2011 Annual Family Law Institute
Our goal for the 2011 Institute is to educate, entertain, and challenge our members to join the revolution for change. As part of that, we adopted The Beatles' song "Revolution" as our theme. In addition to the amazing guitar licks, the words are an inspiration. When we talk about change, we are focusing on inspiring lawyers, judges, and experts to bring back respect and dignity to the legal processes around family issues.
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Pre-conference Workshop Submitted for 3 General Credits Institute Submitted for 17 General Credits, including 3.4 ethics
YOU WANT A REVOLU “SAY
AUGUST 11, 2011:
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTEION” T
2011 ANNUAL
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
Kick-off to the 2011 Family Law Institute!
With Headliner Alec Baldwin (YES, Alec Baldwin!!!)
At the Marriott City Center Hotel • 1701 California Street • Denver, CO
AUGUST 12-14, 2011:
Preconference Workshop &
Family Law Institute
At the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center • 620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO
COLORADO’S MUST-ATTEND FAMILY LAW EVENT!
Presented by the CBA Family Law Section Co-sponsored by the CBA Juvenile Law Section; the Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee; Colorado Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; and Colorado Bar Association CLE
REGISTER ONLINE! Go to www.cobar.org/cle
KICK-OFF TO THE 2011 FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE volution” With Headliner Alec Baldwin a “Kick-Off to the Re a/k/
ABOUT THE KICK-OFF:
This year, for the first time, we are including a kick-off to the Institute, a/k/a “The Kick-Off to the Revolution.” The headliner is Alec Baldwin, who authored the book, "A Promise to Ourselves" in which he shares his very personal story of being a party to a dissolution case, the sometimes unbearable expectations and loss imposed by our system, and the lasting damage the players can do to a family going through this process. He is going to share his experience with you, and the experiences of others who have had to endure the same fate, and through it challenge each of us to not only listen but take the next steps required to make real changes in our profession and in the legal system. Mr. Baldwin generously suggested that we make the event a fund raiser – also revolutionary! We are pleased to announce that the proceeds of the Kickoff will benefit the Legal Aid Foundation.
AUGUST 11, 2011
5:30 - 7:30* pm
*Book signing will take place immediately after the dinner event and will last approximately 1 hour.
THURSDAY,
Marriott City Center Hotel
1701 California Street Denver, CO 80202
I This is akin to an intervention – a hard core look at ourselves and what we and our system have become. I Who else but Alec Baldwin could look us in the eye and tell us how damaging our system has become, what we are doing wrong, and motivate us to make the necessary changes?
KICK-OFF BOOK SIGNING:
Mr. Baldwin has reserved an hour after the dinner for a special book signing event featuring his book "A Promise to Ourselves." 25 of our dinner guests who have pre-purchased his book will be randomly selected to join us in a more intimate setting for the book signing. The 25 participants will be notified of their selection by August 4th.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: KICKOFF TO THE 2011 FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE - AUGUST 11, 2011
COST FOR THE KICK-OFF TO THE 2011 FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE: For Individual: J Family Law Section Member: ......................................................$115 J CBA Member:..............................................................................$125 J Young Lawyer/Student: .................................................................$90 J Non-Member:..............................................................................$150 For Table of 10: J Table Cost per Table of 10 before July 1, 2011:........................$1000 J Table Cost per Table of 10 after July 1, 2011:...........................$1150 ALEC BALDWIN’S BOOK: ”A Promise to Ourselves” J I would like to pre-purchase “A Promise to Ourselves“ .............$20 (books will be available for pick-up at the August 11 event) Name_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Guest Name(s)__________________________________________________________________________________ Firm/Organization____________________________________________________________ E-Mail Address__________________________________________________________________________________ Street Address ______________________________________________________________________ City ____________________________________________ State ________ Zip ______________ Telephone ( ) ________________________________________________________
J Please enter my name in the Book Signing drawing. I understand that
25 names will be randomly selected for participation in the book signing. TOTAL INCLUDED WITH THIS REGISTRATION: $
J Enclosed is my check made payable to CBA-CLE J VISA J MasterCard J Amex Credit Card # ________________________________________________________________ Exp. Date ____________________________________________________________________________ Signature ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________
Required for credit card orders
MAIL YOUR COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM WITH PAYMENT INFO TO: CBA, 1900 Grant Street, Ste. 900, Denver, CO 80203 Attention: Melissa Nicoletti
All registrations must include a check or charge card information. Registration MUST be received no later than August 1, 2011
CANCELLATIONS: Individuals may cancel their registration and receive a full refund if cancellation is made by August 1, 2011. No refunds will be issued after this date, but you may transfer your registration to another individual. Transfers must be made no later than August 9th. No refunds will be issued for “no shows.” Refunds are not available for book purchases.
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
AUGUST 12, 2011
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
(includes one 15-minute break)
FRIDAY,
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
The 2011 Institute Sponsors:
PLATINUM LEVEL:
I LexisNexis
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he Pre-Conference Workshop, “Assessment and Treatment of Families When Children are Alienated, Estranged, and/or Resist Contact,” provides an intensive focus on theory, assessment, diagnosis, and research on reasons that children resist contact with a parent. Children resist or refuse contact in high conflict divorcing families for a myriad of reasons including parental alienation, estrangement, and/or other kinds of parenting problems. This workshop will emphasize treatment including guiding principles and a framework for work with these families. The field has moved forward significantly since the days of Gardner, the advent of Kelly and Johnston et al’s work in 2001, to a recent review of the research by Saini, Johnston, Fidler, and Bala (in press). Those things that we have learned in the past over a decade can guide the court, attorneys, mental health professionals, and parents to help children find safe ways to connect or re-connect with parents after the status of their family changes from being intact to divorced.
Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO CREDITS: Submitted for 3 General CLE Credits COST: (includes box lunch) • Workshop (if also attending the Institute): $50 • Workshop ONLY: $100
(If you wish to participate in the preconference workshop, please include this option on the Institute registration form)
GOLD LEVEL:
I JAMS I Marsh Affinity Group Services
SILVER LEVEL:
I ABA Retirement Funds I Bradford Publishing I Eide Bailly I FACT I Harper Lutz Zuber Hofer & Associates, LLC I McWilliams Mediation Group I Our Family Wizard I ProVault I West, a Thomson Reuters business
FACULTY: Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D. Newport Beach, CA
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP TOPICS:
Assessment and Treatment of Families When Children are Alienated, Estranged, and/or Resist Contact: I The ins and outs of assessment • Without a good assessment and findings, treatment will not work • Pure alienation vs. pure estrangement vs. hybrids • Contextual and individual variables • Gatekeeping: Facilitative, restrictive, protective • The research can teach courts, lawyers, and mental health professionals about how to identify the root causes of a child’s resistance to spend time with a parent or rejection of a parent I The ins and outs of treatment • The importance of safe contact • Guiding principles and the framework for working with the dynamics of alienation and/or estrangement (accountability, buy-in of both the “in” and “out” parent, measurable treatment goals, and case management vs. treatment) • Is alienation a monolithic concept and thus, is there only one treatment for it? And is there only one kind of estrangement and thus, only one kind of treatment for it? • Treatment approaches (Multimodal Family Therapy, dyadic work, structural family therapy, concentrated programs like Overcoming Barriers) • Lessons that the research teaches us about the treatment of families when children are alienated, estranged, and/or resist contact
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE STILL AVAILABLE!
