Agenda / Content Covered

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11:00 - 12:30, Katie Miller

1. The Pros and Cons of Drafting a Prenuptial Agreement
   
   1. Top 5 Myths About Prenups
   2. When to Use One
   3. Drawbacks and Limitations
   4. Trusts as Alternatives to Prenups
2. Basic Provisions: Outlining Rights, Goals, Benefits and Obligations of the Parties
3. Drafting and Negotiating Financial Provisions
   1. Marital vs. Separate Property
   2. Financial Disclosures
   3. Property Ownership and Maintenance Issues
   4. Estate Provisions
   5. Education and Student Loan Provisions
   6. Payment of Debt and Expenses
   7. Family Business

12:45 - 2:15, Tifanne E.E. Wolter

4. Preparing for Divorce/Dissolution Conditions and Terms
   1. What Triggers a Dissolution
   2. Asset and Income Division
   3. Custody/Parenting
   4. Support Obligations
   5. Retirement Assets
5. Enforceability, Changes, Disputes
   1. Challenging or Defending the Validity of a Prenup
   2. Modification and Revocation
   3. Duress Considerations
   4. Proper Execution
   5. Choice of Law and Enforcement Across Borders
   6. Provisions that Can Invalidate the Agreement

Accreditation Details:

KATIE MILLER is founding partner with Miller Bowles Cushing in Charlotte. Ms. Miller is a board certified specialist in family law and a certified financial mediator. She focuses her practice on premarital and prenuptial agreements, divorce, annulment, separation agreements, equitable distribution (property division arising from divorce), child custody, child support, alimony, post-separation support, mediation, alienation of affection, criminal conversation, wills, living wills, healthcare power of attorneys, stepparent adoption, non-stepparent adoption, domestic violence, and civil no-contact cases. Ms. Miller earned her B.A. degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and her J.D. degree from University of South Carolina School of Law.

TIFANNE E.E. 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 and helped 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.