Family Law

Divorce Case Tool Kit for Paralegals

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 46 minutes
Tifanne Wolter
Margaret Zickuhr Zolp
John Ruddy
With Tifanne E. Wolter from Henningson & Snoxell Ltd. + 2 others
Recorded December 11, 2024.
Product ID 99443

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Overview

Understand Your Role in a Divorce Case

This comprehensive course is designed to provide you with essential knowledge and best practices for handling the key tasks and unique issues of divorce cases. Enhance your skills with sample intake questions, checklists, discovery requests, and more. Don't miss out on this opportunity to hone your skills as a family law paralegal - register today!

  • Learn tips for organizing and managing the divorce case.
  • Discuss key points for drafting effective discovery requests and responses.
  • Explore effective methods for locating electronically stored information across social media, smartphone devices, and personal email accounts.
  • Review ways to navigate through support and custody issues.
  • Take a closer look at methods for uncovering crucial financial information in divorce.

Abbreviated Agenda

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

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Product ID 99443

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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

    1. Defined Contribution QDROs vs. Defined Benefit QDROs
    2. How Retirement Accounts Differ From Other Assets
    3. How Paralegals Can Assist Attorneys Prepare to Divide a Retirement Account

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

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

  3. Assisting With Client Intake and Divorce Pleadings

  4. Case Management for Divorce Cases

    1. Creating a Comprehensive Divorce Checklist
    2. Document Management Strategies
    3. Tips and Techniques for Effective Time and Task Management

  5. A Paralegal's Role in a Divorce Trial

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Uncovering Key Financial Information in Divorce

    1. Collecting Essential Documents
    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
      8. Working With Financial Experts

Who Should Attend

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

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

Speakers

Tifanne E Wolter
Tifanne E.
Wolter
Henningson & Snoxell Ltd.
Margaret G Zickuhr Zolp
Margaret G.
Zickuhr Zolp
Houseman & Feind, LLP
John C Ruddy
John C.
Ruddy
Ruddy & Petersen Law Group, LLC
Speaker bio
Tifanne E Wolter

Tifanne E. Wolter

Henningson & Snoxell Ltd.
Tifanne Wolter

is an attorney with Henningson & Snoxell Ltd. She has practiced family law exclusively for more than a decade. Ms. Wolter has assisted a wide array of clients with divorce, custody, paternity, child support, third party custody, parenting time, and domestic abuse matters. She is trained in collaborative divorce and mediation, and upon graduating from law school, she obtained a certificate in dispute resolution from Hamline University School of Law. After earning her Juris Doctorate degree, Ms. Wolter worked for Legal Aid, helping victims of domestic abuse and low-income clients with family law issues. She is the past chairperson and representative to the assembly for the Minnesota State Bar Association (Family Law Section). Ms. Wolter has been involved with the Family Law Section for many years. Previously, she was the vice chairperson and chairperson of publications. She earned her B.A. degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota; and her J.D. degree from Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Margaret G Zickuhr Zolp

Margaret G. Zickuhr Zolp

Houseman & Feind, LLP
Margaret Zickuhr Zolp

is a partner with the law firm of Houseman & Feind, LLP, where her practice areas include mediation and family law. She is a certified parenting coordinator. Ms. Zickuhr Zolp has mediated and litigated many divorces, custody and placement issues, support issues, visitation, and civil disputes. She has done extensive work with the juvenile courts as an advocate counsel and is guardian ad litem, in matters such as adoption, CHIPS, and juvenile delinquency. Ms. Zickuhr Zolp is currently an adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School. She has also been an adjunct professor at several local colleges and universities where she has taught undergraduate and master's degree classes on law and ethics. She is on the State of Wisconsin Board for the Dispute Resolution Section and the Office of Lawyer Regulation. She is a former assistant editor for the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law. Ms. Zickuhr Zolp is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Ozaukee County and Washington County bar associations; Matrimonial Inns of Court; Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; National Association of Professional Women; Society of Family Lawyers; and the Wisconsin Association of Mediators. She was recently named one of the Top 10 Best Wisconsin Family Law Attorneys by the American Institute of Family Law, she has been rated as a top Southeast Wisconsin attorney by the WISN A-list, and she also has been named a twice name Wisconsin Rising Star Attorney by Super Lawyers. Ms. Zickuhr Zolp earned her B.B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School.

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John C Ruddy

John C. Ruddy

Ruddy & Petersen Law Group, LLC
John Ruddy

is a managing member in the firm Ruddy & Petersen Law Group, LLC in Aurora, Illinois. He concentrates his practice in the areas of litigation concerning real estate, bankruptcy reorganization, commercial matters, eminent domain and consumer disputes. Mr. Ruddy has been in practice since 1977. He advises and represents the firm's clients on real estate foreclosure proceedings, including the implementation of sheriff's sales. Mr. Ruddy also advises and represents loan borrowers on defenses and counterclaims, to mortgage foreclosure proceedings including the Fair Credit Agreements Act, Real Estate Settlement Protections Act, Truth in Lending Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Illinois Consumer Fraud Act. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and his J.D. degree from University of Illinois, Chicago. Mr. Ruddy has been the chairperson of the Commercial Banking and Bankruptcy Committee of the Kane County Bar Association from 1994 to the present, and is a former bankruptcy trustee.

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