Family Law

VA Specific

4.64

Advanced Family Law in Virginia

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6.5 Total
OnDemand
6 hours 30 minutes
Alanna Williams
Kimberly Skiba-Rokosky
Erika MacCormac
John Whitbeck
Jeanette Irby
With Alanna C. Williams from Whitbeck Bennett + 4 others
Recorded October 15, 2024
Product ID 99105

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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.
  • Get new tactics for enforcement, modification and termination of child support and spousal maintenance.
  • Understand the unique nuances that arise when helping military clients through a divorce.

Abbreviated Agenda

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

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Product ID 99105

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6.5 Total
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Agenda

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  1. 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

  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. Advanced Child and Spousal Support Issues

    1. Arguing Spousal Maintenance: What Works and What Doesn't
    2. Voluntary Impoverishment
    3. Enforcement Options
    4. Support Modification Procedures and Tactics
    5. Support Termination: When and How
    6. Case Law Update

  5. Special Issues in Military Divorce

    1. Statutory Changes and Current Case Law
    2. Rules of Practice and Procedure for Family Court
    3. Parenting Issues
    4. Child Support
    5. Military Pension, Retirement and Benefits
    6. Survivor Benefit Plan for Retired Military Personnel
    7. Military Reservists' Retirement Benefits
    8. Survivorship and Military Disability Benefits
    9. Continued Health Care
    10. Contempt

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

Alanna C Williams
Alanna C.
Williams
Whitbeck Bennett
Kimberly A Skiba-Rokosky
Kimberly A.
Skiba-Rokosky
Shulman Rogers PA
Erika E MacCormac
Erika E.
MacCormac
Winslow McCurry & MacCormac, PLLC
John Whitbeck
John
Whitbeck
Whitbeck Bennett
Hon. Jeanette A Irby
Hon. Jeanette A.
Irby
Juridical Solutions PLC
Speaker bio
Alanna C Williams

Alanna C. Williams

Whitbeck Bennett
Alanna Williams

is an attorney with Cook Craig & Francuzenko, PLLC, where she focuses her practice on family law issues of divorce, custody and visitation, child support, spousal support (alimony), and equitable distribution of property. She is recognized in The National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers. Ms. Williams is a member of the Virginia State Bar, Fairfax Bar Association (Family Law Section), Fairfax County Circuit Court Committee, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She earned her B.S. and B.A. degrees from San Diego State University and her J.D. degree from California Western School of Law.

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Kimberly A Skiba-Rokosky

Kimberly A. Skiba-Rokosky

Shulman Rogers PA
Kimberly Skiba-Rokosky

is a shareholder with the law firm of Shulman Rogers. She focuses her practice on family law and fiduciary matters in Virginia and Maryland. Ms. Skiba-Rokosky is a member of the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Fairfax County Bar Association. She earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude with distinction, from Boston University; and her J.D. degree from the University of Richmond. Ms. Skiba-Rokosky has been voted a Super Lawyer or Rising Star in Virginia since 2011, and has enjoyed an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell since 2014.

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Erika E MacCormac

Erika E. MacCormac

Winslow McCurry & MacCormac, PLLC
Erika MacCormac

is a partner with the law firm of Winslow McCurry & MacCormac, PLLC, in Midlothian, Virginia. She is the leader of the firm's family law team and practices solely in the area of family law, focusing on divorce, child custody and visitation, spousal support, child support, adoption, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Ms. MacCormac understands the myriad of emotional, financial, spiritual, and practical implications and challenges presented by divorce and custody matters. She is equally comfortable in the courtroom trying a case or at settlement table working on a collaborative resolution. In addition, Ms. MacCormac routinely serves as a guardian ad litem for minor children in the context of abuse and neglect proceedings, juvenile delinquency hearings, and contested custody and visitation litigation. She also presents for the National Business Institute on family law matters, and serves as a guest lecturer at the University of Richmond Law School Family Law Clinic Seminar. Ms. MacCormac is a member of the Chesterfield County Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar (Family Law Section). She earned her B.A. degree from Virginia Tech and her J.D. degree (certification of concentration in family law) from the University of Richmond.

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John Whitbeck

John Whitbeck

Whitbeck Bennett
John Whitbeck

is the founder and majority shareholder with Whitbeck Bennett in Leesburg, Virginia. He focuses his practice on family law, criminal law, mental health law, civil litigation and many other areas. Mr. Whitbeck has also been certified as an expert witness in litigation. He is an adjunct professor of law at George Mason University Law School, teaching mental illness law. Mr. Whitbeck is the director of the George Mason University Law and Mental Illness Clinic. He has served as substitute judge in Virginia district courts, hearing civil and criminal matters, including family law cases. Mr. Whitbeck also served as a special justice for civil commitment hearings in the 20th Judicial Circuit, which requires him to sit as a judge for hearings to committ mentally ill individuals to psychiatric treatment. He has also served as a special prosecutor in the Loudoun County General District courts. Mr. Whitbeck earned his A.B. degree from Occidental College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from George Mason University-Antonin Scalia Law School.

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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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