Basic Training: Family Law 2025
Essential skills and strategies
for building
a successful family law practice
Sessions closed! This program will be available on-demand at CFLRonline.com soon.
Program Overview
New to family law? CFLR’s Basic Training: Family Law is your essential program, meticulously designed and led by seasoned experts. It’s crafted specifically for attorneys new to, or with limited experience in, family law practice, and serves as a vital review for those seeking to reinforce their understanding of foundational principles and best practices.
This practical, “how-to” program provides a clear, step-by-step guide to managing a marriage dissolution case from start to finish. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire process, commencing with jurisdiction and developing robust case and discovery plans, extending to seeking and opposing interim relief, and continuing all the way through final judgment and post-judgment matters.
Importantly, you’ll gain insight into the strategic significance of each key family law form. You’ll learn how to effectively use the Petition and Response to initiate a case, the Request for Order to begin evidentiary or motion hearings, the critical Supporting and Responsive Declarations that can influence interim and post-judgment decisions, and the mandatory Declarations of Disclosure.
Our expert panel distills complex substantive law into actionable strategies, demonstrating how to competently manage the many forms and procedures. Regardless of which side you represent, you will acquire core family law competencies and receive invaluable practical insights directly from experienced practitioners. Equip yourself with the knowledge and confidence to build your family law practice effectively.
Presenters
• Hon. Anne Kiley – Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, Family Law Division
• Stephen D. Hamilton, CFLS – Stephen D. Hamilton Family Law Offices
Program Highlights
The Proceedings
• Dissolution
• Legal separation
• Parentage
• Petition to establish custody and support
• DVPA
Jurisdictional Issues
• Personal jurisdiction: when required and when not
• Divisible divorce
• UCCJEA
• UIFSA
The Filings: Mandatory Judicial Council Forms
• Summons and petition
• Response
• Declaration under UCCJEA
• Requests for Orders
• Income and expense declarations
• DVPA forms
The California Rules of Court –
Title Five, Family Law Rules
• Joinder
• Bifurcation
• Requests for Orders
• Meet and confer requirements
• Evidentiary hearings
• Custody mediation and evaluations
• Minor’s counsel
• Child Testimony
Date of Separation
Premarital Agreements
Property and Debt Characterization and Division |
Fiduciary Duties
Preliminary and Final Declarations of Disclosure
Discovery Plans
Making a Record: Family Code §217
Child Custody and Visitation
• UCCJEA
• Pendente lite requests
• Relocation
Child Support
• Child Support Guidelines
• Calculating guideline support
• Rebutting the guideline
Spousal Support
• Pendente lite
• At trial and post-judgment modifications
Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
• Dissolution / legal separation proceedings
• Parentage proceedings
• DVPA proceedings
• 271 Sanctions
Domestic Violence Prevention Act
• Legislative intent
• Discovery limitations
• Qualifying relationships
• The TRO
• The DVRO hearing
• Duration
• Mutual Restraining Orders
• Renewal |
Course Materials
The course materials include a copy of the complete set of slides and worksheets used by the panelists, plus other supplemental materials.
Enrollees in the webcast series will be able to download course materials before the program and view them online during the program.
12 Hours MCLE/Specialization Credits
Approval of specialization credit in Family Law has been granted by the California Board of Legal Specialization, and approval of MCLE credit for this activity has been granted by The State Bar of California in the amount of 12 hours.
Visit www.CFLRonline.com™ and www.RutterOnline.com™ to earn additional MCLE participatory credit!
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