Agenda

1. Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) and Other Retirement Orders (With Sample Documents)

   1. Obtaining and Reviewing Retirement Information
   2. Drafting and Preapprovals
   3. Decree and Separation Agreement Language
   4. Review of Sample Forms

2. Advanced Techniques for Discovery in Divorce Litigation

   1. Electronic Discovery
   2. Tips for Better Interrogatories, RFPs, and RFAs
   3. Objections and Responses in Discovery
   4. DWQs, Depositions, and Subpoenas
   5. Understanding the UIDDA
   6. Out-of-State Subpoena Issues
   7. Letters Rogatory and Commissions for Overseas Subpoenas

3. Finding Hidden/Dissipated Assets

   1. Reviewing Complex Individual Tax Returns
   2. Searching Financial Records
   3. Tracing Techniques for Finding People and Accounts

4. Child Support and Alimony/Spousal Support Calculations (With Sample Documents)

   1. Income Determinations, Deductions, and Credits
   2. Income and Benefits From Various Sources
   3. Deviation From Child Support Guidelines
   4. Child Support Arrearage Calculations

5. Business Tax Returns and Valuations

   1. Finding and Working With Experts
   2. What to Ask for in Discovery
   3. Reviewing Business Tax Returns
   4. Components of Business Valuations: What Paralegals Need to Know

6. Ethical Issues for Family Law Paralegals

   1. Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL)
   2. Confidentiality and Privilege
   3. Billing
   4. Electronic Evidence Spoliation
   5. Handling Clients Who Don't Respond or Are Hiding Assets
   6. Working With Emotionally Distraught and/or Difficult Clients