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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
- Ethics
- Discovery in Divorce
- Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
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Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana CLE |
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6 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
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6 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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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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Discovery in Divorce
- Social Media Tips and Tricks
- Discovery of Electronic Communications
- Locating Hidden Assets
- Model Letters and Motions (with Sample Forms)
- Discovery Abuses and Remedies
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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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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-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
Erik B. Quattro
began his employment in May 2020 as a law clerk. Upon passing the bar exam, he became an associate attorney at Thurman and Associates LLC where he has experience handling a wide range of estate planning, domestic relations, and juvenile court matters. Mr. Quattro graduated with honors from Cleveland Marshall College of Law and holds a B.A. degree from The State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the Ohio Bar Association where he is a member of their family law and estate planning sections. Mr. Quattro also assists with the yearly updates for the discovery chapter of Domestic Relations Law (Baldwin's Ohio Practice).
Speaker bio
Adam J. Thurman
is an attorney with Thurman and Associates LLC, where he focuses his practice on family law. Over the years, he has served as the secretary, vice-chair and ultimately chair of the Family Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, and was appointed as a liaison to the E-Publications and Technology groups. Mr. Thurman has also been a member of the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court's Guardian ad Litem program for over ten years. He graduated cum laude from John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio and summa cum laude from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Speaker bio
James S. Adray
is a partner in the Toledo law firm of Adray & Ward, where he practices in the areas of business law, probate, estate planning, divorce, and medical malpractice. He also deals with estate tax issues. Mr. Adray is a mediator/arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and is a mediator trainer throughout Ohio. He has taught at the University of Toledo Law School and College of Education. Mr. Adray is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (Alternate Dispute Resolution, and Probate and Trust Law committees), and the Ohio State (Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution committees) and Toledo bar associations. He earned both his B.A. degree and his J.D. degree from the University of Toledo.
Speaker bio
Rebecca A. Clark
is an attorney at the Law Office of James B. Palmquist, III, where her practice areas include family law, adoption and criminal law. She is a member of the Medina Bar Association (president elect) and Ohio State Bar Association. Ms. Clark earned her J.D. degree from University of Akron School of Law.
Speaker bio
Francesca Carinci
is a sole practitioner and small-town lawyer who will take a personal interest in your case and can give you individualized attention. She practices in the areas of family law, divorce and tax. Ms. Carinci regularly assists clients with tax related matters and QDROS. She is a trial attorney and former magistrate in domestic relations, as well as a former juvenile court magistrate. Ms. Carinci regularly practices in several counties such as Harrison, Belmont and Columbiana, as well as Jefferson. She has also practiced in Cuyahoga, Franklin and Stark counties. An experienced trial lawyer, Ms. Carinci has served as council on numerous nationally significant cases. She has been very active in the local community and serves on many boards for charitable organizations. Ms. Carinci has worked as an adjunct professor at Eastern Gateway Community College, teaching real estate law for over 23 years. She earned her B.S. degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville and her J.D. degree from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.
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