For more information, please contact Nicoll Stapleton at 303.824.5356, or email her at [email protected]
FACULTY PROFILE: Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D.
Dr. Drozd is an expert in working with families who have issues of alienation and/or abuse. She has been in practice in Newport Beach, CA, for 30 years, speaks at both national and international conferences, is a wellpublished author, and, the editor of the “Journal of Child Custody.” Her upcoming book with Oxford University Press is titled “Parenting Plan Evaluations: Applied Research for the Family Court.”
2011 ANNUAL
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
ur goal for the 2011 Institute is to educate, entertain, and challenge our members to join the revolution for change. As part of that, we adopted The Beatles’ song "Revolution" as our theme. In addition to the amazing guitar licks, the words are an inspiration. When we talk about change, we are focusing on inspiring lawyers, judges, and experts to bring back respect and dignity to the legal processes around family issues. We are also focusing on new ways to deal with substantive law issues, such as working around the "double-dip” case law, finding new resources to support imputing income to unemployed executives, and challenging the assumptions and impositions of cookie-cutter 50-50 parenting plans. Also included in the theme of "change" are a few new components of the Family Law Institute. For example, the ever-popular “Hot Topics” are back, but this time they are being presented by judges. We also have more networking opportunities, including a cocktail reception Saturday evening. And, for the first time ever, we are having a “kick-off to the Institute” Thursday evening in Denver.
COLORADO’S MUST-ATTEND FAMILY LAW EVENT!
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Please join us for the revolution, and have some fun along the way!
LIVE - AUGUST 12-14, 2011
At the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO
Submitted for 17 General Credits, including 3.4 ethics
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 1 • AUGUST 12, 2011
12:00 pm 12:55 pm Registration Open Announcements Gary Abrams, Executive Director, Colorado Bar Association CLE, Denver, CO Welcoming Remarks Brenda L. Storey, Esq., Chair-Elect to the CBA Family Law Section, McGuane and Hogan LLP, Denver, CO HOT TOPICS: BRING ON THE JUDGE! Proffering Evidence • Learn how to present your Temporary Orders case within a 30-60 minute hearing The Honorable Magistrate Laura Findorff, Douglas County The Demise of Remedial Contempt? • Discussion of whether remedial contempt sanctions actually exist anymore, and how to pursue the necessary relief The Honorable Magistrate John Livingston, Jefferson County
1:00 pm
1:10 - 4:30 pm 1:10 pm
1:30 pm
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1:50 pm Pretrial Conferences and Other Solution-Based Ideas with the Court • Hear what the judges learned at the March 2011 “What Works” Judicial Conference and ideas of how to use the court outside of trial to resolve the case creatively The Honorable Judge Valeria Spencer, Arapahoe County Professionalism • What to do/not to do in and out of the courtroom – Judges talk! The Honorable Judge Robert Lowrey, El Paso County Maintenance, Rules of Thumb and/or Presumptive Formula for All Cases (The Inside Story) • Get the inside story on how judges arrive at their maintenance awards The Honorable Judge James Klein, Boulder County Penalties for Not Following Rules and Deadlines • Listen to what sanctions are/are not available by the trial judge, and when/why/how judges are imposing them and against whom The Honorable Judge Julie Hoskins, Weld County Networking Break Accurate Sworn Financial Statements – How Novel • Learn what judges consider accurate and what falls short The Honorable Judge Brian Bowen, Adams County Bankruptcy and Dissolution, When the Two Worlds Collide • Review what is and is not dischargeable, and how the automatic stays impact domestic relations cases Glen Anstine, US Trustee, US Bankruptcy Court, Denver County Effective Case Management, They are Doing it Right! • Hear how to successfully move a case forward, timely and cost-effectively Andrea Shahmardian, Court Facilitator, and The Honorable Magistrate John Jostad, Larimer County ChachachaChanges: 5 Ideas of Revolutionary Change • The challenge of change and resistance to change • History of recommended changes in Colorado domestic relations • Solutions – at home and abroad • Out-of-court-models • The never married demographic shift – Hennepin County Pilot Court • Early intervention and case management • Judicial training and rotation policies • How to measure change – what equates with “improvement” • Simplified and 16.2 10 years later – what should we measure – what do we need to change? • Increasing numbers of self represented parties – should rules and process be drafted for the majority of cases with added process for the more complex cases? Pam Gagel, Esq., Assistant Director, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System Adjourn ANNUAL WINE TASTING RECEPTION All 2011 Family Law Institute attendees and their guests are invited to this 11th annual wine tasting, featuring a variety of wines from around the world. Stay and enjoy refreshments, snacks and great conversation with faculty, colleagues and friends!
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2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 2 • AUGUST 13, 2011
7:00 -7:50 am Yoga Class with “YOGA DANNY” – Danny Poole, aka "Yoga Danny," has been teaching gentle, non-stressful yoga for 30 years to all types of folks from professional athletes to senior citizens. Everyone, including beginners, are welcome! Registration Open / Continental Breakfast
BREAKOUT SESSIONS BEGIN: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
7:15 am
SESSION: 8:00 - 8:50 am
SESSION 1 Helping High-Conflict Families Avoid the Revolving Door of Family Court • Educational approaches • A collaboration between mental health professionals and the parties to carve out a workable custody and access plan, means of communication without conflict, and ways to make decisions • The utilization of parenting coordinators/case managers Dr. Leslie Drozd SESSION 4 Helping Families When Children are Alienated • Learning from intervention failures • Developing useful approaches Dr. Bill Fyfe and Dr. Leslie Drozd
SESSION 2 Maxwell's Silver Hammer Business • What's It Worth Post Thornhill? - Valuation discounts - Thornhill issues and developments - Practical application Laurin Quiat, Esq., and Ron Seigneur, ASA, CVA, CPA/ABV/CFF
SESSION 3 Dissolving Same Sex Relationships New School Style • Applicability of declarations of invalidity • Contractual resolution • Other creative solutions to address property division, support, and parental responsibilities M. David Johnson, Esq.
SESSION: 8:50 - 9:45 am
SESSION 5 HIPAA – It Ain’t What Has Been Argued • What a party can be asked to release and/or produce despite HIPAA • Powers of courts to enter orders for medical and mental health records • Privilege applicability, and limits Richard Rotole, Esq.
SESSION 6 Mediation Gone Wild: 1 Ethics Ethics, Enforceability and Credit Confidentiality • What is/is not confidential in mediation anymore? • Party fouls in the midst of mediation • When an agreement reached in mediation is enforceable Kevin Sidel, Esq., and David Lamb, Esq.
9:45 - 10:05 am
Networking Break
BREAKOUT SESSIONS RESUME: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION: 10:05 - 10:55 am
SESSION 7 Assessment of Allegations of Intimate Partner Violence • A new and practical conceptualization of intimate partner violence • How to use this way of looking at intimate partner violence in practice: assessment and treatment Dr. Leslie Drozd
SESSION 8 “All You Need is LOVE” – Avoiding the Battle of the Experts • Engagement models for experts • Addressing subjective issues effectively • Practical application Eric Six, CPA, and Bill Vincent, CPA
SESSION 9 This Isn’t Your Mother’s Voc Eval • Tools for imputing income to historically high-end wage earners • Creative resources in this down economy and when judges are resisting traditional vocational evaluations Arlen Brammer, Esq.
