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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130201
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DESCRIPTION:In the Best Interest of the Child: The 2013 Guardian ad Litem\nTraining and Update\n\npresented by\nThe South Carolina Bar-Continuing Legal Education Division\n \nLive at the\nBar Conference Center\n1501 Park Street\nColumbia, SC 29202\n \nVideo-CLE sites statewide: \nAnderson, Beaufort, Florence, Greenville, North Charleston, and Spartanburg\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick here for the Live Webcast!\n \nAbout the Seminar\nThis program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours and 6.0 GAL credit hours.\n \nThis year’s guardian ad litem training and update is designed to give custody attorneys and guardian’s insight into vanguard issues in visitation and child custody as well as practical pointers on best practices. It will feature well-received CLE presenters from around South Carolina, as well as a number of cutting edge topics such as the how House Bill 4614 changes custody law, the use of technology and social media in GAL investigations and a multitude of informative topics to fulfill the annual continuing education of guardians.\n \nThis important program has been accredited by the SC Supreme Court Commission on CLE and Specialization for 6.0 hours of GAL continuing education for lay and attorney guardians. \n \nAnyone desiring to continue working as a guardian ad litem in private custody cases or developing greater insight to contemporary guardian practice is encouraged to attend.\n\nProgram Agenda\n \n8:30 a.m.        Registration\n \n8:50 a.m.           Welcome and Opening Remarks \n \n9:00 a.m.        Handling a Guardian ad litem Who’s Gone (too) Rogue\n                       Gregory S. Forman \n                       Gregory S. Forman, P.C.\n \n \n9:30 a.m.        How House Bill 4614 Changes Custody Law\n                       Anthony P. LaMantia, III\n                       LaMantia Law Firm\n \n10 a.m.           How GALs Can Assist the Mediator in Custody Cases\n                       Hon. Barry W. Knobel \n                       Knobel Mediation Services, LLC\n \n10:30 a.m.      Break \n \n10:45 a.m.      The Use of Technology and Social Media in GAL Investigations and Reports\n                       David Collins \n                       Collins Law Firm, PC\n \n11:15 a.m.      How the New Temporary Hearing Rules Affect Custody Case Strategy\n                       Mary Jane Goodwin\n                       Goodwin & Pruette, Attorneys at Law, LLC\n \n11:45 a.m.      How to Get GAL Appointments From the Bench\n                       J. Benjamin Stevens\n                       The Stevens Firm, P.A. Family Law Center\n \n12:15 p.m.      Lunch (on your own) \n \n1:30 p.m.        What a Guardian Wishes Attorneys Would Do to Help Guardians Do Their Job\n                       Elizabeth J. Stringer\n                       Stringer & Stringer\n \n2 p.m.             Interviewing the Child with a Mental or Social Disorder\n                       Lynn McMillian, LISW-CP, LCSW \n                       Forensic Evaluator, Children's Advocacy Center\n \n2:30 p.m.        What a Family Court Judge Wants Guardians to Know\n                       Hon. Wayne M. Creech\n                       S.C. Family Court\n \n3 p.m.             Break \n \n3:15 p.m.        How Fault Ground Allegations Affect the GAL Investigation\n                       Jenny R. Stevens \n                       The Stevens Firm, P.A. Family Law Center\n \n3:45 p.m.        The Role of the GAL in Relocation Cases\n                       Howard S. Sheftman\n                       Finkel Law Firm LLC\n \n4:15 p.m.        How Guardians Can and Should Work with Child-Related Experts\n                       Michele R. Krize\n                       McGowan Rogers Stewart Hiller & Krize, PA\n \n4:45 p.m.        Adjourn\n \n \n\n\n 
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Seminar: In the Best Interest of the Child: The 2013 Guardian ad Litem Training and Update
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