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The Black Letter Basics
Family Law 101
Enrolling Now!
Speakers
• Judge Melinda A. Johnson (Ret.)
• Judge Thomas Trent Lewis
Focus
Family law is becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated. Today's family law practitioners need much more than a cursory understanding of family law to succeed and thrive.
This three-day course will take you from the initial contact by the client through judgment and postjudgment issues. The
distinguished faculty will demonstrate client interviews, preparation of pleadings, preparation and presentation of a contested
hearing, and preparing a judgment and other executory documents. They will also discuss the psychological aspects of marriage
dissolution, the handling of problem clients, and practical tips on managing your office and expanding your practice.
Who Should Attend
ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS who are
• new to family law
• starting a family law practice
• wishing to improve their existing family law practice
Course Highlights
CUSTODY
• Legal and Physical
• UCCJEA
• Best Interest/Change of Circumstances Tests
• Modifications/Move-Aways
• Child Development Issues
• Court Mediation
• Custody Evaluations
• Court Demeanor
• Expert Testimony
• Parentage
• Domestic Violence
PROPERTY
• ATROs
• Identification, Characterization, Valuation and
Distribution of Community Assets and Liabilities
• Tracing and Transmutation
• Fiduciary Obligations and Remedies for Breach
• Moore-Marsden Analysis for Family Residence
• Pereira-Van Camp Analysis for the Business
• Watts Charges and Epstein Credits
• Gilmore Motions for the Pension
• Tax Issues Relating to Property Division
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FEES
• §271 Sanctions
• §2030 Fees Based on Need and Ability
• Sources for Fees
CHILD SUPPORT
• Guidelines, Principles and Practice
• Income Available for Support
• Need and Ability to Pay
• Income and Expense Declarations
• Add-Ons
• Hardships
• Enforcement, Including Contempt
SPOUSAL SUPPORT
• §4320 Standards
• Marital Standard of Living
• Modifications, Change of Circumstances
• Step-Downs and Termination
• Tax Consequences |
MCLE & Specialization Credits
Approval of specialization credit in Family Law has been granted by CBLS, and approval of MCLE Credit for this activity has been> granted by the State Bar of California in the amount of 25 hours, including 2 hours of Legal Ethics, 1 hour of Elimination of Bias and 1 hour of Substance Abuse.Visit www.CFLROnline.com™ and www.RutterOnline.com™ to earn additional MCLE participatory credit!
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