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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 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.
- 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.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
- Finding Hidden Assets
- Child Custody and Visitation Rights
- Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
- Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers
- Ethics
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut CLE |
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6 Total | 12-05-2026 |
| New York CLE |
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7 Total | 12-05-2027 |
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CLE
Agenda
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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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Finding Hidden Assets
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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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Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- Valuation and Division of Assets (Real Estate, Insurance, Stock Options, Retirement Plans)
- Tax Ramifications of Divorce
- Petition for Child Support
- Child Support Enforcement Options
- Drafting Clear QDROs - Do's and Don'ts
- Equitable Distribution when Debts Equal or Exceed Assets
- Bankruptcy
- Checklist of Necessary Documents and Sample Forms
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Drafting Enforceable Terms in Consent Orders and Agreements
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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
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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
Who Should Attend
This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar will provide topical insights and sample forms. This is a must attend for professionals who are new to the field or who need a timely refresher, including:
- Attorneys
- Paralegals
Speakers
Speaker bio
Tyler Raymond
operates his own practice, Raymond Family Law, LLC in Bridgeport, Connecticut, exclusively practicing in the areas of family and matrimonial law. He has experience handling a wide variety of family and matrimonial cases, including high-conflict custody matters, complex asset distributions, divorces involving bankruptcies and foreclosures, and high-income child support matters, to name a few. Mr. Raymond also accepts guardian ad litem appointments, both privately and by court appointment, to represent the best interests of children caught in the middle of custody disputes; and he acts as a divorce mediator and special master. He earned his J.D. degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law and his B.A. degree from the University of Maine. Mr. Raymond is a member of the American, Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport, and Milford bar associations.
Speaker bio
Meghan Freed
is an attorney with Freed Marcroft LLC in Hartford, Connecticut. The majority of her practice focuses on family law, estate planning and probate practice areas. Ms. Freed is particularly experienced with alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. She has been widely recognized for her leadership in the legal community. In 2013, Ms. Freed was named a Hartford Business Journal 40 Under Forty winner, and a Connecticut Law Tribune New Leader of the Law. She was included on the New England Super Lawyers® Rising Star list in 2013 for general litigation, and again in 2014 for her estate planning work. Ms. Freed is a founding Executive Board member of the Connecticut Bar Association's LGBT Section and currently serves as the chair. In 2015, she was named one of the National LGBT Bar Association's Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40. Ms. Freed attended Mount Holyoke College and received her law degree, cum laude, from the Western New England College School of Law. While there, she served as the managing editor of the Western New England Law Review. Ms. Freed is admitted to practice in Connecticut and before the District of Connecticut, Second Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Tax Court.
Speaker bio
Michael Jack Paris
is an attorney with Freed Marcroft LLC, practicing in the area of family law. Although they have many years of experience in family law, they also have a diverse career that provides unique insights that are carried into their practice today. Mr. Paris was previously the vice president of human resources and general counsel for a nationwide school group; litigator at one of Hartford's most well-regarded law firms; professor and program advisor at the University of New Haven's Legal Studies program; and mediator for the state of Connecticut Department of Education's Bureau of Special Education. He earned his B.S. and B.A. degrees, magna cum laude, at the University of New Haven; and his J.D. degree with a certificate in law and public policy, with honors, at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Speaker bio
Brandy Thomas
is an attorney with Freed Marcroft LLC practicing in the area of family and divorce law. She earned her B.A. degree in political science and history from Fordham University and her J.D. degree from Western New England University. Ms. Thomas is an accomplished divorce mediator. She is admitted to practice in Connecticut.
Speaker bio
Maryam Afif
is an attorney with Freed Marcroft LLC, with 15 plus years practicing in the field of family law (90%) and civil litigation (10%). She is GAL certified. Ms. Afif earned her B.A. degree in art and communication from American University, her M.A. degree in American studies from Manhattanville College, and her J.D. degree, cum laude, (editor and chief of Pace Law Review) from Pace University School of Law. She is a volunteer attorney for the Judicial Branch and is admitted to practice in Connecticut.
Speaker bio
Nancy D. Butler, CFP®, CDFA®, CLTC®, CSA®
is the owner of Above All Else, Success in Life and Business®. She has over 35 years of experience as a certified divorce financial analyst and certified financial planner, and is an award-winning author; since 2018, she has been appointed a delegate to The United Nations for The Commission on the Status of Women. Ms. Butler is also a guardian ad litem for the state of Connecticut. After 25 years of building a very successful financial planning and asset management practice, in 2007 she sold her practice to focus on advocacy, international professional speaking, and divorce planning. Ms. Butler has been published in The Financial Planning Association magazine on practice management; Money magazine on reverse mortgages; published several articles on divorce on Irooze.com, AARP on nine secrets of caregiving; Senior Resource Central on practical tips to help moms caring for their own kids and aging parents; The New England Real Estate Journal on commercial real estate; Certified Senior Advisor magazine on strategies to manage the cost of long-term care: insurance and beyond, and many more. She has also been a guest on many radio and television shows, and is currently a member of the Certified Financial Planning Association, the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, and the Certified Senior Advisor Association.
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