Massachusetts Family Law Practice for Paralegals
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Webinar instructions will be emailed before the date of the webinar.
Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before the start time.
Friday, June 14, 2024
8:30 am – 3:30 pm EDT
Presented by: Soraya Sadeghi
Assisting with Family Law Case Intake
- Performing conflicts checks
- Assisting with initial client interview
- Preparing engagement letter, opening file
- Collecting information
- Preparing initial pleadings
- Requesting temporary relief
- Preparing for the temporary orders hearing
- Preparing the temporary orders
Obtaining and Evaluating Financial Information
- Identifying relevant information on assets, debts, income and expenses
- Obtaining financial information
- Using financial information questionnaires
- Using interrogatories, requests for production, deposition testimony, private investigators
- Valuing assets
- Evaluating the information you have obtained
- Working with accountants and financial experts
- Preparing financial statements
Assisting with Child Custody, Child Support and Visitation Issues
- Recent developments in Massachusetts custody law
- Obtaining relevant information
- Client interview, custody questionnaires, authorizations for disclosure, formal discovery
- Working with guardian-ad-litem
- Working with experts
- Drafting and reviewing parenting plans
- Working with the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines
- Making changes to child support obligations
Enforcing and Modifying Family Law Orders and Decrees
- Implementing divorce decrees and orders
- Preparing and filing the decree
- Preparing other necessary documents
- Enforcing judgments and orders
- Modifying decrees and orders
- Determining which parts of a decree or order are subject to modification, deciding when to seek modification
- Assisting in modification actions
- Determining which parts of a decree or order are subject to modification, deciding when to seek modification
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Windows 7 – 10 or Mac OSX Mavericks (10.9) – macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Credits
Paralegals
6.0 CLE Hours
NFPA - National Federation of Paralegal Associations
6.0 CLE Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 CLE hours to paralegals. Paralegal certification is not required to participate in this course.
The National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) has approved this webinar for 6.0 general CLE credits.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
On-Demand Credits
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.
Speakers
Soraya Sadeghi, Esq.
President and Founder of Soraya Law, P.C., in Boston, MAMs. Sadeghi has more than 17 years of experience providing legal services and representation to individuals and families, developing strategies and advocating for legal rights. Her experience includes litigating and advocating on behalf of a large, active client base focusing on complex civil litigation, family and probate law and elder law. Ms. Sadeghi formerly taught at the paralegal program for Suffolk University Law School and is currently a guest lecturer at Northeastern University Law School. In 2023, she received the Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly “Making a Difference” honor, part of the Top Women of the Law 2023. She serves as a Board of Bar Overseers lawyer licensing board discipline hearing officer as well as a certified Guardian Ad Litem by the Massachusetts Trial Court.
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