Advocacy in Family Court
Advocacy in Family Court
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Here are your course handouts for Advocacy in Family Court. More handouts may be added throughout the course. Please check back before each class for added handouts. The links for the videos and chats will be added each week to this page.
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Class dates:
Class 1: September 3, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. -1:15 EDT (Time and Date Converter)
Class 2: September 10,2024 at 11:30 a.m. -1:15 EDT
Class 3: September 17, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. -1:15 EDT
Class 4: September 24, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. -1:15 p.m. EDT
Q&A: September 28, 2024 at Noon-1 p.m. EDT
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Topic: Advocacy Training
Time: 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Link for 2024 Courses
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Course Handouts
Chats and Video Replay links
Replay Class 1: https://vimeo.com/861832845/48b389343c?share=copy
Chat Class 1: 09-05-2023 Chat
Replay Class 2: https://vimeo.com/863698574/29ac9aac6b?share=copy
Chat Class 2: 09-12-2023 Chat
Examples of Litigation Abuse Tactics from Class 2
Replay Class 3: https://vimeo.com/866087766/ef85dadbc6?share=copy
Chat Class 3: 09-19-2023 Chat
Replay Class 4: https://vimeo.com/868472293/0094b60cea?share=copy
Chat Class 4: 09-26-2023 Chat
Replay Q&A: https://vimeo.com/869876037/a3d6ccfd4c?share=copy
Chat: 09-30-2023 QandA Chat
Replay Q&A: Tiffany Lesnik-2021
https://vimeo.com/608391342/f520efa507
Articles and Links
Links
Here is the link for the Q&A on 10-24-2020 with Elizabeth Stewart-Williams mentioned in class https://vimeo.com/user24998836/review/472579982/4252e7e154
Lesnik Information
Lesnik Writing Ironclad Custody Order
CoParenting-with-Toxic-Ex-compressed-Lesnik
Articles
Paper Abuse-DV Report-6-7-2012
Litigation Abuse FINAL
Vexatious Litigation in Family Law and Coercive Control- Ways to Improve Legal Remedies and Better Protect the Victims
Judicial_Guide_Litigation_Abuse
In Her Words- Recognizing and Preventing Abusive Litigation Against Domestic Violence Survivors
DV survivors navigating family law system-2016-Laing
Naming the Judicial Terrorist
Saunders Study full NIJ study
SaundersDGOctober12019-TestimonybeforeMarylandWorkgrouptoStudyChildCustodyCourtProceedingsInvolvingChildAbuseorDVAllegationsV2
MediationDVModelProtocol
Meier Family Court 2022
Assessing BIC in custody-Jaffe Crooks (discussed in class 2)
A Framework for Addressing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Child Custody Disputes (Jaffe, Crooks, and Bala article)
Wingspread Conf report
Questions
Questions for attorneys
Key Questions to ask court appointed professionals
Key Questions to ask therapists
Links for helping document
Timeline example
https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/legal/document-domestic-abuse
https://documenttheabuse.com/
https://www.flcourts.gov/content/download/425827/file/10-steps-for-presenting-evidence-in-court.pdf
Parenting time plans
https://www.custodyxchange.com/topics/schedules/50-50/2-2-3.php
https://www.custodyxchange.com/topics/schedules/50-50/3-4-4-3.php
https://www.custodyxchange.com/topics/schedules/50-50/2-2-5-5.php
Quiz Link
(Quizzes are reviews of the course materials. Open notes, open slides, class handouts.)
Here’s the link to the quiz-
https://forms.gle/WwQmUNjAucHFv4rL8
Peacefully,
Dr. Debra and Joy
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