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A Roadmap Through Divorce Proceedings

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$355

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Provider:
NBI, Inc.

Topic(s):
Law/Legal

Who Should Attend?
Attorneys, paralegals, legal professionals and other professionals seeking ways to handle the divorce process more effectively

Full Seminar Description

WHAT YOU WILL COVER

Create the Best Solutions in Divorce Proceedings

Is your client's spouse making it impossible to reach an agreement? Are you finding it difficult to know how to handle the situation without making it worse? This seminar is full of techniques and tips you can put to use immediately to cover every critical area related to your client's divorce. You'll gain new skills that will make you the effective professional your client needs - one who gains resolutions in their favor and helps them quickly move on to the next stage of their lives. Enroll today!

• Protect your clients' best interests during divorce proceedings.
• Get the dissolution off on the right foot with practical initial strategies.
• Obtain all the crucial information you need to build your case using proven discovery tactics.
• Ensure a secure financial future with equitable division.
• Create a custody agreement everyone can agree on.
• Cash in on discovery tools that will give you a road map of your client's unique situation.
• Negotiate sticky custody and visitation issues in ways that are least destructive to the family.
• Divide assets and liabilities fairly so clients walk away with their dignity and finances intact.
• Simplify and speed up the process of uncovering hidden assets using today's most effective tools.
• Know what ethical challenges exist and gain the skills you need to avoid them.

1. ON THE ROAD: YOUR KEY TO GETTING STARTED
   9:00 - 10:00
   1. Surefire Interviewing Techniques for the Initial Client Intake
   2. Collecting Records, Reviewing Credit and Creating a Budget
   3. Essential Elements of a Separation Agreement
   4. Initiating the Divorce Action
      1. Drafting the Summons and Complaint
      2. The Response
      3. Temporary Orders
      4. Meeting Service Requirements
2. GET THE LAY OF THE LAND: DISCOVERY TOOLS AND TACTICS
   10:15 - 11:15
   1. Determining the Need for Discovery
   2. General Formal Discovery Tools Including Interrogatories, Depositions and Requests to Produce
   3. Informal Methods of Discovery
   4. Proven Methods for Discovering Assets in Divorce
      1. How to Uncover Hidden Assets
      2. On-Line Records Searches
3. NAVIGATING THE FORK IN THE ROAD: FAIRLY DIVIDING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
   11:15 - 12:15
   1. Identifying and Handling Assets Acquired Before the Marriage
   2. Distinguishing Between Community and Separate Assets
   3. Division of Marital Assets - Businesses, Property and Vehicles
   4. Division of Retirement Benefits Including QDROs and EDROs
   5. Equitable Property Division Strategies
   6. Insurance and Inheritance Issues
   7. Spousal Maintenance
   8. Dividing Debt
4. BABY ON BOARD: HANDLING CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION AND SUPPORT ISSUES
   1:15 - 2:15
   1. Custody Arrangements - Traditional, Creative and Alternative Methods
   2. Visitation Issues
   3. Modifying Existing Custody and Visitation Terms
   4. Determining and Calculating Child Support
5. RULES OF THE ROAD: MAINTAINING HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS
   2:30 - 3:30
1. How to Remove the Potential for Conflicts of Interest
2. How to Set Fair Attorneys' Fees
3. Confidentiality and Disclosure Issues Unique to Divorce
6. BACK IN THE GARAGE: CONCLUDING THE DIVORCE ACTION
   3:30 - 4:30
   1. Drafting a Comprehensive Marital Settlement Agreement
   2. Preparation and Trial of a Divorce Action
   3. Final Judgment or Decree of Divorce
   4. Post-Divorce Issues

This basic-to-intermediate level program is designed for attorneys, paralegals, legal professionals and other professionals seeking ways to handle the divorce process more effectively.

Sponsor Background:

National Business Institute

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