Family Law

VA Specific

4.64

Advanced Custody and Support Issues in Virginia

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 51 minutes
Hope Hutchinson
Bretta Lewis
Tara Steinnerd
Julia Boone
Jeanette Irby
With Hope C. Hutchinson from Hutchinson Law Center + 4 others
Recorded May 09, 2024
Product ID 98251

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Overview

Parenting Plans, Custody Evaluations, Relocation, Support Modifications, Parental Alienation, and More

You know what the law says - but what factors really matter to the courts' determination of parenting time and custody? How do you strategically proceed if you receive an unfavorable custody evaluation? Our seasoned faculty will walk you through the messier aspects of parenting and support matters to provide you with operative knowledge, tips and tools you can utilize in your practice. Get your most burning questions answered by a judge, find out how to negotiate and draft creative parenting plans for dynamic situations, explore complex support calculation issues, and much more. Take your practice to the next level and smoothly traverse some of the stickiest child-related issues in family law - register today!

  • Find out what factors judges are really looking at in parenting cases.
  • Navigate the ins and outs of negotiating and drafting workable parenting plans.
  • Discover how to update child support when a party's circumstances change.
  • Understand child evaluators' testing tools and find out how to successfully challenge unfavorable reports.
  • Become a power user of the child support worksheet by picking up valuable tips and tricks.
  • Avoid seemingly innocuous parenting plan provisions that lead to conflicts down the road.
  • Explore how recent developments regarding the rights of same sex and unmarried couples impact your practice.
  • Gain strategies for proving alienation when you realize it's occurring.
  • Walk through complex UIFSA and UCCJEA hypotheticals so you can navigate these issues on your own.
  • Develop an effective case strategy for fighting against false abuse allegations.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. A Judge's View: Parenting Factors, Modification, Enforcement, and More
  2. Negotiating and Drafting Parenting Plans (With Samples)
  3. Custody Evaluations: Understanding the Tools and Challenging the Report
  4. UCCJEA and Relocation Issues in Family Law
  5. UIFSA and Complex Child Support Issues
  6. Alienation and Abuse Allegations in Custody Proceedings
  7. Recent Developments on the Rights of Same Sex and Unmarried Couples: Practical Implications
  8. Legal Ethics

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Product ID 98251

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. A Judge's View: Parenting Factors, Modification, Enforcement, and More

    1. Custody/Visitation: Factors That Truly Matter to Courts
    2. When is Modification or Enforcement of Child-Related Decree Provisions Justified?
    3. Parenting Disputes That Judges do Not Want to See
    4. Q&A Session

  2. Negotiating and Drafting Parenting Plans (With Samples)

    1. Sample Plan: Legal Custody Provisions, Parenting Schedules, and Miscellaneous Clauses
    2. Alternative Dispute Resolution and Other Useful Provisions
    3. Negotiation Tactics and Creative Solutions for High-Conflict Issues
    4. Top Mistakes: Provisions That Lead to Disputes
    5. Use of Parenting Coordinators and Litigating Disputes About Their Recommendations
    6. Modification of Parenting Plans: Standards and Practice Tips
    7. Sample Plans for Disabled/Special Needs Children, Military Families, and Other Dynamic Situations

  3. Custody Evaluations: Understanding the Tools and Challenging the Report

    1. Hiring an Evaluator: Cost/Benefit Analysis
    2. What Goes into a Comprehensive Order
    3. Key Elements and Timeline of an Evaluation
    4. Understanding the Diagnostic Tools/Commonly Used Tests
    5. Assessing if the Report Meets Professional/Statutory Standards (With Checklist)
    6. Challenging the Expert's Report and Asking the Right Questions
    7. Fighting a Contested Custody Case When Your Client Can't Afford an Evaluation

  4. UCCJEA and Relocation Issues in Family Law

    1. UCCJEA - Examination of Complex Hypotheticals
    2. Important Factors, Procedures, and Options in the Relocation Case
    3. Overcoming Key Challenges in an International Relocation
    4. What to do if a Parent Flees the State With the Children

  5. UIFSA and Complex Child Support Issues

    1. Update on Governing Laws, Regulations, and Cases
    2. UIFSA Challenges - Examining Hypotheticals
    3. Hints and Tips for the Child Support Worksheet
    4. Defining Income - Gross vs. Net, Second Jobs, Bonuses, Imputing Income, etc.
    5. Child Support Calculations - Top Mistakes Attorneys Make
    6. Reading Complex Earning Statements (Military, Teachers', etc. - With Examples)
    7. How to Modify Child Support Obligations - Step-by-Step

