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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.
- Get the best financial settlement for your client: understand how to value and divide.
- 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.
- 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
- Finance 101 for Family Law Practitioners
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana CLE |
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6 Total | 02-27-2028 |
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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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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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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, including:
- Attorneys
- Paralegals
Speakers
Speaker bio
Jamie N. Hower
is a partner with Bosch, Kuhr, Dugdale & Brown, PLLP. She is originally from Pocatello, Idaho and raised in the Missoula area. Ms. Hower earned her J.D. degree at University of Montana. She went on to serve as a Nevada Deputy Public Defender. After practicing in various areas of law, including family, criminal, worker's compensation, and employment law, Ms. Hower returned to Havre in 2019 to rejoin Bosch, Kuhr, Dugdale & Brown. Her extensive legal expertise spans commercial and general litigation, corporate law, labor and employment law, family law, property law, and criminal defense. Beyond law, Ms. Hower enjoys quality time with her family, traveling, camping, and advocating for mental health services, especially for veterans and disabled individuals.
Speaker bio
Sheryl Wambsgans
is an attorney with Bridger Law, where she focuses her practice in the areas of family law and criminal defense. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the Montana Bar Association. Ms. Wambsgans earned her undergraduate degree from Montana State University and her J.D. degree from the University of Denver-Sturm College of Law.
Speaker bio
Maggie Rose
is an attorney with Bridger Law, where she focuses her practice in the areas of civil litigation, family law, municipal law, employment law and landlord/tenant law. She is a member of the Montana Bar Association. Ms. Braun earned her undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University and her J.D. degree from the University of Montana.
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