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 2 • AUGUST 13, 2011 continued
BREAKOUT SESSIONS CONTINUE: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION: 11:00 - 11:50 am
SESSION 10 Changes in the Child and Family Investigator Role • Reasons for modifying the role • Already implemented changes in the role • Potential changes on the horizon The Honorable Chief Judge Stephen Schapanski, Dr. Shirley Thomas, and Bill Delisio Moderated by Dr. Les Katz
SESSION 11 “Not a Second Time” – Double Dipping and Personal Goodwill • Gross income for maintenance/child support • Income vs. assets for valuation purposes • Practical application The Honorable Judge Randall Arp, Yvonne Zuber, CPA, and Jim TenBrook, CPA
SESSION 12 Communication in the Age of ComplexityEvidence and Discovery Issues • Challenges of discovering and introducing into evidence social network site information, text messages, instant messages, and emails • Authenticating digital data susceptible to alteration • What is social networking? E. Michael Canges, Esq., and Bill McLeod
11:50 - 1:10 pm
LUNCHEON, "Change, Life's One Constant" – Dr. Dana Cogan (NO CLE CREDITS for this presentation) Icon Award Presentation
BREAKOUT SESSIONS RESUME: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION: 1:10 - 2:00 pm
SESSION 13 Sex, Drugs and Rock-n-Roll: How Much is Too Much for the Parental Responsibilities Evaluator? • Separating the wheat from the chaff of allegations • What types of behaviors rise to the level of endangerment? • What types of behaviors effect best interests and impact parenting plans? Dr. Shelley Bresnick, Dr. Katherine McNamara, Dr. Daniel Mosley, and Dr. George Nicholos
SESSION 14 Open Memo to the Bench • What works and what doesn’t from the lawyers’ perspective • Pet peeves from the practitioner’s viewpoint • What attorneys want to see changed in the family courts • Help generate an actual open memo to the bench! The Honorable James S. Miller, The Honorable Christopher Cross, and Doris Truhlar, Esq.
SESSION 15 Maintenance Tax Issues Made Easy – “Don’t Work for the Tax Man” • Maintenance and recapture • Taxability of maintenance payments • Practical application Preston Hofer, CPA, and Trish Cooper, Esq.
2:05 - 2:55 pm
Presenting a New System of Divorce, the Remix Brought to you by the Plan B Committee (Dr. Dana Cogan, Helen Shreves, Esq., Joan McWilliams, Esq., The Honorable Judge Angela Arkin, The Honorable Judge Robert Russell, II, The Honorable Judge Beth ElliottDumler, and The Honorable Ruben Hernandez) • Where we were a year ago • Where we are now • The design of a pilot project • Adaptation to different jurisdictions • Where you'd like to see us go Ice Cream Social, Old School The Kids are on Their Own: Legal Ethics and the Duty of Loyalty to Your Client • Where is the lawyer’s ethical duty when representing a parent in an allocation of parental responsibilities? • Do lawyers owe the subject child any ethical duty? The Honorable Judge Edward C. Moss
2:55 - 3:15 pm 3:15 - 4:15 pm
1.2 Ethics Credit
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS RESUME: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION TIME: 4:20 - 5:10 pm
SESSION 16 50/50 Parenting Time: When It’s Not the Best Solution • Child development factors • Special needs factors • Parent/child fit • Parenting deficits Dr. Les Katz
SESSION 17 “The Not So Long, But Sometimes Winding Road” of Business Valuation in Colorado Divorce – Standards, Approaches and Methods of Valuing Business & Professional Practices • Standard of value issues • Business valuation from the Colorado perspective • Practical application Rob Levis, CPA
SESSION 18 Lawyers as Peacemakers • The tools of the evolved peacemaker • The fuel peacemakers need • Benefits Terri Harrington, Esq.
5:10 pm 5:10 - 6:30 pm
Adjourn COCKTAIL PARTY - Sponsored by Colorado Collaborative Law Professionals, Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee, COAFCC, McGuane and Hogan, LLP, and Cox Baker & Page, LLC
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 3 • AUGUST 14, 2011
7:00 am 8:30 - 9:30 am Registration Open / Continental Breakfast Case Law Update - The Reunion Tour Ron Litvak, Esq., and Tim Mehrtens, Esq. Refreshment/Networking Break Ethics in the Movies - The Sequel Professor Eli Wald
1.2 Ethics Credit
9:30 - 9:45 am 9:45 - 10:45 am
10:45 - 12:00 pm
Judges’ Panel – Moderated by Planning Committee • Hear from judges about their thoughts on allocating debt in negative net worth cases, relocation cases, trust valuations, separate property tracing, contribution to the marriage, attorneys’ fees and costs awards, and much, much more! The Honorable Judge Angela Arkin, Douglas County, The Honorable Judge Jack Berryhill, Jefferson County, The Honorable Judge Herbert Stern,III, Denver County, The Honorable Chief Judge James Boyd, Pitkin County, The Honorable Chief Judge Thomas Moorhead, Eagle County, The Honorable Chief Judge Greg Lyman, La Plata County, and The Honorable Judge David J. Richman, Colorado Court of Appeals Parting Remarks FLI Chair Brenda L. Storey, Esq., and Co-Chair Laura L. Page, Esq. Adjourn It is our hope with this Family Law Institute to educate you, entertain you, and challenge you to join the revolution for change!
