Wisconsin Family Law Practice for Paralegals
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It’s your responsibility to determine whether this on-demand course meets your continuing education requirements.
You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
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**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
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**Any streamable on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
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**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Agenda
Webinar instructions will be emailed before the date of the webinar.
Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
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8:00 – 8:30 am CDT
Morning Session
8:30 am – 12:00 pm CDT
Break
12:00 – 12:30 pm CDT
Afternoon Session
12:30 – 4:00 pm CDT
Assisting with Family Law Case Intake C. Kaplan
Performing conflicts checks
Assisting with initial client interview
Preparing engagement letter, opening file
Collecting information
Preparing Pleadings and Assisting with Motion Practice C. Kaplan
Preparing initial pleadings
Requesting temporary relief
Preparing for the temporary orders hearing
Preparing the temporary orders
Obtaining and Evaluating Financial Information M. Perreault
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, Placement, Third-Party Visitation T. Highstrom
Overview of Wis. Stat.767.41 and 767.451
• Definitions of “custody” and “placement”
• Marriage vs. paternity cases
Visitation under Wis. Stat. 767.43
• A “relationship similar to a parent-child relationship with the child”
• Grandparent visitation rights
• Third-party placement vs. grandparent visitation
• What does this mean for step-parents
Obtaining relevant information
• Client interviews
• Custody questionnaires
• Proposed parenting plans
• Authorizations for information
• Formal discovery
• Using social media
Working with Guardian-ad-Litems
Working with experts
Drafting tips and tricks
General professional tips
Enforcing and Modifying Family Law Orders and Decrees C. Kaplan
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
Handling Ethical Issues in Family Law Practice C. Kaplan
Complying with rules of professional responsibility
and ethics guidelines for attorneys and paralegals
Avoiding conflicts of interest
Maintaining client confidentiality
Avoiding the unauthorized practice of law
Working with the secretive or dishonest client
Handling allegations of abuse or neglect
Zealous (vs. over-zealous) representation
Fee agreements, retainers, and collection of unpaid fees
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
This seminar offers Wisconsin paralegals
6.5 CLE hours, including 1.0 ethics hour.
NALA:
6.5 CLE Hours (1.0 Ethics)
NFPA:
Pending
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 CLE hours, including 1.0 ethics hour, to Wisconsin paralegals. The National Association of Legal Assistants has approved it.
HalfMoon Education has applied to the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for course approval, which is pending.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond to prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Tiffany Highstrom
Tiffany Highstrom is a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum LLP in Madison. She is past chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section and serves on the Editorial Board for the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law and is a regular contributor. She serves on the Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin’s Board of Directors and has been recently been appointed by the Wisconsin State Bar to the Section Leaders Council Board as a liaison to the Legislative Oversight Committee. She was also part of the 2018 Joint Legislative Council Study Committee on Child Placement and Support and is a past member of the Child Support Advisory Panel. Ms. Highstrom currently serves on the Board of Directors Wisconsin Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and is a member of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. She received her B.A. degree in Political Science and English from Ball State University in 2000 and her J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School in 2004.
Corinne Kaplan
Kaplan Law Firm, S.C.Corinne Kaplan is president and shareholder of Kaplan Law Firm, S.C. Ms. Kaplan has been practicing law for 30 years. A graduate of Indiana University for both her undergraduate and graduate educations, she received an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a J.D degree with specialties in Taxation and Securities. Attorney Kaplan was admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1984. While an extremely skilled family law practitioner, she is also very well versed in real estate law, business and taxation law, personal injury law, and sport law. Before pioneering Kaplan Law Firm, S.C., Ms. Kaplan worked as an attorney at other firms, as an accountant and tax specialist for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., and as a consult and register representative for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Also, Attorney Kaplan worked as a mediator and arbitrator for Alternative Dispute Resolutions, Inc. Attorney Kaplan served as the 2010 president of the Ozaukee County Bar Association. She has been a frequent keynote speaker nationally, and she has been a presenter at continuing legal education seminars in business, tax, and family law areas. Besides law, Ms. Kaplan is passionate about her 28 year teaching career. She has been a professor at Cardinal Stritch University teaching a wide range of courses which allows her to remain current both in technology and in legal issues.
Michele L. Perreault
Michele L. Perreault is an equity partner in the Madison office of DeWitt LLP, where she serves as chair of the Family Law Practice Group. Ms. Perreault has represented over 1,000 clients with their family law matters. In addition to her family law litigation experience, she has successfully litigated cases ranging from estate disputes to multi-million dollar property tax disputes. Ms. Perreault also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, teaching classes related to family law as well as constitutional law.