Family Law

PA Specific

Advanced Custody and Support Issues in Pennsylvania

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 57 minutes
Julie Beroes
Kristopher Smull
Ashley Valdes
With Julie E. Beroes from Beroes Law Center, P.C. + 2 others
Recorded October 03, 2024.
Product ID 99119

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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. 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!

  • 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. 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 99119

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. 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

Julie E Beroes
Julie E.
Beroes
Beroes Law Center, P.C.
Kristopher T Smull
Kristopher T.
Smull
Colgan & Associates, LLC
Ashley J Valdes
Ashley J.
Valdes
Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C.
Speaker bio
Julie E Beroes

Julie E. Beroes

Beroes Law Center, P.C.
Julie Beroes

is a partner with Beroes Law Center, P.C. She grew up in the family division courthouse watching and listening to her mother advocate for clients; therein, she was inspired to help children, families, and clients in need. Further, Ms. Beroes has worked alongside some of the most prestigious family law practitioners in practice today in Allegheny County, Beaver County, Washington County, and the surrounding counties, as well as in Ohio. She earned her B.F.A. degree, summa cum laude, from The University of the Arts; and her J.D. degree, sum laude, from Capital University Law School.

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Kristopher T Smull

Kristopher T. Smull

Colgan & Associates, LLC
Kristopher Smull

is an experienced family lawyer with the law firm of Colgan & Associates, LLC. He is experienced in all areas of family law and serves clients in Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon, Lancaster, Perry, York, Adams, and Franklin counties. Mr. Smull is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Family Law Section, Dauphin County Bar Association's Family Law Section, and Cumberland County Bar Association's Family Law Section. He earned his undergraduate degree from Temple University and his law degree from Widener University School of Law.

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Ashley J Valdes

Ashley J. Valdes

Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C.
Ashley Valdes

is an attorney with Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C., where she exclusively practices family law. She has extensive experience in both negotiation and litigation, and is a zealous advocate for her clients, while also recognizing the value in avoiding unnecessary litigation. After graduating from Florida Coastal School of Law, Ms. Valdes returned to the greater Philadelphia area where she serves the community that she was raised in. She is an active member of the Delaware County Family Law Chapter and the Doris Jonas Freed Inn of Court, where she serves as a designated county contact for Delaware County.

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