12:00 pm
12:10 pm
FACULTY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
PROGRAM CHAIR Brenda L. Storey, Esq. McGuane and Hogan LLP Denver, CO PROGRAM CO-CHAIR: Laura L. Page, Esq. Cox Baker & Page, LLC Castle Rock, CO PLANNING COMMITTEE: Les Katz, PsyD Katz & Loizeaux Forensic Services LLC Denver, CO Eric Six, CPA Six Consulting LLC Denver, CO Honorable Magistrate John Livingston 1st Judicial District Golden, CO FACULTY: Glen Anstine US Trustee US Bankruptcy Court Denver, CO Honorable Judge Angela Arkin 18th Judicial District Court Castle Rock, CO Honorable Judge Randall Arp 1st Judicial District Court Golden, CO Honorable Judge Jack W. Berryhill 1st Judicial District Golden, CO Honorable Judge Brian Bowen 17th Judicial District Brighton, CO Honorable Chief Judge James B. Boyd 9th Judicial District Glenwood Springs, CO Arlen L. Brammer, Esq. Arlen L. Brammer PC Greenwood Village, CO Shelley Bresnick, PsyD Lakewood, CO E. Michael Canges, Esq. Senn Visciano Canges Rosenstein PC Denver, CO Dana L. Cogan, MD Denver, CO Patricia (Trish) A. Cooper, Esq. Law Office of Stephen J. Harhai Denver, CO Honorable Judge Christopher Cross 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO Bill Delisio Family Law Program Manager Colorado State Court Administrator's Office Denver, CO Leslie M. Drozd, PhD Newport Beach, CA Honorable Judge Beth Elliott-Dumler 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO Honorable Magistrate Laura Findorff 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO William Fyfe, EdD Columbine Counseling Center Lakewood, CO Pamela A. Gagel, Esq. Assistant Director Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System Denver, CO Terri Harrington, Esq. Harrington Brewster & Clein PC Denver, CO Honorable Ruben M. Hernandez (ret.) Denver, CO Preston Hofer, CPA Harper Lutz Zuber Potenza & Associates LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge Julie Hoskins 19th Judicial District Greeley, CO M. David Johnson, Esq. Johnson Sauer Legal Group LLC Denver, CO Honorable Magistrate John Jostad 8th Judicial District Fort Collins, CO Les Katz, PsyD Katz & Loizeaux Forensic Services LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge James Klein 20th Judicial District Boulder, CO David A. Lamb, Esq. Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC Greenwood Village, CO Robert Levis, CPA, CVA, CFE Director Biggs Kofford Valuation & Litigation Services LLC Colorado Springs, CO Ronald D. Litvak, Esq. Litvak Litvak Mehrtens & Epstein PC Denver, CO Honorable Magistrate John Livingston 1st Judicial District Golden, CO
Honorable Judge Robert Lowrey 4th Judicial District Colorado Springs, CO Honorable Chief Judge Gregory G. Lyman 6th Judicial District Durango, CO Bill McLeod Author, Speaker & Single Parent Life Coach Greenwood Village, CO Kathleen McNamara, PhD Fort Collins, CO Joan McWilliams, Esq. McWilliams Mediation Group Ltd. Denver, CO Timothy R.J. Mehrtens, Esq. Litvak Litvak Mehrtens & Epstein PC Denver, CO
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FACULTY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE continued
Honorable James S. Miller (ret.) JAMS Denver, CO Honorable Chief Judge Thomas Moorhead 5th Judicial District Eagle, CO Daniel Mosley, EdD Colorado Family Center PC Littleton, CO Honorable Judge Edward C. Moss 17th Judicial District Brighton, CO George C. Nicholos, PsyD Colorado Springs, CO Laurin Quiat, Esq. Baker Hostetler LLP Denver, CO Honorable Judge David J. Richman Colorado Court of Appeals Denver, CO Richard J. Rotole, Esq. Rotole Rotole Blanchard & Lumbye LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge Robert Russell, II 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO Honorable Chief Judge Stephen J. Schapanski 8th Judicial District Fort Collins, CO Ronald L. Seigneur, ASA, CVA, CPA/ABV/CFF Seigneur Gustafson LLP Lakewood, CO Andrea Shahmardian Family Court Facilitator-Domestic/Juvenile 8th Judicial District Fort Collins, CO Helen Shreves, Esq. Family Law Dispute Resolution Denver, CO Kevin Sidel, Esq. Kevin Sidel LLC Elizabeth, CO Eric Six, CPA Six Consulting LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge Valeria Spencer 18th Judicial District Centennial, CO Honorable Judge Herbert L. Stern, III 2nd Judicial District Denver, CO James TenBrook, CPA Karsh Consulting PC Denver, CO Shirley Thomas, PhD Longmont, CO Doris B. Truhlar, Esq. Truhlar and Truhlar LLP Centennial, CO William Vincent, CPA Causey Demgen & Moore Inc. Denver, CO Professor Eli Wald University of Denver Sturm College of Law Denver, CO Yvonne Zuber, CPA Harper Lutz Zuber Potenza & Associates LLC Denver, CO
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
The 2011 Annual Family Law Institute is being held at the
Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO 80424 CLE has reserved a block of rooms for guests of the Institute. Room rates start at $133 plus applicable taxes & resort fees.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION BY JULY 20, 2011!
When making your reservation, in order to receive the group room rate, please indicate that you are a guest of the Colorado Bar Association Family Law Institute. Reservations will be accepted by phone at 800-525-2253. Room rates are available 3 days prior to and following the Institute.
Special room requests should be made when reservation is made. A deposit equal to one night of lodging is due at time of booking. Remaining balance is payable upon arrival. No shows, late arrivals and early departures will be assessed the total payment for the full length of stay as originally booked unless room is resold. Cancellation within 72 hours of arrival will result in full forfeiture of all monies received. No-shows, early departures and/or late arrivals are non-refundable. This room block will be released after July 20, 2011.
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LIVE SEMINAR / ACTIVITY REGISTRATION FORM
YOUR COURSE TUITION INCLUDES: Paper course materials, admission to the entire Institute, admission to the Friday reception and the Saturday luncheon. An additional discount will be offered to attendees who elect to receive their materials digitally on FLASH DRIVE. Please note if you plan to participate in the pre-conference workshop.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP REGISTRATION J Workshop (if also attending the Institute - includes box lunch): ........$50 J Workshop ONLY (includes box lunch): ..................................................$100 INSTITUTE REGISTRATION (FL081212L) Materials on Flash Drive Paper Materials • CBA Family Law Section Member ......................J $309 ....................J $339 • CBA Juvenile Law Section Members ..................J $309 ..................J $339 • MDIC, CCMO or COAFCC Member ....................J $329 ....................J $359 • CBA Member ......................................................J $329 ....................J $359 • Non-Member ......................................................J $379 ....................J $409 FRIDAY WINE TASTING RECEPTION J YES, I will be attending the 11th Annual Wine Tasting Reception SATURDAY BREAKOUT SESSIONS - Please indicate breakout choices (1 for each time slot) 8:00 - 8:50 am J Session 1 J Session 2 J Session 3 8:50 - 9:45 am Session 4 Session 5 J J J Session 6 10:05 - 10:55 am J Session 7 J Session 8 J Session 9 11:00 - 11:50 am J Session 10 J Session 11 J Session 12 1:10 - 2:00 pm J Session 13 J Session 14 J Session 15 4:20 - 5:10 pm J Session 16 J Session 17 J Session 18 SATURDAY LUNCHEON J YES, I will be attending the Luncheon* *If you have special dietary needs (vegetarian/gluten-free) you MUST notify us by August 1, 2011. Requests received after August 1st cannot be guaranteed. SATURDAY COCKTAIL PARTY J YES, I will be attending the Saturday Cocktail Party
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INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIPS:
The Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association is offering three full scholarships for eligible attendees, chosen via a blind drawing.
If you are interested and qualify, please complete the following and return your completed registration form to CBA-CLE. Name:______________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________________________ Email Address:________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ City/State/Zip: ________________________________________________
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Submitted for 32 General CLE Credits, including 3.4 Ethics. To receive full CLE credit, you must purchase both the course materials AND the recorded seminar. Institute home study materials include the PAPER materials, the pre-conference workshop, and ALL tracks from the live conference.
COURSE MATERIALS ONLY (FL081212C) J CBA Member: $129 J Non-Member: $159
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I am a licensed attorney with less than 7 years in practice (with an emphasis in family law). I currently earn less than $40,000 per year I am personally responsible for paying for the FLI (meaning a firm, employer, or other entity does not pay for same for your benefit). I work in the Denver metro area
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The deadline for submission is June 30, 2011. Please note that the scholarship does not cover all costs associated with the Institute (such as lodging, meals outside of the conference, and transportation). If selected as the winner, you will be notified and the Family Law Section will reimburse you for the registration fee. QUESTIONS: Contact Melissa Nicoletti at (303) 824-5321; [email protected]
“SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION”
Kick-off to the 2011 Family Law Institute! With Headliner Alec Baldwin!
In Denver at the Marriott City Center Hotel
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
AUGUST 11, 2011: AUGUST 12-14, 2011:
2011 ANNUAL
Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1638 1900 Grant Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80203-4303 Denver, CO
Family Law Institute
In Breckenridge at the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
Preconference Workshop &
REGISTER ONLINE! Go to www.cobar.org/cle
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
“SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION”
AUGUST 11, 2011: In Denver at the Marriott City Center Hotel
2011 ANNUAL
Kick-off to the 2011 Family Law Institute!
