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Hot Topics in Divorce Law

Content Partner: New York City Bar

Price:	$225.00*
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Description: If matrimonial attorneys could still gather around water coolers, we would be talking about topics like: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected our practices? How has it affected our clients, their children, and the courts? How should attorneys for parents deal with Attorneys for the Children? What about the recent amendment to the Equitable Distribution Law? How should we set maintenance, if it is no longer tax-deductible? If the judge refuses to sign your Order to Show Cause, can you appeal? And will New York recognize custody arrangements with three parents? A distinguished panel discusses these and other “Hot Topics in Divorce Law.”

Agenda
6:00 – 6:05 Overview

6:05 – 6:45 Effects of COVID-19:

On court operation
On custody
On financial aspects of divorce, including modifications
On attorney office operations, especially for small firms

6:45 – 6:55      Mediation:
a.   Benefits of mediation during COVID-19 and during the post-COVID-19 court reopening stage
b.   Role of the mediator in private mediations and in-court presumptive mediation panels
c.   Role of the mediator in drafting agreements
6:55 – 7:05      Multicultural Family Disputes

7:05 – 7:10      Q&A
7:10- 7:20        Break

7:20 – 7:50      Role of the Attorney for the Child and how the attorneys for parents should relate to them:

Their mission under current rules
Ethics of dealing with them
Policy considerations about their role
Their and their clients’ access to reports
Whether they can appeal court orders or agreements between the parents

7:50 – 8:10      Motion practice in the Appellate Division

8:10 – 8:15      New statute adding domestic violence as a factor in equitable distribution

8:15 – 8:35      Non-traditional family structures – including use of assisted reproductive technology and same-sex families:

Passage of Child-Parent Security Act re assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy
Children of same-sex marriages
Unmarried same-sex couples
Parents with paramours
Children with three parents?

8:35 – 8:40      Loss of federally taxable / deductible alimony
8:40 – 8:50      Unconscionability of marital agreements, procedural and substantive
8:50 – 9:00      Q&A


Practice Areas:		Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law

Online Media Type:		Audio

Production Date:		08/11/2020

Level:		Intermediate

Category:		Standard

Duration:		2 Hours, 48 Minutes

Online Format:		On Demand

Course Type:		Public

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Speakers:

•	Matthew A. Feigin, Esq - Katsky Korins LLP
•	Shireen Arani, Esq - Katsky Korins LLP
•	Alla Roytberg - The Law Firm & Mediation Practice of Alla Roytberg, P.C.
•	Elliott Scheinberg, Esq - Elliott Scheinberg, Esq


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