Family Law

4.5

A Paralegal's Guide to the Divorce Case From Start to Finish

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
NALA Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 6 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
Washington Paralegal Association Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 52 minutes
Priscilla Nash
Elizabeth Juelich
Jenna Spatz
John Killeen
Stephen Williams
Christen Commers Smith
With Priscilla J Nash from Group Legal Services + 5 others
Recorded August 06, 2025

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Overview

Your In-Depth Guide to Navigating the Divorce Process

Do you ever feel overwhelmed handling issues throughout the divorce process? Are you looking for valuable tips and techniques to manage these issues? This comprehensive course is designed to provide paralegals with essential knowledge, how-tos, and best practices for handling key tasks and unique issues in divorce cases. Enhance your skills and walk away with sample intake questions, checklists, discovery requests, and more. Don't miss this opportunity to hone your skills as a family law paralegal - register today!

  • Stay on task with tips to help you organize and manage the divorce case.
  • Discuss key points to consider when drafting effective discovery requests and responses.
  • Explore effective methods for locating critical evidence through social media, smartphones, and email.
  • Review ways to handle support and custody issues.
  • Learn methods for uncovering crucial financial information in divorce.
  • Take a closer look at issues paralegals need to know concerning QDROs.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) - What Paralegals Need to Know
  2. Case Management for Divorce Cases
  3. Drafting Discovery Requests and Responses
  4. Social Media, Smartphone, and Email Evidence: Key Guidelines for Paralegals
  5. Support and Custody Issues
  6. Uncovering Key Financial Information in Divorce
  7. Client Intake and Pleadings - Key Questions to Ask
  8. Divorce Trial: A Paralegal's Role

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
NALA Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 6 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
Washington Paralegal Association Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) - What Paralegals Need to Know

    1. What Is a QDRO?
      1. Defined Contribution QDRO Issues
      2. Defined Benefit QDRO Issues
    2. Retirement Accounts and How They Are Different From Other Assets
    3. How Paralegals Can Help Attorneys Prepare to Divide a Retirement Account

  2. Case Management for Divorce Cases

    1. Creating a Comprehensive Divorce Checklist
    2. Calendaring and Follow-Up Systems
    3. Organizing, Indexing, and Tracking Client Documents
    4. Document Management Strategies for Produced Materials
    5. Tips and Techniques for Effective Time and Task Management

  3. Drafting Discovery Requests and Responses

    1. Scope and Timing of Discovery
    2. Effective Interrogatories and Requests for Production
    3. Requests for Admissions in Divorce Cases
    4. Motions for Medical and Vocational Evaluations
    5. Setting Up and Assisting With Depositions
    6. Organizing and Maintaining Divorce Discovery Documents

  4. Social Media, Smartphone, and Email Evidence: Key Guidelines for Paralegals

    1. Key Information to Look for and Where to Find It
    2. Obtaining Electronic Evidence
    3. Top Sources of Electronic Data
    4. Subpoenaing Cell Phone and Social Media Companies
    5. Email and Computer Discovery Tips
    6. Instagram, Snapchat, and Other Apps to Search
    7. Retrieving Lost or Deleted Data

  5. Support and Custody Issues

    1. Determining and Calculating Support
    2. Preparing Child and Spousal Support Worksheets
    3. Arrearage Calculations and Wage Assignments
    4. Working With Child Custody Experts
    5. Drafting Parenting Plans, Agreements, and Schedules

  6. Uncovering Key Financial Information in Divorce

    1. Critical Documents to Gather
    2. Investigating and Identifying the Assets and Debts
    3. Developing a Solid Financial Affidavit
    4. Financial Analysis and Balance Sheet Preparation
      1. Real Property
      2. Personal Property
      3. Debts and Liabilities
      4. Retirement Plans/Pensions
      5. Investments
      6. Business Interests
      7. Other Key Assets and Liabilities
    5. Working With Financial Experts
    6. Drafting the Financial Disclosure Statement
    7. Review of Spending to Determine Future Needs

  7. Client Intake and Pleadings - Key Questions to Ask

  8. Divorce Trial: A Paralegal's Role

Who Should Attend

This intermediate level course will provide attendees with necessary skills for assisting with divorce cases. Those who should attend include:

  • Paralegals
  • Legal Technicians
  • Legal Assistants
  • Legal Support Staff

Speakers

Priscilla J Nash
Priscilla
Nash
Group Legal Services
Elizabeth L Juelich
Elizabeth
Juelich
Krueger, Juelich & Schmisek, PLLC
Jenna C Spatz
Jenna
Spatz
Barnett Law Group
John H Killeen
John
Killeen
Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein
Stephen W Williams
Stephen
Williams
Foxtrot Family Law
Christen Commers Smith
Christen
Commers Smith
Law Office of Christen Commers Smith
Speaker bio
Priscilla J Nash

Priscilla Nash

Group Legal Services
Priscilla Nash

has been a legal assistant for Group Legal Services for 24 years. She works for George Flores, one of the in-house counsels for Group Legal Services, which serves the San Antonio Police and Fire Fighters in areas of family law, probate, guardianships, estate planning, real estate and litigation. Ms. Nash serves on the Board for the San Antonio Paralegal Association as treasurer and the pro bono sub-chair for District 5 of the State of Texas Paralegal Division, San Antonio Paralegal Association, San Antonio Bara Association-Legal Operations Section, San Antonio Legal Services Association as the Paralegal Representative and Mentorship Chair and Pro Bono Sub-Chair for the State Bar Paralegal Division. She speaks frequently on many legal topics, including ethics. Ms. Nash received her associate degree in applied science for legal assistants from Alvin Community College.

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Elizabeth L Juelich

Elizabeth Juelich

Krueger, Juelich & Schmisek, PLLC
Elizabeth Juelich

is a partner at Krueger, Juelich & Schmisek, PLLC in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and focuses her practice on family law and estate planning. Her family law practice includes divorce, custody matters, complex property division, support, related tax matters and domestic abuse, and she frequently speaks about these matters both nationally and locally. Many of Ms. Juelich's clients or their spouses are executives, physicians, and business owners, and her cases routinely involve executive compensation and complicated financials. Many of her cases are considered high conflict, and involve domestic abuse and parties who have mental health and personality disorders. Ms. Juelich was nominated by her peers, vetted by the research team at Thomson Reuters, and selected to appear on the Minnesota Super Lawyer's Rising Star list each year from 2012 through 2018, a designation received by no more than 2.5% of the attorneys in the state who are 40 or younger, or have been in practice for ten years or less. She has been named a Super Lawyer each year since 2019, which is a designation given to 5% percent of all attorneys in the state who are over 40, or have practiced law for more than ten years. Ms. Juelich graduated cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law, and graduated cum laude from Hamline University, where she earned her B.A. degree in management and political science.

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Jenna C Spatz

Jenna Spatz

Barnett Law Group
Jenna Spatz

is a partner in the Barnett Law Group in Los Angeles. Ms. Spatz is an experienced attorney, specializing in family law matters, including divorce, high conflict custody and visitation, high earner support matters, complex property issues, parentage (paternity) actions, and domestic violence restraining order proceedings. She is a certified family law specialist, certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Spatz is also qualified, and has been appointed by several courts, to serve as minor's counsel to represent children in high conflict custody and visitation matters. She is a member of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and her J.D. degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles.

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John H Killeen

John Killeen

Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein
John Killeen

is a shareholder and principal in the litigation section of Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein PC, where his areas of practice include estate and probate litigation, divorce and family law, commercial litigation, and civil litigation. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, and the New Jersey State and New York State bar associations. Mr. Killeen earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University; his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law; and his M.B.A. degree from Emory University.

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Stephen W Williams

Stephen Williams

Foxtrot Family Law
Stephen Williams

is the managing partner at Foxtrot Family Law, which has office locations in Guntersville and Huntsville, Alabama. He has litigated cases throughout the state, and devotes his practice exclusively to family law; particularly as it relates to contentious child custody, DHR defense and adoption matters. Mr. Williams has handled numerous cases involving child dependency, child abduction, child abuse and neglect, and other issues. In 2021, alone, he litigated several appeals and won three reversals from the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. Mr. Williams earned his undergraduate degree from Birmingham-Southern College, his M.A. degree from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and his J.D. degree from University of Alabama School of Law.

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Christen Commers Smith

Christen Commers Smith

Law Office of Christen Commers Smith
Christen Commers Smith

is a Union City, Indiana attorney in the Law Office of Christen Commers Smith, where she practices in family law and juvenile law while also serving as a public defender in Indiana. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with degrees in Spanish and political science, and received her J.D. degree from Valparaiso University Law School. Ms. Commers Smith is licensed in Indiana and Ohio. She also serves as a guardian ad litem in both Indiana and Ohio.

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