With Headliner Alec Baldwin (YES, Alec Baldwin!!!)
AUGUST 12-14, 2011: At the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
Preconference Workshop &
Family Law Institute
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
REGISTER ONLINE! Go to www.cobar.org/cle
COLORADO’S MUST-ATTEND FAMILY LAW EVENT!
YOU WANT A REVOLU “SAY
AUGUST 11, 2011:
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTEION” T
2011 ANNUAL
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
Kick-off to the 2011 Family Law Institute!
With Headliner Alec Baldwin (YES, Alec Baldwin!!!)
At the Marriott City Center Hotel • 1701 California Street • Denver, CO
AUGUST 12-14, 2011:
Preconference Workshop &
Family Law Institute
At the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center • 620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO
COLORADO’S MUST-ATTEND FAMILY LAW EVENT!
Presented by the CBA Family Law Section Co-sponsored by the CBA Juvenile Law Section; the Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee; Colorado Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; and Colorado Bar Association CLE
REGISTER ONLINE! Go to www.cobar.org/cle
KICK-OFF TO THE 2011 FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE volution” With Headliner Alec Baldwin a “Kick-Off to the Re a/k/
ABOUT THE KICK-OFF:
This year, for the first time, we are including a kick-off to the Institute, a/k/a “The Kick-Off to the Revolution.” The headliner is Alec Baldwin, who authored the book, "A Promise to Ourselves" in which he shares his very personal story of being a party to a dissolution case, the sometimes unbearable expectations and loss imposed by our system, and the lasting damage the players can do to a family going through this process. He is going to share his experience with you, and the experiences of others who have had to endure the same fate, and through it challenge each of us to not only listen but take the next steps required to make real changes in our profession and in the legal system. Mr. Baldwin generously suggested that we make the event a fund raiser – also revolutionary! We are pleased to announce that the proceeds of the Kickoff will benefit the Legal Aid Foundation.
AUGUST 11, 2011
5:30 - 7:30* pm
*Book signing will take place immediately after the dinner event and will last approximately 1 hour.
THURSDAY,
Marriott City Center Hotel
1701 California Street Denver, CO 80202
I This is akin to an intervention – a hard core look at ourselves and what we and our system have become. I Who else but Alec Baldwin could look us in the eye and tell us how damaging our system has become, what we are doing wrong, and motivate us to make the necessary changes?
KICK-OFF BOOK SIGNING:
Mr. Baldwin has reserved an hour after the dinner for a special book signing event featuring his book "A Promise to Ourselves." 25 of our dinner guests who have pre-purchased his book will be randomly selected to join us in a more intimate setting for the book signing. The 25 participants will be notified of their selection by August 4th.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: KICKOFF TO THE 2011 FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE - AUGUST 11, 2011
COST FOR THE KICK-OFF TO THE 2011 FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE: For Individual: J Family Law Section Member: ......................................................$115 J CBA Member:..............................................................................$125 J Young Lawyer/Student: .................................................................$90 J Non-Member:..............................................................................$150 For Table of 10: J Table Cost per Table of 10 before July 1, 2011:........................$1000 J Table Cost per Table of 10 after July 1, 2011:...........................$1150 ALEC BALDWIN’S BOOK: ”A Promise to Ourselves” J I would like to pre-purchase “A Promise to Ourselves“ .............$20 (books will be available for pick-up at the August 11 event) Name_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Guest Name(s)__________________________________________________________________________________ Firm/Organization____________________________________________________________ E-Mail Address__________________________________________________________________________________ Street Address ______________________________________________________________________ City ____________________________________________ State ________ Zip ______________ Telephone ( ) ________________________________________________________
J Please enter my name in the Book Signing drawing. I understand that
25 names will be randomly selected for participation in the book signing. TOTAL INCLUDED WITH THIS REGISTRATION: $
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MAIL YOUR COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM WITH PAYMENT INFO TO: CBA, 1900 Grant Street, Ste. 900, Denver, CO 80203 Attention: Melissa Nicoletti
All registrations must include a check or charge card information. Registration MUST be received no later than August 1, 2011
CANCELLATIONS: Individuals may cancel their registration and receive a full refund if cancellation is made by August 1, 2011. No refunds will be issued after this date, but you may transfer your registration to another individual. Transfers must be made no later than August 9th. No refunds will be issued for “no shows.” Refunds are not available for book purchases.
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
AUGUST 12, 2011
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
(includes one 15-minute break)
FRIDAY,
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
The 2011 Institute Sponsors:
PLATINUM LEVEL:
I LexisNexis
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he Pre-Conference Workshop, “Assessment and Treatment of Families When Children are Alienated, Estranged, and/or Resist Contact,” provides an intensive focus on theory, assessment, diagnosis, and research on reasons that children resist contact with a parent. Children resist or refuse contact in high conflict divorcing families for a myriad of reasons including parental alienation, estrangement, and/or other kinds of parenting problems. This workshop will emphasize treatment including guiding principles and a framework for work with these families. The field has moved forward significantly since the days of Gardner, the advent of Kelly and Johnston et al’s work in 2001, to a recent review of the research by Saini, Johnston, Fidler, and Bala (in press). Those things that we have learned in the past over a decade can guide the court, attorneys, mental health professionals, and parents to help children find safe ways to connect or re-connect with parents after the status of their family changes from being intact to divorced.
Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO CREDITS: Submitted for 3 General CLE Credits COST: (includes box lunch) • Workshop (if also attending the Institute): $50 • Workshop ONLY: $100
(If you wish to participate in the preconference workshop, please include this option on the Institute registration form)
GOLD LEVEL:
I JAMS I Marsh Affinity Group Services
SILVER LEVEL:
I ABA Retirement Funds I Bradford Publishing I Eide Bailly I FACT I Harper Lutz Zuber Hofer & Associates, LLC I McWilliams Mediation Group I Our Family Wizard I ProVault I West, a Thomson Reuters business
FACULTY: Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D. Newport Beach, CA
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP TOPICS:
Assessment and Treatment of Families When Children are Alienated, Estranged, and/or Resist Contact: I The ins and outs of assessment • Without a good assessment and findings, treatment will not work • Pure alienation vs. pure estrangement vs. hybrids • Contextual and individual variables • Gatekeeping: Facilitative, restrictive, protective • The research can teach courts, lawyers, and mental health professionals about how to identify the root causes of a child’s resistance to spend time with a parent or rejection of a parent I The ins and outs of treatment • The importance of safe contact • Guiding principles and the framework for working with the dynamics of alienation and/or estrangement (accountability, buy-in of both the “in” and “out” parent, measurable treatment goals, and case management vs. treatment) • Is alienation a monolithic concept and thus, is there only one treatment for it? And is there only one kind of estrangement and thus, only one kind of treatment for it? • Treatment approaches (Multimodal Family Therapy, dyadic work, structural family therapy, concentrated programs like Overcoming Barriers) • Lessons that the research teaches us about the treatment of families when children are alienated, estranged, and/or resist contact
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE STILL AVAILABLE!
For more information, please contact Nicoll Stapleton at 303.824.5356, or email her at [email protected]
FACULTY PROFILE: Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D.
