Family Law

NM Specific

Advanced Family Law in New Mexico

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6.6 Total
OnDemand
6 hours 24 minutes
Dorene Kuffer
Gary Boyle
Marna Trammell
With Dorene A. Kuffer from Law Office of Dorene A. Kuffer PC + 2 others
Recorded July 30, 2024
Product ID 98570

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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. 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.
  • Protect the victim: stop effects of domestic violence from upsetting the balance of power in divorce proceedings.
  • Effectively 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.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Non-Traditional Family Structures and Paternity Disputes
  2. Navigating Complex Asset Cases
  3. Effectively Arguing Contempt Issues
  4. Death and Divorce - Estate Planning Considerations
  5. Ethics
  6. Violence in the Home

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Product ID 98570

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6.6 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. 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

  5. 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

  6. Violence in the Home

    1. Restraining Order vs. Protective Order
    2. Disputing False Allegations
    3. Adult Protective Services
    4. Child Protective Services
    5. Child Abduction
    6. TROs Post-Dissolution

Who Should Attend

This advanced level program will benefit:

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

Speakers

Dorene A Kuffer
Dorene A.
Kuffer
Law Office of Dorene A. Kuffer PC
Gary W Boyle
Gary W.
Boyle
Boyle Law Office
Marna N Trammell
Marna N.
Trammell
East Mountain Legal Services, LLC
Speaker bio
Dorene A Kuffer

Dorene A. Kuffer

Law Office of Dorene A. Kuffer PC
Dorene Kuffer

, a New Mexico practitioner in family law, is the principal shareholder in the Law Office of Dorene A. Kuffer PC, engaging primarily in all aspects of family law. She is currently a member of the board of the State Bar of New Mexico Family Law Section. Ms. Kuffer is also a member of the National LGBT Bar Association and their Family Law Institute, American Bar Association's Family Law Section, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and New Mexico and Albuquerque Collaborative Practice groups. She has served as an adjunct professor in family law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Ms. Kuffer earned her J.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and her LL.M. degree in child and family law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

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Gary W Boyle

Gary W. Boyle

Boyle Law Office
Gary Boyle

is the founder of Boyle and Freudenheim in Santa Fe, where his practice is focused in corporate law, family law and litigation. He currently serves as the virtual general counsel for ADL High Voltage, Inc. (Texas), EnergyComNetwork, Inc. d/b/a PayGo Utilities (Georgia), Flask, Inc. (New Mexico), and Environmental Conscience, LLC (New Mexico). Mr. Boyle maintains an active litigation practice in New Mexico emphasizing family law. He is licensed to practice in the state courts of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma, and in various federal courts including the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Boyle earned his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Tulsa College of Law.

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Marna N Trammell

Marna N. Trammell

East Mountain Legal Services, LLC
Marna Trammell

is the owner and operator of East Mountain Legal Services, LLC, where her primary focus is on family law matters; adoption, child custody, child support, divorce, guardianship, paternity, etc. She earned her Associate of Applied Science from Clovis Community College, her B.S. degree from Eastern New Mexico University and her J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law. Ms. Trammell is a member of the New Mexico Family Law Section, and is admitted to practice in New Mexico, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court District of New Mexico. Ms. Trammell has been practicing law in New Mexico since 2003.

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