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Next-Level Family Law: Handling High-Net-Worth Divorces

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Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
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Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
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6 hours 1 minute
Emily Johnson
Heather Sobel
Terrence Benshoof
Nancy Richmond
Alanna Williams
With Emily A. Johnson from Polaris Capital Advisors, LLC + 4 others
Recorded February 20, 2025
Product ID 99774

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Overview

New Strategies for Asset Division, Negotiating Child Support, and More

Prenuptial agreements, complex assets, and businesses held up both spouses - high-net-worth divorces present a myriad of challenges not normally encountered in standard divorce cases. Are you confident in your ability to overcome these hurdles? In this essential guide, our expert instructors present tried-and-true strategies for handling the high-net-worth divorce. Refine your knowledge - register today!

  • Demonstrate best practices for finding and categorizing assets.
  • Discuss tips for enforcing - or challenging - prenuptial agreements.
  • Develop strategies for valuing complex assets.
  • Get expert insights into the tax considerations associated with high-net-worth divorces.
  • Implement best practices for calculating child and spousal support.

This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2024-2025 Content Advisory Committee Member Erika MacCormac.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Challenging or Enforcing Prenuptial Agreements
  2. Valuation and Division of Complex Assets
  3. Tax Considerations
  4. Dividing Business Assets in Divorce
  5. Calculating and Negotiating Spousal and Child Support
  6. Top Mistakes in High-Net-Worth Divorce
  7. Finding and Categorizing ALL Assets
  8. Legal Ethics

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Challenging or Enforcing Prenuptial Agreements

    1. Valid Agreement or Not?
    2. Sufficient Proof to Challenge
    3. The Hidden or Lost Prenuptial
    4. Pre-Trial Motions for Enforcement

  2. Valuation and Division of Complex Assets

    1. Jointly Held Real Estate Considerations
    2. Inherited Property and Family Trusts - Exceptions
    3. "Good Will" Valuation for One Spouse
    4. Future Vesting Securities and Benefits

  3. Tax Considerations

    1. Capital Gains Taxes
    2. Gift Taxes
    3. Avoiding Pre-Retirement Withdrawal Taxes
    4. Mitigating Real Estate Transfer Taxes
    5. Tax Implications of Spousal and Child Support

  4. Dividing Business Assets in Divorce

    1. Type of Company Matters: LLC vs. PC vs. Co.
    2. Business Held by Both Spouses
    3. Debt Consideration and Personal Guarantees
    4. Corporate Restructuring Post-Divorce
    5. Actual Income for Self-Employed Spouse vs. Tax Income

  5. Calculating and Negotiating Spousal and Child Support

    1. Imputation of Income for a Spouse
    2. Child Support Deviation Considerations
    3. Modification of Support: When and Why?
    4. Tax Benefits Pre- and Post-2019 as a Negotiation Tool

  6. Top Mistakes in High-Net-Worth Divorce

    1. Failure to Consider Tax Ramifications of Asset Transfer
    2. Plans If Catastrophe Strikes: Providing Support Beyond Death
    3. Don't Forget to Redo Estate Docs (Wills, POA, Trusts)!
    4. Not Properly Calculating Income From All Sources

  7. Finding and Categorizing ALL Assets

    1. Discovery Tools: Subpoenas, Interrogatories, and Requests for Production
    2. Real Estate Title Searches
    3. Coins/Precious Metals - How to Value, and by Whom?
    4. Assets Titled With Third Parties

  8. Legal Ethics

    1. Working With Third Party Experts
    2. The "Never Pleased" Client
    3. Properly Advocating With Truth to Opposing Counsel
    4. Protecting Against Post-Settlement Regret
    5. Managing and Collecting Attorneys' Fees

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Accountants, divorce financial planners/analysts, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Emily A Johnson
Emily A.
Johnson
Polaris Capital Advisors, LLC
Heather B Sobel
Heather B.
Sobel
Wolinetz | Horvath | Brown
Terrence J Benshoof
Terrence J.
Benshoof
Calabrese Associates, P.C.
Nancy C Richmond
Nancy C.
Richmond
A.Y. Strauss
Alanna C Williams
Alanna C.
Williams
Whitbeck Bennett
Speaker bio
Emily A Johnson

