Family Court Practice: Support, Family Offense Proceedings and Ethics - 2010 Video Webcast

7.0 Total Credits
(5.5 areas of professional practice and/or practice management; 1.5 ethics)

This program takes a fresh approach to some of the basics of support, family offense proceedings and ethics in family court practice.  Attorneys with limited experience will learn the elements of family court procedure and suggested methodologies for how to litigate a child support proceeding, from preparation of the petition through objections to a support order, as well as appeals following objections. Gain knowledge of the basics of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) and family offense proceedings under Article 8 of the Family Court Aact, including practice points and sensitivity to the issues of domestic violence. This program also has a segment on ethics, with specific attention to family court practice, retainer agreements and fee arbitration.

Agenda

1. Family Court Procedure
2. How to Litigate a Child Support Proceeding—Article 4
3. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
4. Objections to an Order of The Support Magistrate and Appeals After Objections
5. Family Offense Proceedings—Article 8
6. Ethics in Family Court Practice

Program Faculty

Overall Planning Co-Chairs
Joan Casilio Adams, Esq., J. Adams & Associates, PLLC, Williamsville, NY
Henry S. Berman, Esq., Berman Bavero Frucco & Gouz PC, White Plains, NY
Martin T. Johnson, Esq., Johnson & Cohen, LLP, Pearl River, NY
Bruce J. Wagner, Esq., Mcnamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C., Albany, NY

Speakers
* Jennifer Powers Rutkey, Esq., Albany Program Chair, Gordon, Tepper & Decoursey, LLP, Glenville, NY
* Hon. Gerard E. Maney, Family Court Judge - Albany County, Albany, NY
* Jenifer M. Wharton, Esq., Gordon Tepper & Decoursey LLP, Glenville, NY
* Colleen M. Quirion, Family Court Support Magistrate - Schenectady County, Schenectady, NY
* Michael P. Friedman, Esq., Friedman & Molinsek PC, Delmar, NY
* Hon. Courtenay W. Hall, Family Court Judge - Saratoga County, Ballston Spa, NY
* Jennifer Powers Rutkey, Esq., Gordon, Tepper & Decoursey, LLP, Glenville, NY

2010 NYSBA CLE Webcast Archive

This program was recorded on April 13, 2010.

This archived webcast is a video online program that you will view and listen to on your computer screen. The program code for each topic that you write on the included MCLE Form only appears on the screen and is not announced by audio.