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Video Replay: Children's Issues in Family Court
Date: August 27, 2008
Time: 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Seminar Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration
8:55 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. Disclosures: What Should and Should Not be Disclosed by a Guardian ad Litem
Kathy P. Elmore, Esquire
9:30 a.m. Drug Testing – Effectively Using Available Testing in Custody Cases
Robert Bennett, R.Ph., Ph.D.
10:00 a.m. Immigration Issues
Patricia Ravenhorst, Esquire
10:30 a.m. Mid-morning Break
10:45 a.m. A Child’s Testimony at Trial – In Person or Hearsay
Julaan Derrick-Lawrence, Esquire
11:15 a.m. Techniques for Interviewing a Child
Judith Whiting, Esquire
11:45 a.m. Mediation in Custody Cases
The Honorable R. Wright Turbeville
12:15 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m. Alienation of Affection and its Impact on Custody
The Honorable Ronald R. Norton
1:45 p.m. Ethical Pitfalls of Representing Children
Kevin M. Barth, Esquire
2:15 p.m. Custody and Visitation Schedules
Peter G. Currence, Esquire
2:45 p.m. Mid-afternoon Break
3:00 p.m. New UCCJEA
Vicky J. Snelgrove, Esquire
3:20 p.m. Appointing a Lawyer for a Child
Richard Whiting, Esquire
3:40 p.m. Reflections of a New Guardian
Christine (Tena) Hardee, Esquire
Bea A. Hightower, Esquire
4:00 p.m. Important Witnesses for a Custody Case
Martha L. Hamel, Esquire
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
About the Seminar
The South Carolina Bar CLE Division is proud to present the 2008 Children's Issues in Family Court Seminar. Lisa Emery and Vance Stricklin have put together a powerful program with experienced and talented faculty who will providein-depth guidance and insightful analysis on mediation in custody cases, disclosures, drug testing, immigration issues for children in Family Court, alienation of affection and its impact on custody, custody and visitation schedules, techniques for interviewing a child, the new UCCJEA, ethical pitfalls of representing children and important witnesses for a custody case.
This program will not only provide valuable information for your practice as it relates to children's issues, but will also comply with the annual six hours of continuing education required for attorney and lay Guardians ad Litem as set forth in the South Carolina Private Guardian ad Litem Reform Act of 2003.
(Please note this CLE is not for purposes of GAL training, but will satisfy the annual requirement for GAL recertification). This program will also offer at least .5 hours of ethics credit.
If you are a family law practitioner or a Guardian, you will not want to miss this important annual program!
Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours and
Legal Ethics & Responsibility (LEPR) Credit Hours
6.0 MCLE, including up to .5 LEPR credit hour.
6.0 CLE for Guardians ad Litem
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Event Type: Seminars