Kentucky Family Law From A to Z
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
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| Kentucky CLE |
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6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
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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
- Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
- Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Family Law Bonus Session
- Ethics
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky CLE |
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6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
Select Jurisdiction
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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Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
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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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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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Family Law Bonus Session
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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
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
Peter L. Ostermiller
is a sole practitioner concentrating in legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. In 1980 he obtained his license to practice law in Kentucky. His legal ethics and professional responsibility law practice began in the mid -1980s and, since the mid-1990s has been his practice concentration. He represents attorneys in disciplinary and reinstatement proceedings, judges in judicial ethics matters, and bar exam applicants. Mr. Ostermiller has also represented parties in attorney's fee dispute proceedings, and attorneys in legal proceedings in which sanctions have been sought against the attorney. He has represented parties in attorney disqualification proceedings and counseled lawyers and law firms in their respective rights, responsibilities and duties to other attorneys and their clients. He also serves as an expert witness at the state and federal level regarding legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. Mr. Ostermiller is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association and Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Mr. Ostermiller earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Louisville.
Speaker bio
Catherine Ann Monzingo
opened the Monzingo Law Office in Lexington, Kentucky in 2002. Since that time, she has represented clients in all areas of family law from divorce to domestic violence to adoption. Ms. Monzingo has presented continuing legal education programs on a broad range of family law topics for the Kentucky Bar Association, Fayette County Bar Association and the National Business Institute. She is a current board member of Micah Legal, a Fayette County based sliding scale legal services nonprofit. Ms. Monzingo is member of the American Bar Association (Family Law Section), Kentucky Bar Association (Family Law Section) and Fayette County Bar Association (Domestic Relations Section) and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Ms. Monzingo is the former chair of the Family Law Section of the Kentucky Bar Association, former co-chair of the Domestic Relations Section of the Fayette County Bar Association and former board member of the Fayette County Bar Association. From 1999-2002, she served as an assistant public advocate for the Department of Public Advocacy. There Ms. Monzingo represented adults and children on felony, misdemeanor and status offenses and honed her trial skills through practice and the DPA training, including week-long trial institutes. She earned her B.S. degee in agriculture (natural resources conservation and management curriculum), her B.A. degree (honors program), and her J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky.
Speaker bio
Heidi A. Hopfensperger
is an attorney with Hopfensperger Law Office in Hazard, Kentucky. She has spent her legal career helping individuals and families across Eastern Kentucky find relief from overwhelming debt and recover after life-changing injuries.
Speaker bio
Nam H. Nguyen
practices at Law Office of Michael Davidson, PLLC in Lexington, Kentucky. He is an attorney practicing wills and probate, family law and child custody and has been licensed for 16 years. Mr. Nguyen earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from University of Kentucky.
Speaker bio
Heather A. Hadi
Heather A. Hadi is an attorney with The Law Office of Heather Hadi in Lexington, Kentucky. She is a seasoned immigration attorney dedicated to providing comprehensive attorney services to clients navigating the complexities of immigration law. With years of experience, Ms. Hadi understands the challenges faced by immigrants, particularly in relation to family-based immigration petitions, and is committed to offering effective visa and residency solutions. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky and her J.D. degree from St Thomas University School of Law. Fun fact - Mrs. Hadi is also a former collegiate boxer who was invited to participate in the Golden Gloves Competition.
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