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Family Law

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Discovery and Evidence in California Family Law Cases

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Credit Status Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 55 minutes
Belinda Handy
Michael Watters
Joan Mann Thomas
B. J. Fadem
Jonathan Little
With Belinda A. Handy from Riverside County Superior Court of California + 4 others
Recorded January 29, 2024
Product ID 97771

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Overview

Discover Hidden Assets, Collect and Authenticate Social Media and Smartphone Evidence, and Much More

In every divorce or family law case, it's critical to know how to find, secure, and present case-supporting evidence. Whether it be locating hidden assets or deleted social media accounts, your abilities can turn a losing case into a winning one (and vice versa). Join our experienced faculty in this online seminar as they share practical insights and effective tips on how to go through discovery and evidence hurdles with confidence. Get the information that you need - register today!

  • Obtain practical tips for locating hidden or undisclosed assets and income.
  • Understand what to look for with electronically stored information in family law discovery.
  • Get effective strategies and questions for divorce depositions.
  • Learn how to apply the rules of evidence in family law cases
  • Discuss how to conduct effective direct and cross-examinations of expert witnesses.
  • Know how to go through a family law case in an ethically-sound manner.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Practical Tips for Discovery Requests: From Interrogatories to Subpoenas
  2. Discovering Hidden Assets and Income
  3. Smartphone, Social Media, and Other Electronic Evidence
  4. Divorce Depositions: Key Tactics and Questions You Must Know
  5. Parental Alienation and Abuse: Evidence and Witnesses
  6. Evidence Authentication and Admission in Family Law Cases
  7. Direct and Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses
  8. Ethics in Family Law
Product ID 97771

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California CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. Practical Tips for Discovery Requests: From Interrogatories to Subpoenas

    1. Interrogatories
    2. Requests for Production of Documents
    3. Requests for Admissions
    4. Orders for Physical/Mental Examination
    5. Issuing Subpoenas in Divorce Cases
    6. Actions for Non-Compliant Parties
  2. Discovering Hidden Assets and Income

    1. Premarital/Prenuptial Agreement Provisions
    2. Paystubs and Other Employment Records
    3. Tax Returns
    4. Financial Account Statements
    5. Pension/Retirement Accounts
    6. Insurance Policies
    7. Business Records
  3. Smartphone, Social Media, and Other Electronic Evidence

    1. Social Media Platforms: Procedures and Pointers
    2. Securing Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
    3. Smartphone/Tablet Discovery
    4. Email Discovery
    5. Video-Sharing Apps
    6. Subpoenaing Cell Phone Records, Social Media, etc.
    7. Retrieving Deleted and Lost Data
  4. Divorce Depositions: Key Tactics and Questions You Must Know

    1. Preparing Your Witness
    2. Preparing Documents for Deposition
    3. Financial Questions
    4. Custody Questions
    5. Mental Health Expert Reports and Depositions
    6. Practical Tips for Dealing With Difficult Deponents
  5. Parental Alienation and Abuse: Evidence and Witnesses

  6. Evidence Authentication and Admission in Family Law Cases

    1. Evidence Rules and Procedures
    2. Key Strategies to Get Your Evidence Admitted and Keep Theirs Out
    3. Authenticating Social Media, Email, and Text Evidence
    4. Expert Witness Admissibility: Valuation Experts, Mental Health Experts, Vocational Experts, and More
    5. Child Testimony
    6. Hearsay Objections and Exceptions
  7. Direct and Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses

  8. Ethics in Family Law

    1. Client/Lawyer Relationship
    2. Attorneys' Fees
    3. Communication With Adverse Parties
    4. Malpractice Concerns and Considerations
    5. Duty of Candor to the Tribunal

Who Should Attend

This intermediate level online seminar is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Belinda A Handy
Belinda A.
Handy
Riverside County Superior Court of California
Michael G Watters
Michael G.
Watters
O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP
Joan Mann Thomas
Joan
Mann Thomas
Law Offices of Joan Mann Thomas
B. J. Fadem
B. J.
Fadem
Law Offices of BJ Fadem & Associates, APC
Jonathan Little
Jonathan
Little
Minyard Morris
Speaker bio
Belinda A Handy

Belinda A. Handy

Riverside County Superior Court of California
Belinda Handy

is a Superior Court Commissioner in the Riverside County Superior Court of California.

