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Trial Briefs

Comm. Glenn Oleon, Hon. Garen Horst

This presentation begins the 2019 program series on family law trials. The first installment is “Trial Briefs” presented by Hon. Garen Horst (Placer County) and retired Commissioner Glenn P. Oleon (Alameda County) and moderated by Fredrick S. (Rick) Cohen. This free-flowing “round table” covers whether judges want trial briefs, are they helpful, how attorneys should focus their briefs, whether attorneys should include requested or proposed statements of decision, what makes for a good trial brief, what is unhelpful in a trial brief, and how to organize a trial brief for success. This program will leave every attorney with key takeaways to consider for their next trial brief. Presenters: Judge Garen Horst and Commissioner Glenn P. Oleon This presentation is approved for 1.5 hours of specialization and recertification credit in family law and MCLE credit. January 22, 2019 105 minutes

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Less Marsden

Brian M. Boone, Ronald Grandberg

“Less Marsden” Be prepared to present and defend the best position for your client with a Moore/Mardsen calculation: Ron and Brian answer these questions and more: Must every Grinius refi breed the bizarre “Branco Bump”? How were our Supreme Court’s IRMO Moore pro tanto fractions informed by the fractions the Court had adopted only 82 days earlier in IRMO Lucas? When representing the Separatizer, can you cite authority supporting your contention that the property’s date-of-marriage value, not its lower purchase price, should comprise thepro tanto denominators? When representing the Non-Separatizer, can you cite authority supporting your contention that the pro tanto fractions should ignore the unpaid mortgage balance?

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Accounting – Tax Law

Roland Hamilton

Accounting/Tax Issues in Family Law” Be prepared to present and defend a tax return presented as evidence: What is a complete tax return? How to tell? What about information that comes with the tax return that really isn’t part of it? Why look at the state tax return? Always look! What detail is presented in the Schedules, Statements or Other Information. Review the Schedule K-1 with the DissoMaster worksheet. The materials include a sample tax return to follow and search out the information in the presentation to effectively present or cross examine from a tax return presented as evidence. Presenter: Roland Hamilton, CPA/ABV, CVA This presentation is approved for 1 hour of specialization and recertification credit in family law and MCLE credit. October 23, 2018 67 minutes

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Understanding and Exploring Aspects of Income Imputation

Panel discussion

A panel of an experienced family law judicial officer, a vocational evaluator, and family law attorney discuss the various aspects of income imputation in spousal and child support proceedings. The how, when and why to maximize the effect of the vocational evaluation. The use and misuse of labor market information. Strategies for convincing a court to impute income in your case (or not). A Vocation Evaluation Checklist and list of Job Search Websites are included in the materials.

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