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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.
- 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.
- Don't let your clients' emotions and behavior sabotage their own best interests.
- Apply recent legislative updates and laws to your cases.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Legal Update - A Year in Review
- Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
- Discovery in Divorce
- Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
- Ethics
- Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington CLE |
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6 Total | 11-14-2029 |
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CLE
Agenda
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Legal Update - A Year in Review
- Procedural Rules for Family Law Cases
- Case Law Update: Family Law
- Application of Recent Cases and Amended Statutes to Your Cases
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Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Annulment
- Legal Separation
- Divorce
- Checklist of Necessary Documents
- Typical Case Timeline and Basic Steps to Follow
- Sample Pleadings and Motions: What to Use and When
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Discovery in Divorce
- Social Media Tips and Tricks
- Discovery of Electronic Communications
- Locating Hidden Assets
- Model Letters and Motions (with Sample Forms)
- Discovery Abuses and Remedies
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Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Petition for Visitation
- Petition for Custody
- Motion for a Change of Custody or Visitation
- Questions of Paternity
- Termination of Parental Rights
- The Rights of Grandparents and Other Relatives
- UCCJEA: Uniform Child Custody and Enforcement Act
- Checklist of Necessary Documents and Sample Forms
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Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
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Ethics
- Client/Lawyer Relationship
- Attendance at Client Conferences by Friends or Family of Client
- Attorneys' Fees
- Communication With Adverse Party
- Malpractice Concerns
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Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers
- The Emotional Side of Family Law - Strategies for Working With Families and Children
- Domestic Violence and How to Handle it When it's Part of Your Case
- Rights of Unmarried Parties - Cohabitation Agreements
- Representing Gay and Lesbian Parents
- Immigration Issues in Divorce
- Juvenile Court
- Collaborative Law
- Emancipation of Minors
- Adoptions
- Relocation
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
Speaker bio
Erin M. Blower
is an attorney with McKinley Irvin PLLC, where she focuses her practice on family law litigation. Ms. Blower works on dissolution of marriage and domestic partnership cases, custody cases, and enforcement of dissolution decrees and parenting plans. She is admitted to practice in Washington and Minnesota, and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the King County Bar Association's Family Law Section. Ms. Blower earned her B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Speaker bio
Brent Bohan
is a partner with McKinley Irvin PLLC where he focuses his practice on adoption, child custody and support, divorce, domestic violence, LGBT law, relocation, and unmarried couples. Mr. Bohan is a member of the Washington Mediation Association, Federal Trial Bar, Snohomish County (Family Law Section) and American (Family Law Section & Litigation Section) bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Washington and his M.A. degree and J.D. degree from Vermont Law School.
Speaker bio
Elizabeth Mount Penner
is an associate at the firm Skellenger Bender. She started her career in family law before transitioning to criminal defense, where she spent several years representing clients facing grim and serious charges. This experience honed her ability to get results in court and at the negotiation table. When Ms.Mount Penner later returned "home" to family law practice, she used those same talents and passion to vigorously represent her clients and their families.It is clear how much she loves helping people reclaim their life and their future. At Skellenger Bender, she represents clients in divorce, child custody, parentage, relocation, domestic violence, and other domestic relations matters. Ms. Mount Penner is a member of the King County Bar Association and Washington State Bar Association. She earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from California State University, Fresno and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law.
Speaker bio
Peder T. Punsalan-Teigen
is a principal of the firm Skellenger Bender. He focuses his practice on a wide range of family law matters, including dissolutions of marriage, domestic partnerships and committed intimate relationships, complex asset divisions, parentage, parenting and child custody, child support, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and LGBTQ+-specific family law issues. Beyond his work with the firm, Mr. Punsalan-Teigen is actively involved and committed to promoting excellence in the legal community and ensuring access to justice for LGBTQ+ individuals and families, as well as other minority and underrepresented populations throughout Washington. He routinely publishes and presents on topics in family law and issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, and he is an editor for the Washington Family Law Deskbook. Mr. Punsalan-Teigen has also provided expert testimony in immigration and asylum cases on Washington statutory and common law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association, Family Law Institute, National LGBT Bar Association, QLaw (the LGBTQ+ Bar Association of Washington), Filipino Lawyers of Washington, and William L. Dwyer American Inn of Court. Mr. Punsalan-Teigen is the former chair for the LGBTQ+ Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association. He currently serves as President of QLaw. Mr. Punsalan-Teigen earned his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law. While at Seattle University, he was a note & comment editor on Seattle University Law Review, and was inducted into the Order of Barristers.
Speaker bio
Shanece M. Dedeaux
is an attorney with Gravis Law, where she is a highly-skilled attorney specializing in family law, trusts and estates litigation, and criminal law. Renowned, for her expertise in trust and estate litigation, including recovery of substantial attorney's fees, she combines legal acumen with a compassionate approach to advocate effectively for her clients. Ms. Dedeaux's notable achievements in family law and post-conviction matters demonstrate her commitment to justice and client-focused representation. In 2023, her exceptional skills and dedication to her practice were recognized with the prestigious Rising Star award, highlighting her as a standout attorney in her field. Ms. Dedeaux earned her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Washington.
Speaker bio
William Reingold, Jr.
is an attorney with Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC, practicing in the area of family law. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and his J.D. degree from Wake Forest University School of Law, (executive editor, Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property, February (2018-2019); Wake Forest Moot Court, Stanley Moot Court Competition best oralist (2017); and board member, marshall (2018-2019). Mr. Reingold, Jr. is a member of the Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, American Bar Association, King County Bar Association and the Family Law CASA, King County. He is admitted to practice in Washington.
Speaker bio
Michael W. Bugni
is the managing partner of The Law Offices of Michael W. Bugni & Associates, PLLC. He has practiced exclusively in family law since shortly after graduating from the University of Washington Law School. Mr. Bugni has been with the same firm since 1981 and assumed its leadership position in 2001. He has served as a mediator and arbitrator in family law matters since 1987. Mr. Bugni is a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a past president of the Washington State Chapter.
Speaker bio
Emily Staker
is a partner at Olson Legacy Law, a firm in Seattle, Washington that focuses on high-conflict family litigation. Olson Legacy Law is one of the regional leaders in cases involving domestic violence. Emily attended the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where she attended as a Provost's Scholar and received an award for her merits in Legal Ethics. Prior to that, she graduated from Gonzaga University with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, graduating Summa Cum Laude. In addition to her work in the family law space, Emily is a certified NFLPA Agent and represents NFL players throughout the League.
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