Dr. Drozd is an expert in working with families who have issues of alienation and/or abuse. She has been in practice in Newport Beach, CA, for 30 years, speaks at both national and international conferences, is a wellpublished author, and, the editor of the “Journal of Child Custody.” Her upcoming book with Oxford University Press is titled “Parenting Plan Evaluations: Applied Research for the Family Court.”
2011 ANNUAL
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
ur goal for the 2011 Institute is to educate, entertain, and challenge our members to join the revolution for change. As part of that, we adopted The Beatles’ song "Revolution" as our theme. In addition to the amazing guitar licks, the words are an inspiration. When we talk about change, we are focusing on inspiring lawyers, judges, and experts to bring back respect and dignity to the legal processes around family issues. We are also focusing on new ways to deal with substantive law issues, such as working around the "double-dip” case law, finding new resources to support imputing income to unemployed executives, and challenging the assumptions and impositions of cookie-cutter 50-50 parenting plans. Also included in the theme of "change" are a few new components of the Family Law Institute. For example, the ever-popular “Hot Topics” are back, but this time they are being presented by judges. We also have more networking opportunities, including a cocktail reception Saturday evening. And, for the first time ever, we are having a “kick-off to the Institute” Thursday evening in Denver.
COLORADO’S MUST-ATTEND FAMILY LAW EVENT!
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Please join us for the revolution, and have some fun along the way!
LIVE - AUGUST 12-14, 2011
At the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO
Submitted for 17 General Credits, including 3.4 ethics
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 1 • AUGUST 12, 2011
12:00 pm 12:55 pm Registration Open Announcements Gary Abrams, Executive Director, Colorado Bar Association CLE, Denver, CO Welcoming Remarks Brenda L. Storey, Esq., Chair-Elect to the CBA Family Law Section, McGuane and Hogan LLP, Denver, CO HOT TOPICS: BRING ON THE JUDGE! Proffering Evidence • Learn how to present your Temporary Orders case within a 30-60 minute hearing The Honorable Magistrate Laura Findorff, Douglas County The Demise of Remedial Contempt? • Discussion of whether remedial contempt sanctions actually exist anymore, and how to pursue the necessary relief The Honorable Magistrate John Livingston, Jefferson County
1:00 pm
1:10 - 4:30 pm 1:10 pm
1:30 pm
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1:50 pm Pretrial Conferences and Other Solution-Based Ideas with the Court • Hear what the judges learned at the March 2011 “What Works” Judicial Conference and ideas of how to use the court outside of trial to resolve the case creatively The Honorable Judge Valeria Spencer, Arapahoe County Professionalism • What to do/not to do in and out of the courtroom – Judges talk! The Honorable Judge Robert Lowrey, El Paso County Maintenance, Rules of Thumb and/or Presumptive Formula for All Cases (The Inside Story) • Get the inside story on how judges arrive at their maintenance awards The Honorable Judge James Klein, Boulder County Penalties for Not Following Rules and Deadlines • Listen to what sanctions are/are not available by the trial judge, and when/why/how judges are imposing them and against whom The Honorable Judge Julie Hoskins, Weld County Networking Break Accurate Sworn Financial Statements – How Novel • Learn what judges consider accurate and what falls short The Honorable Judge Brian Bowen, Adams County Bankruptcy and Dissolution, When the Two Worlds Collide • Review what is and is not dischargeable, and how the automatic stays impact domestic relations cases Glen Anstine, US Trustee, US Bankruptcy Court, Denver County Effective Case Management, They are Doing it Right! • Hear how to successfully move a case forward, timely and cost-effectively Andrea Shahmardian, Court Facilitator, and The Honorable Magistrate John Jostad, Larimer County ChachachaChanges: 5 Ideas of Revolutionary Change • The challenge of change and resistance to change • History of recommended changes in Colorado domestic relations • Solutions – at home and abroad • Out-of-court-models • The never married demographic shift – Hennepin County Pilot Court • Early intervention and case management • Judicial training and rotation policies • How to measure change – what equates with “improvement” • Simplified and 16.2 10 years later – what should we measure – what do we need to change? • Increasing numbers of self represented parties – should rules and process be drafted for the majority of cases with added process for the more complex cases? Pam Gagel, Esq., Assistant Director, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System Adjourn ANNUAL WINE TASTING RECEPTION All 2011 Family Law Institute attendees and their guests are invited to this 11th annual wine tasting, featuring a variety of wines from around the world. Stay and enjoy refreshments, snacks and great conversation with faculty, colleagues and friends!
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2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 2 • AUGUST 13, 2011
7:00 -7:50 am Yoga Class with “YOGA DANNY” – Danny Poole, aka "Yoga Danny," has been teaching gentle, non-stressful yoga for 30 years to all types of folks from professional athletes to senior citizens. Everyone, including beginners, are welcome! Registration Open / Continental Breakfast
BREAKOUT SESSIONS BEGIN: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
7:15 am
SESSION: 8:00 - 8:50 am
SESSION 1 Helping High-Conflict Families Avoid the Revolving Door of Family Court • Educational approaches • A collaboration between mental health professionals and the parties to carve out a workable custody and access plan, means of communication without conflict, and ways to make decisions • The utilization of parenting coordinators/case managers Dr. Leslie Drozd SESSION 4 Helping Families When Children are Alienated • Learning from intervention failures • Developing useful approaches Dr. Bill Fyfe and Dr. Leslie Drozd
SESSION 2 Maxwell's Silver Hammer Business • What's It Worth Post Thornhill? - Valuation discounts - Thornhill issues and developments - Practical application Laurin Quiat, Esq., and Ron Seigneur, ASA, CVA, CPA/ABV/CFF
SESSION 3 Dissolving Same Sex Relationships New School Style • Applicability of declarations of invalidity • Contractual resolution • Other creative solutions to address property division, support, and parental responsibilities M. David Johnson, Esq.
SESSION: 8:50 - 9:45 am
SESSION 5 HIPAA – It Ain’t What Has Been Argued • What a party can be asked to release and/or produce despite HIPAA • Powers of courts to enter orders for medical and mental health records • Privilege applicability, and limits Richard Rotole, Esq.
SESSION 6 Mediation Gone Wild: 1 Ethics Ethics, Enforceability and Credit Confidentiality • What is/is not confidential in mediation anymore? • Party fouls in the midst of mediation • When an agreement reached in mediation is enforceable Kevin Sidel, Esq., and David Lamb, Esq.
9:45 - 10:05 am
Networking Break
BREAKOUT SESSIONS RESUME: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION: 10:05 - 10:55 am
SESSION 7 Assessment of Allegations of Intimate Partner Violence • A new and practical conceptualization of intimate partner violence • How to use this way of looking at intimate partner violence in practice: assessment and treatment Dr. Leslie Drozd
SESSION 8 “All You Need is LOVE” – Avoiding the Battle of the Experts • Engagement models for experts • Addressing subjective issues effectively • Practical application Eric Six, CPA, and Bill Vincent, CPA
SESSION 9 This Isn’t Your Mother’s Voc Eval • Tools for imputing income to historically high-end wage earners • Creative resources in this down economy and when judges are resisting traditional vocational evaluations Arlen Brammer, Esq.
