Agenda

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8:00 – 8:30 am EDT
Morning Session
8:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Break
12:00 – 12:30 pm EDT
Afternoon Session
12:30 – 4:00 pm EDT

 

Agenda:
Recent Developments in Georgia Family Law                     P. Simon
Legislative update
Case law update
Current issues in family law

Assisting with Child Custody and Visitation Issues                     S. Steele
Obtaining relevant information
Client interview, custody questionnaires, authorizations for disclosure, formal discovery
Working with guardian-ad-litem
• Assisting an attorney as a Guardian ad Litem
Working with experts
Drafting and reviewing parenting plans
Special considerations for faith based parenting plans

Obtaining and Evaluating Financial Information                     M. Millard
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

Obtaining, Enforcing and Modifying Child Support Awards                     R. Platt
Current status of Georgia child support law
Applying the child support guidelines
Obtaining relevant information from your client
Investigation and formal discovery
Using the child support calculator
Preparing the child support order
Completing withholding and medical support orders
Public and private enforcement of child support
Modifying child support orders

Preparing Marital Settlement Agreements                     R. Platt
Assisting with different types of agreements
• Property agreements
• Child-related agreements
• Support agreements

Georgia’s Equitable Caregiver Act                     C. Palmer
Who qualifies?
• How is this different than O.C.G.A. § 19-7-(b.1)
• What are the necessary attestations?
Procedurally, how and where do you file?
• Petition
• Supporting Affidavit
Case law and history

 

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Credits

Paralegals
6.5 Substantive CLE Hours (NALA Approved)
6.5 General CLE Credits (NFPA Approved)

 

Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and offers 6.5 CLE hours to paralegals. Paralegal certification is not required to participate in this webinar.

The National Association of Legal Assistants has approved this course for 6.5 Substantive CLE hours.

The National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) has approved this course for 6.5 credits.

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Speakers

Marcy Millard

Lead Attorney and Owner of The Millard Law Firm
Ms. Millard manages the firm and helps clients navigate the confusing and painful process of litigating a family law case. A child of divorce herself, she is passionate about helping the children affected by the cases she litigates. Ms. Millard earned her B.S. degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam and her J.D. degree from Georgia State University College of Law. Ms. Millard is admitted to practice before the State Bar of Georgia, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association (Family Law Division), Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Judicial Applicant Review Committee, Cobb County Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association and Women in the Profession Division.

Christine M. Palmer, Esq

Partner at Oxendine Law, LLC in Suwanee, GA 

 Ms. Palmer earned her undergraduate degree from The University of Alabama then attended law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida. She previously worked as in-house counsel for a real estate investment company and was the managing attorney of a law firm in Midtown Atlanta. Ms. Palmer is a partner at Oxendine Law, LLC, practicing in all areas of domestic litigation, divorce, child custody, paternity and legitimation, and modification actions. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section and the Gwinnett County Bar Association Family Law Section.

Rachel Platt

Founding Family Law Attorney, The Platt Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
For the last several years, Ms. Platt has been selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer in the field of family law. Additionally in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Georgia Super Lawyers named her to the Top 100 Attorneys and to the Top 50 Women Attorneys for the State of Georgia. She was recognized as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite in 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2019 in the area of family law by Georgia Trend magazine. Ms. Platt graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia, and obtained her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Colorado, School of Law. She became a member of the Georgia Bar in 2004. Ms. Platt is an active member of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (Foundation President 2010 – 2011) and the Atlanta Bar Association. Ms. Platt has been practicing law for the last 15 years and is currently concentrates her legal practice in the areas of family law and special education law.

Paul S. Simon, Esq.

Partner at Hedgepeth Heredia LLC in Atlanta, GA.

Mr. Simon was named as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in the area of family law, He has exclusively practiced family law for the entirety of his legal career. Mr. Simon is a member of the Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and the Family Law Section and Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Simon has been published in the Daily Report, the legal organ of Fulton County, Georgia, and in the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. He has also spoken at continuing legal education conferences on topics germane to family law cases.

Savannah Steele

Senior Associate Attorney at Kaye, Lembeck, Hitt & French Family Law in Atlanta, GA.

Ms. Steele is a graduate of Florida State University where she received a B.A. degree in Communications and a B.A. degree in Psychology. She graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University earning her J.D. degree and a Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law, being trained in both the civil and common law. Following graduation, Ms. Steele moved to Atlanta and worked for a general practice litigation firm, where she specialized in family law practice and eventually grew into an all-family practice. She now works at the boutique (and all female!) family law firm of Kaye, Lembeck, Hitt & French Family Law. Ms. Steele has served as an Emerging Leader for the American Bar Association and is privileged to continue her service to the American Bar Association.