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AM Session 9:00-12:00

• Psychological and Custody Evaluations: How They Relate to Custody and Visitation
• Custody Determinants, Relocation and Parental Kidnapping Prevention
• Child and Spousal Support: Factors in Determination, Modification, Termination and Enforcement
• Dealing With the Assets and Debts

PM Session 1:00-4:30

• Legal Ethics - The Judicial View
• Discovery
• Mediation and Collaborative Law
• Domestic Violence

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AM Session 9:00-12:00
Panel Members: Hon. David W. Boal, Hon. Thomas E. Foster, Hon. George A. Groneman and Hon. Thomas Kelly Ryan.
Moderator: Joseph W. Booth.

• Psychological and Custody Evaluations: How They Relate to Custody and Visitation
• Custody Determinants, Relocation and Parental Kidnapping Prevention
• Child and Spousal Support: Factors in Determination, Modification, Termination and Enforcement
• Dealing With the Assets and Debts

PM Session 1:00-4:30
Panel Members: Hon. David W. Boal, Hon. Thomas E. Foster, Hon. George A. Groneman and Hon. Thomas Kelly Ryan.
Moderator: Joseph W. Booth.

• Legal Ethics - The Judicial View (1:00 - 2:00)
• Discovery
  • Rules of Evidence
  • E-Discovery
  • Admissibility
• Mediation and Collaborative Law
• Domestic Violence

HON. DAVID W. BOAL is a District Court Judge in District 29 for Wyandotte County District Court.

HON. THOMAS E. FOSTER is a District Court Judge in District 10 for Johnson County Courthouse.

HON. GEORGE A. GRONEMAN is a retired District Court Judge in District 29 Wyandotte County District Court.

HON. THOMAS KELLY RYAN is a District Court Judge in District 10 Johnson County Courthouse.

MODERATOR - JOSEPH W. BOOTH is an attorney with the Law Offices of Joseph W. Booth, where he works as counsel and as an arbitrator. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Washburn School of Law, lecturing on collaborative law and financial aspects of divorce. Mr. Booth's practice includes family law, arbitration, adoption, surrogate parenting contracts and appellate practice. He lectures nationwide to private practice attorneys, as well as military lawyers on family law issues, including property valuations, child custody, child support and litigation. Mr. Booth earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Ottawa University; his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Washburn School of Law; and his master's degree from St. Paul's School of Theology. He is on the drafting committees of the Uniform Laws Commission (formally NCCUSL) as the ABA liaison, drafting the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) and developing a Uniform Statute on Parental Relocation. Mr. Booth is a member of the Publications Board of the American Bar Association Family Law Section; he published "A Guide for Assisting Military Families with the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)," Family Law Quarterly (Summer 2009); and he is a contributing writer for the Matthew Bender Project for the Texas Family Law Handbook . He also is a contributing writer to two editions of the Administrative Manual for Nurse-Midwifery Services, and provides legal advice and training to the ACNM and their members. Mr. Booth is a member of the Earl O'Connor Inns of Court, and a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is a member of the Kansas Bar Association and The Missouri Bar. Mr. Booth is the past chair of the Child Support Committee and is chair for the long-range planning for the American Bar Association Family Law Section. He is licensed to practice before the state and federal bars of Kansas and Missouri, as well as the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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