  6. Alienation and Abuse Allegations in Custody Proceedings

    1. Alienation: What it is vs. What it isn't and How to Detect it
    2. Proving Parental Alienation - Case Strategy
    3. Fighting Against False Abuse Allegations
    4. Social Services Investigations - When They Happen and What the Reports Mean
    5. Examining Experts and Lay Witnesses in Alienation and Abuse Cases

  7. Recent Developments on the Rights of Same Sex and Unmarried Couples: Practical Implications

  8. Legal Ethics

    1. Attorney Contact With Children
    2. Special Considerations for Mental Health Professionals and GALs
    3. Best Interests of the Child vs. Parents' Best Interests
    4. Child Testimony: Need for Evidence vs. Damage to Child

Who Should Attend

This advanced level online seminar is designed for:

  • Attorneys
  • Guardians ad Litem
  • Custody Evaluators
  • Psychologists
  • Counselors
  • Parenting Plan Coordinators
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Hope C Hutchinson
Hope C.
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Law Center
Bretta Z Lewis
Bretta Z.
Lewis
Pender & Coward
Tara Steinnerd
Tara
Steinnerd
Steinnerd Law PLLC
Julia T Boone
Julia T.
Boone
JTB Family Law, PLLC
Hon. Jeanette A Irby
Hon. Jeanette A.
Irby
Juridical Solutions PLC
Speaker bio
Hope C Hutchinson

Hope C. Hutchinson

Hutchinson Law Center
Hope Hutchinson

is an attorney and owner of Hutchinson Law Center where her practice areas include family law and serving as a guardian ad litem. Ms. Hutchinson is licensed to practice law in Virginia. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar (member, Family Law Section), Young Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, Greater Peninsula Women's Association, and the Ninth Circuit Family Law Committee. Ms. Hutchinson earned her B.A. degree from Christopher Newport University and her J.D. degree from Regent University.

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Bretta Z Lewis

Bretta Z. Lewis

Pender & Coward
Bretta Lewis

is a shareholder with the Virginia Beach law firm of Pender & Coward , where she specializes in complex family law and equitable distribution matters. She has been certified as a guardian ad litem for children since 2005 and frequently represents children in cases of abuse, neglect, and high conflict custody cases. Ms. Lewis is an adjunct law professor at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, a faculty member of the Harry L. Carrico Professionalism course required of all new Virginia lawyers, and serves on the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board as an immediate past member. She has served as a faculty member for Virginia CLE, Virginia State Bar, Virginia Employment Law Association, Virginia Beach Juvenile Court, Virginia Beach Bar Association, Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association, National Business Institute, Inns of Court, and the Tidewater Paralegal Association. Ms. Lewis is a frequent lecturer on topics relating to family law, general litigation, mediation and legal ethics. She holds a B.A. degree in history from the University of Virginia; a master's degree in English from George Mason University; and a J.D. degree from William & Mary.

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Tara Steinnerd

Tara Steinnerd

Steinnerd Law PLLC
Tara Steinnerd

is the owner of Steinnerd Law PLLC, where she practice family law. She is licensed to practice in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Ms. Steinnerd is a member of the National LGBT Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, Fairfax Bar Association (Family Law Section), Maryland State Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Bar Association of Montgomery County, Prince George's County Bar Association, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and Virginia Women's Attorney Association. She earned her B.S. degree from Texas A&M University and her J.D. degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

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Julia T Boone

Julia T. Boone

JTB Family Law, PLLC
Julia Boone

is a partner in the law firm of Cisneros, McElroy & Boone, PC, where she focuses her practice on family law, divorce, custody, visitation, relocation actions, grandparent's rights, step-parent adoptions, property distribution, spousal support, child support, pre-marital agreements, post-nuptial agreements, marital settlement agreements, protective orders, and enforcement actions. She is admitted to practice in Virginia. Ms. Boone is a member of the family law sections of both the Fairfax Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. She earned her B.A. degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and her J.D. degree from George Mason University School of Law.

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Hon. Jeanette A Irby

Hon. Jeanette A. Irby

Juridical Solutions PLC
Jeanette Irby

is a retired circuit court judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. She is currently managing director of Juridical Solutions PLC, where she mediates family law disputes which are most suited to alternative dispute resolution. Judge Irby is experienced in all areas of civil litigation, including complex business disputes, divorce (equitable distribution, spousal support and custody) and personal injury claims. Before going on the bench, she practiced law with her primary focus on domestic relations. Judge Irby earned her B.S. degree from Central Michigan University and her J.D. degree from Thomas W. Cooley Law School.

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