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Advanced Family Law in Florida

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Credit Status Total
Florida CLE Approved 8 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6.5 Total
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6 hours 40 minutes
Stacey Mullins
Kevin Knight
Corinne Kaplan
R. Gregory Hyden
Matthew Lundy
With Stacey D. Mullins from GrayRobinson, P.A. + 4 others

Wed, Sep 09, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102118

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Overview

Skillfully Handle the Most Challenging Family Law Cases

Family law is growing increasingly more complex. The potential complications of high-wealth or high-conflict divorce can intimidate some attorneys into shying away from such cases. Do you have the skills to step up to the plate? We've compiled the most confounding and involved issues you're likely to encounter in your practice and put our attorney faculty to the task of demonstrating how to successfully tackle them. Gain from their collective experience - register today!

  • Explore the most difficult areas of family law practice and get solutions from seasoned attorney faculty.
  • Protect the rights of cohabitating couples and clarify the boundaries of such protection in the eyes of the law.
  • Dispute false allegations of abuse to help your client fight for custody.
  • Obtain the best settlement for your client by conquering the division of complex assets.
  • Get new tactics for enforcement, modification, and termination of child support and spousal maintenance.
  • Understand the unique nuances that arise when helping military clients through a divorce.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Non-Traditional Family Structures and Paternity Disputes
  2. Navigating Complex Asset Cases
  3. Effectively Arguing Contempt Issues
  4. Advanced Child and Spousal Support Issues
  5. Special Issues in Military Divorce
  6. Death and Divorce - Estate Planning Considerations
  7. Ethics

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Product ID 102118

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Florida CLE Approved 8 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6.5 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Non-Traditional Family Structures and Paternity Disputes

    1. Cohabitating Couples/Domestic Partnerships
    2. Grandparent Rights
    3. Guardianships
    4. Emancipation of Minors
    5. Current Paternity Case Law
    6. Paternity Fraud
    7. Paternal Rights
    8. Update on Paternity Affidavits
  2. Navigating Complex Asset Cases

    1. Commingled Separate and Community Assets
    2. Vacation Homes or Investment Real Estate Interests
    3. Family Business Assets
    4. Interests in Closely Held Corporations
    5. Stock Option Compensation
    6. Complex Retirement Plans
    7. Financial Misconduct
    8. Spotting Hidden Assets
    9. Using Forensic Accountants and Business Valuation Experts
    10. Enforceability of Prenuptial Agreements
  3. Effectively Arguing Contempt Issues

  4. Advanced Child and Spousal Support Issues

    1. Arguing Spousal Maintenance: What Works and What Doesn't
    2. Voluntary Impoverishment
    3. Enforcement Options
    4. Support Modification Procedures and Tactics
    5. Support Termination: When and How
    6. Case Law Update
  5. Special Issues in Military Divorce

    1. Statutory Changes and Current Case Law
    2. Rules of Practice and Procedure for Family Court
    3. Parenting Issues
    4. Child Support
    5. Military Pension, Retirement and Benefits
    6. Survivor Benefit Plan for Retired Military Personnel
    7. Military Reservists' Retirement Benefits
    8. Survivorship and Military Disability Benefits
    9. Continued Health Care
    10. Contempt
  6. Death and Divorce - Estate Planning Considerations

    1. Default Inheritance Laws
    2. Medical Decisions
    3. Changing Retirement Plan and Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations
    4. Updating Estate Planning Documents
    5. Planning for Disabled Dependents
  7. Ethics

    1. Client/Lawyer Relationship
    2. Researching and Preventing Conflicts of Interest
    3. Communication with Adverse Party
    4. When Your Client is Dishonest or Abusive
    5. Attorneys' Fees
    6. Handling an Ethics Complaint/Grievance

Who Should Attend

This advanced level program will benefit:

