Is your client's spouse making it impossible to reach an agreement? Are you finding it difficult to know how to handle the situation without making it worse? Gain techniques and tips you can put to use immediately to cover every critical area related to your client's divorce. You'll gain new skills that will make you the effective professional your client needs - one who gains resolutions in their favor and helps them quickly move on to the next stage of their lives. Order today!

1. On the Road: Your Key to Getting Started
2. Get the Lay of the Land: Discovery Tools and Tactics
3. Navigating the Fork in the Road: Fairly Dividing Assets and Liabilities
4. Dealing with Speedtraps: Bankruptcy in Divorce
5. Baby on Board: Handling Child Custody, Visitation and Support Issues
6. Rules of the Road: Maintaining High Ethical Standards
7. Back in the Garage: Concluding the Divorce Action

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1. ON THE ROAD: YOUR KEY TO GETTING STARTED
   9:00 - 9:30, Erika K. Klein
   1. Techniques for the Initial Client Intake Including Important Information to Obtain and Address
   2. Considerations at Separation
   3. Initiating the Divorce Action
      1. Drafting the Summons and Complaint
      2. The Answer and Whether to File a Counterclaim
      3. The Reply
      4. Temporary Orders
      5. Meeting Service Requirements
   4. Other Initial Considerations: Collecting Records, Reviewing Credit, Creating a Budget, Behavior of Parties
2. GET THE LAY OF THE LAND: DISCOVERY TOOLS AND TACTICS
   9:30 - 10:00, Erika K. Klein
   1. Determining the Need for Discovery
   2. General Formal Discovery Tools Including Interrogatories, Requests for
      Production, Requests for Admissions and Depositions of Parties and Third Parties
   3. Informal Methods of Discovery
   4. Methods for Determining and Discovering Assets in Divorce
      1. How to Identify and Uncover Hidden Assets
      2. On-Line Records Searches
3. NAVIGATING THE FORK IN THE ROAD: FAIRLY DIVIDING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
   10:15 - 11:15, Brian K. Marshall
   1. Identifying and Handling Assets Acquired Before the Marriage
   2. Distinguishing Between Community and Separate Assets
   3. Division of Marital Assets - Businesses, Property and Vehicles
   4. Division of Retirement Benefits Including QDROs and EDROs
   5. Equitable Property Division Strategies
   6. Insurance and Inheritance Issues
   7. Spousal Maintenance
   8. Dividing Debt
4. DEALING WITH SPEEDTRAPS: BANKRUPTCY IN DIVORCE
   11:15 - 12:15, Matthew T. Christensen
5. BABY ON BOARD: HANDLING CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION AND SUPPORT ISSUES
   1:15 - 2:15, Chad Bernards
   1. Custody Arrangements - Traditional, Creative and Alternative Methods
   2. Visitation Issues
   3. Modifying Existing Custody and Visitation Terms
   4. Determining and Calculating Child Support
6. RULES OF THE ROAD: MAINTAINING HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS
   2:15 - 3:15, Anthony Pantera
1. How to Remove the Potential for Conflicts of Interest
2. How to Set Fair Attorneys' Fees
3. Confidentiality and Disclosure Issues Unique to Divorce
7. BACK IN THE GARAGE: CONCLUDING THE DIVORCE ACTION
   3:30 - 4:30, Anthony Pantera
   1. Drafting a Comprehensive Marital Settlement Agreement
   2. Preparation and Trial of a Divorce Action
   3. Final Judgment or Decree of Divorce
   4. Post-Divorce Issues

CHAD BERNARDS is an attorney at the Boise law firm of Belnap Stewart Taylor & Morris PLLC. His practice is in general litigation and focuses on construction law, commercial law, and real estate law. Mr. Bernard's earned his degrees from Utah Valley University and Gonzaga University School of Law.

MATTHEW T. CHRISTENSEN is an attorney in the law firm of Angstman Johnson, where he represents clients in all aspects of business law, real estate and bankruptcy, including all aspects of litigation and transactional work. He also is an adjunct professor at Boise State University and the University of Idaho College of Law. Mr. Christensen teaches American government and international law courses at Boise State University, and international trade/business and real estate courses at the University of Idaho College of Law. He is an active member of the Idaho State Bar, currently serving as a member of the Business and Corporate Law Section Governing Council. Mr. Christensen also is a member of the Real Property and Commercial Law & Bankruptcy sections of the Idaho State Bar, and is involved with the American Bankruptcy Institute. He earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University, and his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Duke University School of Law.

ERIKA K. KLEIN is a partner in the law firm of Cosho Humphrey, LLP, where she represents clients in various types of civil litigation matters, with an emphasis in family law matters including divorce, paternity and child custody. She previously served for 7 years as a deputy prosecuting attorney with Ada County, where she gained extensive court and jury trial experience. Ms.Klein is a member of the Family Law Section of the Idaho State Bar. She also is licensed to practice law in the state of Washington. Ms. Klein earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Oregon. 

BRIAN K. MARSHALL is an attorney with Idaho Business Law Group, PLLC, where his practice focuses on family law, estate planning, criminal defense and business law. He is licensed to practice in all Idaho courts as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Mr. Marshall earned his J.D. degree from the University of Idaho College of Law.

ANTHONY PANTERA is an associate in the Boise law firm Frances R. Stern Law Office.  He earned his undergraduate degree from Northern Arizona University and his law degree from Willamette University.  Mr. Pantera has been practicing in the field of family law, and bankruptcy since passing the Idaho bar exam.  He is admitted to practice in all Idaho courts. 

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