Family Law

NC Specific

4.12

North Carolina Family Law From A to Z

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 46 minutes
Tia Hartley
Catherine Bailey
Elysia Prendergast-Jones
Jason Hicks
With Tia G. Hartley from The Law Office of Tia G. Hartley, PLLC + 3 others
Recorded July 26, 2024
Product ID 98575

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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

  1. Legal Update - A Year in Review
  2. Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
  3. Discovery in Divorce
  4. Child Custody and Visitation Rights
  5. Ethics
  6. Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners

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Product ID 98575

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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  1. Legal Update - A Year in Review

    1. Procedural Rules for Family Law Cases
    2. Case Law Update: Family Law
    3. Application of Recent Cases and Amended Statutes to Your Cases

  2. Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure

    1. Prenuptial Agreements
    2. Annulment
    3. Legal Separation
    4. Divorce
    5. Checklist of Necessary Documents
    6. Typical Case Timeline and Basic Steps to Follow
    7. Sample Pleadings and Motions: What to Use and When

  3. Discovery in Divorce

    1. Social Media Tips and Tricks
    2. Discovery of Electronic Communications
    3. Locating Hidden Assets
    4. Model Letters and Motions (with Sample Forms)
    5. Discovery Abuses and Remedies

  4. Child Custody and Visitation Rights

    1. Custody and Parenting Time
    2. Motion for Modification of Custody or Visitation
    3. Termination of Parental Rights
    4. Rights of Grandparents and Other Relatives
    5. UCCJEA: Uniform Child Custody and Enforcement Act
    6. Checklist of Necessary Documents and Sample Forms

  5. Ethics

    1. Client/Lawyer Relationship
    2. Attendance at Client Conferences by Friends or Family of Client
    3. Attorneys' Fees
    4. Communication With Adverse Party
    5. Malpractice Concerns

  6. Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners

    1. Valuation and Division of Assets (Real Estate, Insurance, Stock Options, Retirement Plans)
    2. Tax Ramifications of Divorce
    3. Petition for Child Support
    4. Child Support Enforcement Options
    5. Drafting Clear QDROs - Do's and Don'ts
    6. Equitable Distribution when Debts Equal or Exceed Assets
    7. Bankruptcy
    8. Checklist of Necessary Documents and Sample Forms

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.

  • Attorneys
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Tia G Hartley
Tia G.
Hartley
The Law Office of Tia G. Hartley, PLLC
Catherine R Bailey
Catherine R.
Bailey
Fresh Start Family Law
Elysia Prendergast-Jones
Elysia
Prendergast-Jones
Legal Aid of North Carolina
Jason F Hicks
Jason F.
Hicks
Guilford County Attorney's Office
Speaker bio
Tia G Hartley

Tia G. Hartley

The Law Office of Tia G. Hartley, PLLC
Tia Hartley

is the principal in the firm of The Law Office of Tia G. Hartley, PLLC in Charlotte. She focuses her practice in areas involving the family. Ms. Hartley has been certified as a parenting coordinator since 2008, and serves in that role in matters throughout the state. She is also a NCDRC Certified Family Financial Mediator. Ms. Hartley earned her J.D. degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School after completing her undergraduate studies at Meredith College. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, she is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, Mecklenburg County Bar and North Carolina Bar Association.

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Catherine R Bailey

Catherine R. Bailey

Fresh Start Family Law
Catherine Bailey

is with Fresh Start Family Law, where she represents clients in family law matters including divorce, domestic violence, child custody, child support, alimony, equitable distribution, separation agreements, surrogacy, and mediation. Ms. Bailey's practice has a special emphasis in all aspects of military divorce, including military pension division. She is a North Carolina board-certified family law specialist, as well as a North Carolina certified family financial mediator who performs mediations in family law cases. Ms. Bailey earned her B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law.

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Elysia Prendergast-Jones

Elysia Prendergast-Jones

Legal Aid of North Carolina
Elysia Prendergast-Jones

Esq., M.B.A., M.A., is a supervising attorney with Legal Aid of North Carolina. She supervises other in-house attorneys on family and juvenile law matters, advising on legal precedents, legal instruments, and the correct application of laws and statutes in district, superior and appellate courts. Ms. Prendergrast-Jones also speaks at numerous CLE seminars and trainings. She earned her B.A. degree from Coker College, her M.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Webster University and her J.D. degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law.

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Jason F Hicks

Jason F. Hicks

Guilford County Attorney's Office
Jason Hicks

is an assistant county attorney with Guilford County, North Carolina. He is licensed in both Tennessee and North Carolina. Over the course of his career, Mr. Hicks has practiced family/divorce law, probate and litigation, as well as elder law, juvenile law, and local government law. He is a member of the District 24 (North Carolina), Putnam County (Tennessee), Tennessee, North Carolina, and American bar associations. Mr. Hicks is currently the president of the North Carolina DSS Attorney's Association. He is past-president of the Putnam County Bar Association and the Upper Cumberland Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Hicks is also the past vice-president of the Tennessee Bar Association-Young Lawyers Division. He is a frequent speaker at legal education seminars, having presented over forty CLE presentations. Mr. Hicks is a barrister member of the Guilford Chapter, American Inn of Courts. He earned his B.A. degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and his J.D. degree from Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.

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