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 2 • AUGUST 13, 2011 continued
BREAKOUT SESSIONS CONTINUE: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION: 11:00 - 11:50 am
SESSION 10 Changes in the Child and Family Investigator Role • Reasons for modifying the role • Already implemented changes in the role • Potential changes on the horizon The Honorable Chief Judge Stephen Schapanski, Dr. Shirley Thomas, and Bill Delisio Moderated by Dr. Les Katz
SESSION 11 “Not a Second Time” – Double Dipping and Personal Goodwill • Gross income for maintenance/child support • Income vs. assets for valuation purposes • Practical application The Honorable Judge Randall Arp, Yvonne Zuber, CPA, and Jim TenBrook, CPA
SESSION 12 Communication in the Age of ComplexityEvidence and Discovery Issues • Challenges of discovering and introducing into evidence social network site information, text messages, instant messages, and emails • Authenticating digital data susceptible to alteration • What is social networking? E. Michael Canges, Esq., and Bill McLeod
11:50 - 1:10 pm
LUNCHEON, "Change, Life's One Constant" – Dr. Dana Cogan (NO CLE CREDITS for this presentation) Icon Award Presentation
BREAKOUT SESSIONS RESUME: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION: 1:10 - 2:00 pm
SESSION 13 Sex, Drugs and Rock-n-Roll: How Much is Too Much for the Parental Responsibilities Evaluator? • Separating the wheat from the chaff of allegations • What types of behaviors rise to the level of endangerment? • What types of behaviors effect best interests and impact parenting plans? Dr. Shelley Bresnick, Dr. Katherine McNamara, Dr. Daniel Mosley, and Dr. George Nicholos
SESSION 14 Open Memo to the Bench • What works and what doesn’t from the lawyers’ perspective • Pet peeves from the practitioner’s viewpoint • What attorneys want to see changed in the family courts • Help generate an actual open memo to the bench! The Honorable James S. Miller, The Honorable Christopher Cross, and Doris Truhlar, Esq.
SESSION 15 Maintenance Tax Issues Made Easy – “Don’t Work for the Tax Man” • Maintenance and recapture • Taxability of maintenance payments • Practical application Preston Hofer, CPA, and Trish Cooper, Esq.
2:05 - 2:55 pm
Presenting a New System of Divorce, the Remix Brought to you by the Plan B Committee (Dr. Dana Cogan, Helen Shreves, Esq., Joan McWilliams, Esq., The Honorable Judge Angela Arkin, The Honorable Judge Robert Russell, II, The Honorable Judge Beth ElliottDumler, and The Honorable Ruben Hernandez) • Where we were a year ago • Where we are now • The design of a pilot project • Adaptation to different jurisdictions • Where you'd like to see us go Ice Cream Social, Old School The Kids are on Their Own: Legal Ethics and the Duty of Loyalty to Your Client • Where is the lawyer’s ethical duty when representing a parent in an allocation of parental responsibilities? • Do lawyers owe the subject child any ethical duty? The Honorable Judge Edward C. Moss
2:55 - 3:15 pm 3:15 - 4:15 pm
1.2 Ethics Credit
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS RESUME: Please select the session you wish to attend on the registration form
SESSION TIME: 4:20 - 5:10 pm
SESSION 16 50/50 Parenting Time: When It’s Not the Best Solution • Child development factors • Special needs factors • Parent/child fit • Parenting deficits Dr. Les Katz
SESSION 17 “The Not So Long, But Sometimes Winding Road” of Business Valuation in Colorado Divorce – Standards, Approaches and Methods of Valuing Business & Professional Practices • Standard of value issues • Business valuation from the Colorado perspective • Practical application Rob Levis, CPA
SESSION 18 Lawyers as Peacemakers • The tools of the evolved peacemaker • The fuel peacemakers need • Benefits Terri Harrington, Esq.
5:10 pm 5:10 - 6:30 pm
Adjourn COCKTAIL PARTY - Sponsored by Colorado Collaborative Law Professionals, Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee, COAFCC, McGuane and Hogan, LLP, and Cox Baker & Page, LLC
2011 ANNUAL FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE • PROGRAM AGENDA • DAY 3 • AUGUST 14, 2011
7:00 am 8:30 - 9:30 am Registration Open / Continental Breakfast Case Law Update - The Reunion Tour Ron Litvak, Esq., and Tim Mehrtens, Esq. Refreshment/Networking Break Ethics in the Movies - The Sequel Professor Eli Wald
1.2 Ethics Credit
9:30 - 9:45 am 9:45 - 10:45 am
10:45 - 12:00 pm
Judges’ Panel – Moderated by Planning Committee • Hear from judges about their thoughts on allocating debt in negative net worth cases, relocation cases, trust valuations, separate property tracing, contribution to the marriage, attorneys’ fees and costs awards, and much, much more! The Honorable Judge Angela Arkin, Douglas County, The Honorable Judge Jack Berryhill, Jefferson County, The Honorable Judge Herbert Stern,III, Denver County, The Honorable Chief Judge James Boyd, Pitkin County, The Honorable Chief Judge Thomas Moorhead, Eagle County, The Honorable Chief Judge Greg Lyman, La Plata County, and The Honorable Judge David J. Richman, Colorado Court of Appeals Parting Remarks FLI Chair Brenda L. Storey, Esq., and Co-Chair Laura L. Page, Esq. Adjourn It is our hope with this Family Law Institute to educate you, entertain you, and challenge you to join the revolution for change!