Emily A. Johnson

Polaris Capital Advisors, LLC
Emily Johnson

, CFP, CDFA, ChFC, CLU, is the founder and managing director of Divorce & QDRO, a division of Polaris Capital Advisors, LLC, serving divorcing clients and their attorneys throughout the southeast since 2009. Divorce & QDRO provides financial and tax analysis, litigation support, complex retirement and incentive plan review, QDRO preparation and review, and pension valuation services. Prior to founding Divorce & QDRO, Ms. Johnson worked in financial analysis and private banking roles for companies including Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS Private Client, Merrill Lynch Private Client, and Wachovia Leveraged Finance. She earned her bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in Plan II Honors, from the University of Texas at Austin, and her M.B.A. degree, with a concentration in international finance, from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Ms. Johnson has spoken extensively to legal and financial professional organizations on topics ranging from complex retirement plans in divorce, critical financial errors in divorce and The Bag Lady Syndrome. She has earned the following certifications: Certified Financial Planner, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Chartered Financial Consultant, and Chartered Life Underwriter.

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Heather B Sobel

Heather B. Sobel

Wolinetz | Horvath | Brown
Heather Sobel

is a partner with the law firm of Wolinetz | Horvath | Brown in Columbus, Ohio. She has dedicated her entire career to representing clients in family law matters. Ms. Sobel is experienced at both negotiating and litigating complex family law cases involving issues ranging from business valuations and property division, to spousal and child support, to custody litigation. She earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from The Ohio State University.

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Terrence J Benshoof

Terrence J. Benshoof

Calabrese Associates, P.C.
Terrence Benshoof

holds a J.D. degree and a Master of Law in taxation from De Paul University. He has over 50 years of experience in a variety of family, taxation and business law areas. Mr. Benshoof is of counsel to the firm of Calabrese Associates, P.C. in Warrenville, Illinois. As a practitioner, he has focused in the family law area, on matters concerning divorce actions involving military spouses, military pay and benefit issues, retired pay division, and application of the Service Members Civil Relief Act. Mr. Benshoof has lectured on these topics to the Chicago, DuPage and Will County bar associations in Illinois, and for National Business Institute in local and national webcast seminars. He also practices in the area of general taxation, business tax planning, trusts and estates, real estate, and commercial litigation. Mr. Benshoof has published numerous articles on military issues in family law and on property taxation. A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps, he served as National Judge Advocate (general counsel) for the 45,000 member Reserve Organization of America, and has served on its Board of Directors for five years. Mr. Benshoof served as Referendary General (chief judge of the Tribunal) of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem for eight years. He also serves as vice president of the Board of Directors of the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Wheaton, Illinois.

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Nancy C Richmond

Nancy C. Richmond

A.Y. Strauss
Nancy Richmond

is a partner of Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C. and has over 25 years of experience exclusively practicing family law. She is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a matrimonial law attorney. She has experience handling any type of family law case, no matter how complex the issues may be. While being a fierce advocate, Ms. Richmond is resolution oriented. She has successfully settled, tried and arbitrated matters involving all aspects of family law including divorce, child custody and parenting time, equitable distribution, prenuptial agreements, relocation issues, adoptions, domestic violence as well as appellate practice. Ms. Richmond has lectured attorneys on various family law topics with the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and ATLA. She earned her J.D. degree from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, and her undergraduate degree from Lafayette College with a B.A. degree in international affairs with a concentration in Russian. While at the Dickinson School of Law, Ms. Richmond was a member of the Dickinson Journal of International Law, for which she published an article, "Israel's Law of Return: Analysis of Its Evolution and Present Application."

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Alanna C Williams

Alanna C. Williams

Whitbeck Bennett
Alanna Williams

is a Partner at Whitbeck Bennett, 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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