Products tagged with 'family law'

Join the Legally Moms to explore medical, legal, and personal experiences with fertility issues. Targeted to inform our audience about family law and estate planning issues, as well as provide self-journeys from those who have been there. Our panel of experts includes attorneys who have insight from a practice perspective, doctors with two different specialties to provide medical perspective, and moms who have personal experience to provide insight about fertility.

Practicing law during a pandemic has its challenges. Join us to work through real life family law fact patterns with judges and practitioners. We will discuss how the court addresses parenting time issues during COVID, vaccinations and medical decision making, travel during spring break and otherwise, educational decisions, and how to handle exposure to COVID.

This session will begin with the basics of straightforward Medicaid planning for spouses in first marriages with children in common. Then we’ll dive into real world problems and tackle: the thorny issues involved with Medicaid planning for second, third, and fourth marriages; considerations to the treatment of caregivers who are not spouses or children; issues with disinheriting spouses in favor of other relationships; and considerations to identifying and protecting client relationships which are not legally recognized.

Join ADR Systems and WBAI's discussion regarding reunification therapy as a tool used in mediation. Dr. David Finn and Dr. Gail Grossman will discuss the components of reunification therapy. The mental health professionals will also discuss the practicalities of reunification therapy. Judge Helaine Berger and Amy Gertler will introduce a fact pattern for discussion and debate among panelists and attendees and will discuss the court’s approach to use of reunification therapy and mediation. Dr. Finn and Dr. Grossman will leave the audience with boundaries and best practices for practitioners and mediators alike when dealing with high conflict cases involving reunification therapy and mediation.

Presented annually by the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, this seminar featuring esteemed family law practitioners and judges will address the latest critical changes to Illinois family law. Join the hundreds of Illinois attorneys who depend on this annual event for crucial legislative, case law, and practice updates informed by real-world practice experience.

Not included in IICLE® Online All-Access subscription.

This course explains the ins and outs of mediation to attorneys and answers the frequently asked questions they may have concerning the mediation process. Topics include the role of the mediator, preparing a client for mediation and the value of premediation contact. The course also covers advantages and disadvantages of mediation, how to conduct remote mediation, and how to use virtual conferencing options for a session.

Learn how to close a divorce case, prepare for appeal, and enforce or modify an order post-decree, and how to settle and collect attorneys' fees.

Discovery is key to effective representation in divorce cases. Learn about the document production required at the initial stages of a divorce case and the evidentiary value of recorded conversations, text messages, Facebook messages, emails and other communications.