St. Louis Presentation 3-21-2012

March 21, 2012

Here are the docs mentioned and Power Point used in the St. Louis presentation on March 21. FamilyPrivacyOrders - suggested language for Joint Custody Agreements/ Parenting Plans for the children’s use of computers and social media Article:  Your Online Presence by  Annette Burns Email Instructions for Parenting Coordination Cases - in Word, so you can modify. St.LouisSocialMedia (Power [...]

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Religious Gets Still in the News After All These Years.

March 17, 2012

Arizona courts had to deal with the issue of a religious get in 1993 in Victor v. Victor.   The Arizona Court of Appeals found, not surprisingly, that the dissolution court did not have authority to order a husband to grant a “get” to Wife as part of their divorce decree. The issue apparently still [...]

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Contacting Facebook to Subpoena Information

February 20, 2012

We talk a lot about how social media, especially Facebook, provides interesting (and sometimes even relevant) evidence for family law cases.  But as a practical matter, how does one go about sending a Subpoena to Facebook?   I found this post  about the actual process, which will hopefully be helpful: How to contact Facebook’s legal department [...]

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AzAFCC presentation notes

February 4, 2012

Attached is the TIMinuteEntry_Redacted for the appointment of a TI, as discussed in the AFCC workshop in Sedona on Saturday February 3. Here’s the link for the Maricopa County Behavioral Health Roster, which lists professionals who will handle parenting coordination, supervised visitation, custody evaluations, therapy and therapeutic interventions for family court cases.     This is a [...]

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Your Online Presence

January 24, 2012

Like it or not, you as a family law attorney have an online presence.   It comes from your website, your blog, your LinkedIn profile, your Facebook page, your tweets, your email, and places you could never imagine. Want a quick overview of how pervasive the internet is, and how much it affects our lives today?  [...]

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CLE Resources from January 19, 2012

January 19, 2012

Here is the CCE vs LFA slide (the Power Point slides) shown during the psychologist panel presentation at the State Bar of Arizona seminar on January 19, 2012.    These include cites to the article resources we mentioned as well as the online resources and standards of practice available through AFCC. As far as alienation issues, [...]

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I Want to be a Parenting Coordinator; Tell Me What To Do

January 6, 2012

How do I start being a parenting coordinator?   I hear this question several times a year from attorneys.    In Arizona, there is unfortunately no specific class or procedure you go through for a certain number of hours, finally emerging as an “official Parenting Coordinator”.  But with work and a fair amount of reading and a [...]

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Sharing With Opposing Counsel: Google Docs and Discovery

November 26, 2011

I started using Google Docs as my sort of personal Dropbox, storing a document in the cloud so I could access it either at home or at work.   I’m embarrassed to say it took me awhile to think of practical uses for Google Docs to share with anyone other than myself.    Late one Friday afternoon, [...]

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Technology in the Courtroom

November 20, 2011

I don’t claim to be an expert on in-courtroom technology.   But a case I’m involved with now in private arbitration has opened my eyes to the ease of dealing with digital exhibits. One of the most frustration things to me, while in the courtroom, is dealing with exhibits.  While trying to keep one’s mind [...]

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Family Law & the Internet – Santa Clara presentation

September 30, 2011

Edie Croxen and Rebecca Stahl and I were very happy to present to the Forensic Committee of the Santa Clara County Psychological Association on September 30. Here are the PDF materials (power point slides) from the CalMHSept2011presentation. Here are the proposed family-privacy-orders-1 (1) in Word format; and here are the proposed Email Instructions for Parenting Coordination Cases. Contact information [...]

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