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

Speakers

Stacey D Mullins
Stacey D.
Mullins
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Kevin T Knight
Kevin T.
Knight
DSK Law
Corinne Kaplan
Corinne
Kaplan
Kaplan Law Firm, S.C.
R. Gregory Hyden
R. Gregory
Hyden
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Matthew L Lundy
Matthew L.
Lundy
Matthew Lundy Law - QDRO Law
Speaker bio
Stacey D Mullins

Stacey D. Mullins

GrayRobinson, P.A.
Stacey 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
Kevin T Knight

Kevin T. Knight

DSK Law
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
Corinne Kaplan

Corinne Kaplan

Kaplan Law Firm, S.C.
Corinne Kaplan

is president/CEO of her southeastern Wisconsin based law firm, Kaplan Law Firm, S.C., founded in 1992. Additionally, she serves as a business and sport law professor teaching sport law, business law, accounting, tax, economics, ethics and human resources management. Ms. Kaplan also has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Lakeland College, Indiana University-Bloomington and other institutions. Her previous experience includes working in the tax department of Peat Marwick; serving as in-house counsel for the Kidder Peabody investment firm; and in the tax and sport departments for Davis & Kuelthau, S.C. law firm, as well as two domestic relations boutique firms. Ms. Kaplan has provided legal counsel for many sport industry and hospital based charitable organizations. She has published articles for Corporate Report Wisconsin, and other publications, and has frequently presented key note addresses, papers and seminars for the National Business Institute, local bar associations, local management associations, business and management universities, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the National Sport Lawyers Association. She earned her B.A. degree from Indiana University-Bloomington and her J.D. degree from Indiana University-Indianapolis. Ms. Kaplan is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin, and served as the 2010 president of the Ozaukee County Bar Association.

Speaker bio
R. Gregory Hyden

R. Gregory Hyden

GrayRobinson, P.A.
R. Gregory Hyden

is a shareholder with GrayRobinson, P.A., being an accomplished civil litigator with a practice concentrated on guardianship and probate litigation, marital and family law, specialized homeowners' association matters, and local government litigation. He represents clients in complex and often sensitive legal issues requiring both strategic litigation skills and a deep understanding of local and administrative law. Deeply committed to public service and community engagement, Mr. Hyden donates significant time to causes that reflect his values. He has served in various circuits as a pro bono guardian ad litem, advocating for the rights and welfare of children in the court system. Mr. Hyden is a member of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, St. Gregory's Episcopal Church. As a published legal scholar, his law review article analyzing church property disputes cited in appellate briefs and academic journals demonstrating reach and influence beyond the courtroom. Mr. Hyden earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of South Florida and his J.D. degree from Florida State University College of Law. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association and his admitted to practice in Florida.

Speaker bio
Matthew L Lundy

Matthew L. Lundy

Matthew Lundy Law - QDRO Law
Matthew Lundy

is the managing partner of Matthew Lundy Law - QDRO Law, a multi-jurisdictional QDRO law firm. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mr. Lundy has a great deal of experience in analyzing and interpreting state and federal law related to retirement account division in family law cases, including but not limited to the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. He has written several articles on the subjects of retirement account division and the use of QDROs and similar orders in family law cases that have been published both state and nationwide. In addition, Mr. Lundy also has lectured on the subject of retirement account division to judges, family law practitioners, and other family law professionals throughout the country. As an attorney with a background in both family law and dividing retirement accounts specifically, he has developed a unique understanding of both the legal and mechanical issues related to retirement account division. Mr. Lundy’s clients consist of both individual (non-attorney) clients and attorneys. Clients seek his counsel as a means to not only accurately address legal issues related to retirement accounts, but also to advise on and execute the most practical means of expeditiously resolving retirement account issues. Mr. Lundy has also spearheaded a movement to discourage the unlicensed practice of law in the context of QDRO preparation, as a means of protecting the public at large and to ensure that clients get the best and most complete service possible. This has included lecturing and writing articles on the topic of UPL, as well as seeking advisory opinions from at least one state bar association clarifying the bars position on this particular topic. He earned his B.A. degree from Duke University and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.

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