American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Illinois Chapter

At the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Columbus Day Seminar—powered by IICLE®— esteemed family law practitioners and judges will address the latest critical changes to Illinois family law. Get crucial tax and case law updates. Become skilled at appealing a DCFS case and handling relocation issues. Understand the importance of diversity and inclusion in your family law practice. Learn how to effectively handle remote court appearances.

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Focused on complex financial testimony in a divorce case from the varied perspectives of the proponent, opponent, and judge, this course covers: income/cash flow for determining support; marital and non-marital characterization of assets and forensic tracing; effectively using lifestyle analyses in court; and crucial ethical issues in preparing for and going to trial.

The 2019 Columbus Day seminar addresses the latest critical changes to Illinois family law, including thorough tax and case law updates. Learn how to use information on decision-making to obtain desired outcomes and how to make the best decisions (even under stress!). Understand exactly how DCFS Investigations work and hear from a panel of guardians ad litem, child reps, and judges.

Learn practice tips from Academy fellows for litigating special types of cases at the AAML-IL Presidents’ Day Virtual Seminar. Topics include: child abduction cases under the Hague Convention, “reasonable compensation” and its impact on business valuations, and family law litigation involving trusts and other estate planning vehicles. Earn your diversity & inclusion professional responsibility credit while learning about cognitive bias.

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Adjusted Gross Income? Effective tax rate? S Distributions? Is it all Greek to you?

Designed for newer attorneys or family law practitioners looking for a refresher, this program will walk you—step-by-step—through both personal and business income tax returns, and business financial statements. With instruction from an AAML Fellow and Certified Public Accountant, you will learn to confidently determine an individual's gross income and net income, and an individual’s income for purposes of support, business book income, business tax income, business retained earnings and business cash flow.

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This program will demonstrate how temporary support hearings are the first real and meaningful opportunity to establish a case narrative for domestic relations cases. We will examine perspectives from the bench and bar to unpack what you need to do and what you can do to depict the case broadly and make a first and lasting impression to carry through into other pre-trial aspects of the case and perhaps further.