12:00 pm
12:10 pm
FACULTY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
PROGRAM CHAIR Brenda L. Storey, Esq. McGuane and Hogan LLP Denver, CO PROGRAM CO-CHAIR: Laura L. Page, Esq. Cox Baker & Page, LLC Castle Rock, CO PLANNING COMMITTEE: Les Katz, PsyD Katz & Loizeaux Forensic Services LLC Denver, CO Eric Six, CPA Six Consulting LLC Denver, CO Honorable Magistrate John Livingston 1st Judicial District Golden, CO FACULTY: Glen Anstine US Trustee US Bankruptcy Court Denver, CO Honorable Judge Angela Arkin 18th Judicial District Court Castle Rock, CO Honorable Judge Randall Arp 1st Judicial District Court Golden, CO Honorable Judge Jack W. Berryhill 1st Judicial District Golden, CO Honorable Judge Brian Bowen 17th Judicial District Brighton, CO Honorable Chief Judge James B. Boyd 9th Judicial District Glenwood Springs, CO Arlen L. Brammer, Esq. Arlen L. Brammer PC Greenwood Village, CO Shelley Bresnick, PsyD Lakewood, CO E. Michael Canges, Esq. Senn Visciano Canges Rosenstein PC Denver, CO Dana L. Cogan, MD Denver, CO Patricia (Trish) A. Cooper, Esq. Law Office of Stephen J. Harhai Denver, CO Honorable Judge Christopher Cross 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO Bill Delisio Family Law Program Manager Colorado State Court Administrator's Office Denver, CO Leslie M. Drozd, PhD Newport Beach, CA Honorable Judge Beth Elliott-Dumler 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO Honorable Magistrate Laura Findorff 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO William Fyfe, EdD Columbine Counseling Center Lakewood, CO Pamela A. Gagel, Esq. Assistant Director Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System Denver, CO Terri Harrington, Esq. Harrington Brewster & Clein PC Denver, CO Honorable Ruben M. Hernandez (ret.) Denver, CO Preston Hofer, CPA Harper Lutz Zuber Potenza & Associates LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge Julie Hoskins 19th Judicial District Greeley, CO M. David Johnson, Esq. Johnson Sauer Legal Group LLC Denver, CO Honorable Magistrate John Jostad 8th Judicial District Fort Collins, CO Les Katz, PsyD Katz & Loizeaux Forensic Services LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge James Klein 20th Judicial District Boulder, CO David A. Lamb, Esq. Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC Greenwood Village, CO Robert Levis, CPA, CVA, CFE Director Biggs Kofford Valuation & Litigation Services LLC Colorado Springs, CO Ronald D. Litvak, Esq. Litvak Litvak Mehrtens & Epstein PC Denver, CO Honorable Magistrate John Livingston 1st Judicial District Golden, CO
Honorable Judge Robert Lowrey 4th Judicial District Colorado Springs, CO Honorable Chief Judge Gregory G. Lyman 6th Judicial District Durango, CO Bill McLeod Author, Speaker & Single Parent Life Coach Greenwood Village, CO Kathleen McNamara, PhD Fort Collins, CO Joan McWilliams, Esq. McWilliams Mediation Group Ltd. Denver, CO Timothy R.J. Mehrtens, Esq. Litvak Litvak Mehrtens & Epstein PC Denver, CO
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Honorable James S. Miller (ret.) JAMS Denver, CO Honorable Chief Judge Thomas Moorhead 5th Judicial District Eagle, CO Daniel Mosley, EdD Colorado Family Center PC Littleton, CO Honorable Judge Edward C. Moss 17th Judicial District Brighton, CO George C. Nicholos, PsyD Colorado Springs, CO Laurin Quiat, Esq. Baker Hostetler LLP Denver, CO Honorable Judge David J. Richman Colorado Court of Appeals Denver, CO Richard J. Rotole, Esq. Rotole Rotole Blanchard & Lumbye LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge Robert Russell, II 18th Judicial District Castle Rock, CO Honorable Chief Judge Stephen J. Schapanski 8th Judicial District Fort Collins, CO Ronald L. Seigneur, ASA, CVA, CPA/ABV/CFF Seigneur Gustafson LLP Lakewood, CO Andrea Shahmardian Family Court Facilitator-Domestic/Juvenile 8th Judicial District Fort Collins, CO Helen Shreves, Esq. Family Law Dispute Resolution Denver, CO Kevin Sidel, Esq. Kevin Sidel LLC Elizabeth, CO Eric Six, CPA Six Consulting LLC Denver, CO Honorable Judge Valeria Spencer 18th Judicial District Centennial, CO Honorable Judge Herbert L. Stern, III 2nd Judicial District Denver, CO James TenBrook, CPA Karsh Consulting PC Denver, CO Shirley Thomas, PhD Longmont, CO Doris B. Truhlar, Esq. Truhlar and Truhlar LLP Centennial, CO William Vincent, CPA Causey Demgen & Moore Inc. Denver, CO Professor Eli Wald University of Denver Sturm College of Law Denver, CO Yvonne Zuber, CPA Harper Lutz Zuber Potenza & Associates LLC Denver, CO
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
The 2011 Annual Family Law Institute is being held at the
Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
620 Village Road • Breckenridge, CO 80424 CLE has reserved a block of rooms for guests of the Institute. Room rates start at $133 plus applicable taxes & resort fees.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION BY JULY 20, 2011!
When making your reservation, in order to receive the group room rate, please indicate that you are a guest of the Colorado Bar Association Family Law Institute. Reservations will be accepted by phone at 800-525-2253. Room rates are available 3 days prior to and following the Institute.
Special room requests should be made when reservation is made. A deposit equal to one night of lodging is due at time of booking. Remaining balance is payable upon arrival. No shows, late arrivals and early departures will be assessed the total payment for the full length of stay as originally booked unless room is resold. Cancellation within 72 hours of arrival will result in full forfeiture of all monies received. No-shows, early departures and/or late arrivals are non-refundable. This room block will be released after July 20, 2011.
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YOUR COURSE TUITION INCLUDES: Paper course materials, admission to the entire Institute, admission to the Friday reception and the Saturday luncheon. An additional discount will be offered to attendees who elect to receive their materials digitally on FLASH DRIVE. Please note if you plan to participate in the pre-conference workshop.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP REGISTRATION J Workshop (if also attending the Institute - includes box lunch): ........$50 J Workshop ONLY (includes box lunch): ..................................................$100 INSTITUTE REGISTRATION (FL081212L) Materials on Flash Drive Paper Materials • CBA Family Law Section Member ......................J $309 ....................J $339 • CBA Juvenile Law Section Members ..................J $309 ..................J $339 • MDIC, CCMO or COAFCC Member ....................J $329 ....................J $359 • CBA Member ......................................................J $329 ....................J $359 • Non-Member ......................................................J $379 ....................J $409 FRIDAY WINE TASTING RECEPTION J YES, I will be attending the 11th Annual Wine Tasting Reception SATURDAY BREAKOUT SESSIONS - Please indicate breakout choices (1 for each time slot) 8:00 - 8:50 am J Session 1 J Session 2 J Session 3 8:50 - 9:45 am Session 4 Session 5 J J J Session 6 10:05 - 10:55 am J Session 7 J Session 8 J Session 9 11:00 - 11:50 am J Session 10 J Session 11 J Session 12 1:10 - 2:00 pm J Session 13 J Session 14 J Session 15 4:20 - 5:10 pm J Session 16 J Session 17 J Session 18 SATURDAY LUNCHEON J YES, I will be attending the Luncheon* *If you have special dietary needs (vegetarian/gluten-free) you MUST notify us by August 1, 2011. Requests received after August 1st cannot be guaranteed. SATURDAY COCKTAIL PARTY J YES, I will be attending the Saturday Cocktail Party
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The Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association is offering three full scholarships for eligible attendees, chosen via a blind drawing.
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Submitted for 32 General CLE Credits, including 3.4 Ethics. To receive full CLE credit, you must purchase both the course materials AND the recorded seminar. Institute home study materials include the PAPER materials, the pre-conference workshop, and ALL tracks from the live conference.
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The deadline for submission is June 30, 2011. Please note that the scholarship does not cover all costs associated with the Institute (such as lodging, meals outside of the conference, and transportation). If selected as the winner, you will be notified and the Family Law Section will reimburse you for the registration fee. QUESTIONS: Contact Melissa Nicoletti at (303) 824-5321; [email protected]
“SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION”
Kick-off to the 2011 Family Law Institute! With Headliner Alec Baldwin!
In Denver at the Marriott City Center Hotel
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
AUGUST 11, 2011: AUGUST 12-14, 2011:
2011 ANNUAL
Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1638 1900 Grant Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80203-4303 Denver, CO
Family Law Institute
In Breckenridge at the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
Preconference Workshop &
REGISTER ONLINE! Go to www.cobar.org/cle
FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
“SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION”
AUGUST 11, 2011: In Denver at the Marriott City Center Hotel
2011 ANNUAL
Kick-off to the 2011 Family Law Institute!
With Headliner Alec Baldwin (YES, Alec Baldwin!!!)
AUGUST 12-14, 2011: At the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center
Preconference Workshop &
Family Law Institute
SPECIAL WORKSHOP!
REGISTER ONLINE! Go to www.cobar.org/cle
COLORADO’S MUST-ATTEND FAMILY LAW EVENT!
