®, CDFA®, CLTC®, CSA®
is the owner of Above All Else, Success in Life and Business®. She has over 35 years of experience as a certified divorce financial analyst and certified financial planner, and is an award-winning author; since 2018, she has been appointed a delegate to The United Nations for The Commission on the Status of Women. Ms. Butler is also a guardian ad litem for the State of Connecticut. After 25 years of building a very successful financial planning and asset management practice, in 2007 she sold her practice to focus on advocacy, international professional speaking, and divorce planning. Ms. Butler has been published in The Financial Planning Association magazine on practice management; Money magazine on reverse mortgages; published several articles on divorce on Irooze.com, AARP on nine secrets of caregiving; Senior Resource Central on practical tips to help moms caring for their own kids and aging parents; The New England Real Estate Journal on commercial real estate; Certified Senior Advisor magazine on strategies to manage the cost of long-term care: insurance and beyond, and many more. She has also been a guest on many radio and television shows, and is currently a member of The Certified Financial Planning Association, The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, and The Certified Senior Advisor Association.
Speaker bio
Robert B. Kuenzel
is the owner of the firm Kuenzel Law, PLLC in Chapmanville, West Virginia, where he represents clients in personal injury, wrongful death and mining accidents cases, as well as clients in various criminal matters in both state and federal courts. He is a member of The West Virginia State Bar; and is admitted to practice in West Virginia state courts, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Kuenzel earned his B.S. degree in education from West Virginia University, his A.A.S. degree in police science and his M.S. degree in criminal justice from Marshall University, and his J.D. degree from the West Virginia University College of Law. Prior to attending law school, he was a West Virginia state trooper for nearly ten years; serving as a uniformed officer for five years and a plain clothes investigator for five years. In these roles, Mr. Kuenzel investigated serious motor vehicle crashes, as well as various felony level crimes such as murder, robbery and property crimes.
Speaker bio
Kevin T. 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.
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