Speaker bio
Michael G Watters

Michael G. Watters

O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP
Michael Watters

is the managing partner and founding partner with O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP where he is a trial attorney with extensive trial, as well as significant appellate experience. He specializes in all aspects of trial work, with emphases on complex civil litigation, business litigation, employment litigation, family law and insurance. Mr. Watters defends professional licensees and has handled many appeals. He earned his B.S. degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Watters then attended its Graduate School of Business Administration (now the Haas School) and earned an M.B.A. degree. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Watters is a member of the State Bar of California and Sonoma County, Marin County and American bar associations. He is a member of the bar of various United States District Courts, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, formerly known as Court of Military Appeals (COMA). Mr. Watters has been active in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Since 1979, he has been an arbitrator for the Sonoma, Marin and Napa County Superior courts.

Speaker bio
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.

Speaker bio
B. J. Fadem

B. J. Fadem

Law Offices of BJ Fadem & Associates, APC
B. J. Fadem

is a senior attorney and president of the Law Offices of BJ Fadem & Associates, APC. Within the area of family law, he has extensive experience in handling palimony, international jurisdiction matters, domestic partners/same sex marriage, and difficult custody cases. Mr. Fadem is an international mediator as certified by University of California Hastings Law School. He is an adjunct professor at Santa Clara Law School, California. Mr. Fadem is a certified specialist in family law by the State Bar of California. He is a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association (Family Law Section), National Association of Counsel for Children, Santa Clara County Minors Counsel Committee, Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, and State Bar of California. Mr. Fadem is also a member of the BAYMEC (board member and co-chair of the Policy Committee), Santa Clara County Bar Association Family Law Section LGBTQI+ Committee (chair), Diversity Committee for the Santa Clara County Bar Association (chair), and member of Executive Committee of Santa Clara County Bar Association. He was appointed by Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell to serve on the San Jose Independent Police Auditors Advisory Commission and continues to serve on the Commission. Mr. Fadem earned his B.S. degree from San Jose State University and J.D. degree from the Golden Gate University School of Law.

Speaker bio
Jonathan Little

Jonathan Little

Minyard Morris
Jonathan Little

is an attorney with Minyard Morris, a family law firm in Newport Beach, California. Board-certified as a specialist in family law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, Mr. Little has more than 17 years of legal experience, and he provides outstanding representation, advice and support to clients throughout Orange County who are going through a divorce or other family law issues. With both litigation and transactional experience in the first decade of his legal career, Mr. Little is uniquely situated to handle the diverse aspects of family law. He has achieved considerable success helping his clients make the best-informed financial and custody decisions that will affect their families for years to come, while also aggressively representing them in Court (when the circumstances of their case warrant it). Mr. Little's early practice was in the banking finance industry in matters of regulatory compliance and securities offerings. Subsequently, but before joining Minyard Morris, he practiced state and federal litigation in matters of bad faith insurance, employment and contract disputes, real property litigation, and personal injury actions on both the plaintiff and the defense side. His high-stakes civil-litigation experience, combined with complex securities and financial transaction experience, add unique insight to the advice and recommendations he gives his clients. Mr. Little now limits his practice to family law matters in Orange County. His success in family law is measured not only in terms of the number of trials and contested hearings on nearly every focus area in family law, but also in the number of successful resolutions leading to stipulated Judgments or Orders. These earned him the designation of a certified specialist in the minimum time permitted by The State Bar (i.e. 5 years), and he has continued to build upon that foundation since. Mr. Little has also received several commendations for his pro bono and volunteer work for the poor and disadvantaged, including serving as a board member for Community Legal Aid SoCal, volunteering with pro bono legal clinics, and a perennial volunteer for the Constitutional Rights Foundation mock trial competition. On the weekends, he also finds time to volunteer with his community in local youth sports, including coaching and refereeing. Mr. Little earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Point Loma Nazarene University, summa cum laude, and his Juris Doctor at American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. While in D.C., he interned for the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Litigation and Enforcement Division, and also participated in a fellowship in the Office of The Curator of the Supreme Court of the United States. During his undergraduate studies, Jon studied abroad at the Nizhni-Novgorod State University in Russia, after previously serving as a full-time English teacher for a public school in Moscow. He is admitted to practice before all Superior Courts in the State of California, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Central districts of California as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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