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AM Session 9:00-12:00

• Child Support Issues
• Maintenance Issues
• Debt Service in Temporary Orders - What Issues Do You See and How Do You Deal With Them
• Sale of Assets on Motions Calendar
• Separate Property on Motions Calendar - What Issues Do You See and How Do You Deal With Them
• Domestic Violence Issues
• Five Tips From Each Judicial Office on How to Effectively Present Your Case on the Motions Calendar

PM Session 1:00-4:30

• Discovery Disputes
• Evidentiary Issues at Trial
• Guidance on Maintenance Term and Amount
• Child Support Issues
• Tough Issues We Are Seeing in This Economy and Suggestions on How to Address Them
• Five Pet Peeves of Each Judicial Officer

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AM Session 9:00-12:00
Panel Members: Commissioner Bonnie Canada-Thurston, Commissioner Jacqueline Jeske, Commissioner Lori K. Smith, and Commissioner Tracy G. Waggoner. Moderator - Cynthia B. Whitaker.

• Child Support Issues
  • Deviations
  • 50/50 Time, Residential Credits
  • Employability, Imputed Income
  • Variable Income, Bonuses, Stock Award
• Maintenance Issues
  • Term On Motions Calendar, Review, Transition Time
  • Length of Marriage as a Factor
• Debt Service in Temporary Orders - What Issues Do You See and How Do You Deal With Them
• Sales of Assets on Motions Calendar
  • Circumstances Under Which Might Order Sale of Home
  • Circumstances Under Which Might Order Liquidation of Assets
  • Other Issues That Have Arisen
• Separate Property on Motions Calendar - What Issues Do You See and How Do You Deal With Them
• Domestic Violence Issues
  • Consolidation with Dissolution Action
  • Is One Incident a "Pattern of DV" Sufficient for a DV Order
  • Permanent Orders
  • New Proposed Legislation?
  • Can a Respondent in a DV Order be Primary Parent?
• Five Tips From Each Judicial Officer on How to Effectively Present Your Case on the Motions Calendar

PM Session 1:30-4:30
Panel Members: Hon. Ronald L. Castleberry, Hon. David A. Kurtz, Hon. Eric Z. Lucas and Hon. Jean Rietschel. Moderator - Cynthia B. Whitaker.

• DiscoveryDisputes
  • We Hate Them so Fix Them Yourselves - Suggestions on How to Resolve
  • Special Masters
  • How Many Interrogatories is Too Many
  • What is 'Under (a) Party's Control'
• Evidentiary Issues at Trial
  • Suggestions on How to Arrange Exhibits
  • Advice on Admissibility
  • Advice on Relevance
  • We Love Asset and Liability Lists - Suggestions on How to Present
• Guidance on Maintenance Term and Amount
  • What Evidence Does a Court Want to See
  • Are There Really Any Rules of Thumb
  • Does Size of Estate Matter, In What Way?
• Child Support Issues
  • To Impute or Not Impute Income and at What Rate - What Evidence is Relevant
    • Is Someone Really "Unemployable"
    • Minimum Wage
    • Historical Income/Earnings (How Old is Too Old a History)
  • How to Handle Variable Income (Commissions, Bonus, PI Lawyer Income for Example)
  • Add Ons, What is Appropriate to Include in Section 3.15 Expenses (Child's Activities, Clothing, Second Ponies)
• Tough Issues We are Seeing in this Economy and Suggestions on How to Address Them
  • Depressed Real Estate Values
    • Can/Will Court Order Parties Co-Own Home?
    • How to Handle a House That is "Underwater"
  • Huge Range in Real Estate Appraisals
  • Require Refinance to Remove Spouse From Mortgage... or Sell House?
  • Uncertain Job Market
  • Uncertain Future of Business Income Compared to Historical Income
  • Huge Range in Business Valuations
• Five Pet Peeves of Each Judicial Officer

COMMISSIONER BONNIE CANADA-THURSTON is a Family Law Commissioner in the King County Superior Court of Washington State.

HON. RONALD L. CASTLEBERRY is a Superior Court Judge in the Snohomish County Superior Court of Washington State.

COMMISSIONER JACQUELINE JESKE is a Family Law Commissioner in the King County Superior Court of Washington State.

HON. DAVID A. KURTZ is a Superior Court Judge in the Snohomish County Superior Court of Washington State.

HON. ERIC Z. LUCAS is a Superior Court Judge in the Snohomish County Superior Court of Washington State.

HON. JEAN RIETSCHEL is a Superior Court Judge in the King County Superior Court of Washington State.

COMMISSIONER LORI K. SMITH is a Family Law Commissioner in the King County Superior Court of Washington State.

COMMISSIONER TRACY G. WAGGONER is a Commissioner in the Snohomish County Superior Court of Washington State.

MODERATOR - CYNTHIA B. WHITAKER has served as Family Law Commissioner Pro Tem for King County Superior Court Law since 1988.  She has served as chair for many Continuing Legal Education seminars, including the annual "Hot Topics in Family Law" seminar hosted by the King County Bar Association. Ms. Whitaker has practiced family law exclusively since 1984. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Washington.

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