Family Law Experts Series:
Complex Financial Matters
"It's Dollars & Sense"

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Focus

This three-day 18-hour program is CFLR’s latest installment in the Family Law Experts Series. Complex Financial Matters - It’s “Dollars & Sense” brings together an all-star panel of judges and practitioners who are well-seasoned in the complex interplay of family law and financial matters.

Faculty

Course Highlights

PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION   • The basics of community property and separate property   • Recent cases addressing apportionment between community and separate property interests   • Moore-Marsden claims; reimbursement rights under Frick and Epstein   • Cash-out refinances under Branco and reimbursement rights under Fam.C. §2640 and Walrath TITLE PRESUMPTIONS   • How Valli has changed the way we practice family law   • Presumptions concerning acquisitions and fiduciary duties in this new era INCOME AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORT   • Reading a paycheck to determine income available for support   • Understanding financial statements and general ledgers; and determining how to characterize “phantom income,” capital contributions and perquisites RETIREMENT   • Pitfalls and opportunities   • Considerations in drafting retirement orders and determining community and separate property interests in the plans

• Green, Sonne and other recent cases discussing how property interests are characterized and divided in pension accounts   • Importance of proper accounting for plan interests and how forensic accountants can assist in determining the interests TRACING   • Community and separate property contributions in light of Ficke   • Different rules for commingled and segregated accounts   • How assumptions in a tracing report change the potential outcome   • Effectively presenting and challenging tracing reports ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE   • Understanding the role of electronic evidence in making financial presentations   • Taking the mystery out of understanding electronic evidence in the realm of family law finance

Course Materials

Course materials consist of a complete version of all slides used by the presenters, plus other supplemental materials. Enrollees can elect to receive printed course materials OR course materials on a USB drive, which allows you to save them to your hard drive and take notes directly next to the material covered. Enrollees must bring their laptop to the program in order to use the USB drive. See enrollment form to make your selection.

18 HOURS MCLE/Specialization Credit: Approval of specialization credit in Family Law has been granted by the California Board of Legal Specialization, and approval of MCLE credit for this activity has been granted by the State Bar of California in the amount of 18 hours.