THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
6:00 Family Law CLE Social
All Family Law section members are welcome to join us at Foothills Brewing for free appetizers and drinks!
Footnote Coffee & Cocktails, 634 West 4th Street, Suite 120, Winston-Salem | 6:00–8:00 PM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
8:25 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 Tag! You're It! Personal Jurisdiction
Bennett D. Rainey, Kurtz Whitley Guy & Simos PLLC, Winston-Salem
Rebecca K. Watts, Collins Family Law Group, Monroe
It's easier than ever to have long-distance relationships and/or to relocate. An important first step in any lawsuit is getting personal jurisdiction. How is that different now that we are so mobile, when people date online, etc.? How is that the same? During this session, we consider recent alienation of affection/criminal conversation and domestic violence cases that address these issues.
10:00 Break
Sponsored by CRI
10:10 Winner Takes All: Custody and Relocation
Alicia Jurney, Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP, Raleigh
Relocation is easier and more common in this post-COVID/work-from-home/remote-learning world. Is Ramirez-Barker still the standard? Are there new considerations given how mobile we have all become?
11:10 Break
Sponsored by Soberlink
11:20 Alphabet Soup: UCCJEA and UIFSA
Emily C. Jeske, Bosquez Porter Family Law, Raleigh
With all the coming and going, what are the things to remember when trying to enforce and/or modify foreign orders? This presentation discusses registration of foreign orders, communication among courts when releasing jurisdiction and more.
12:20 Lunch Break
1:20 Somebody's Watching Me: Apps, Cell Phones, AirTags, GPS Trackers, Social Media, Nanny Cams, Ring Cameras, Oh My!‡
Seth A. Glazer, Godley Glazer & Funk PLLC, Charlotte
Technology makes it easy to keep tabs on people, with or without their knowledge and consent. What is the law or the emerging trend around tracking people using seemingly innocuous means, such as "Find My iPhone" or AirTags? What if an ex places an AirTag in the child's backpack without telling the other co-parent? Do co-parents have any expectation of privacy or is it waived by virtue of sharing custody?
2:20 Break
Sponsored by ShiftSixOS, LLC
2:30 With a Little Help from My Friends: Practice Ideas in This Modern World
Amy L. Britt, Parker Bryan Family Law, Raleigh
Evan B. Horwitz, Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh
Katie H. King, Wake Family Law Group, Raleigh
Explore some of the issues we face in our practice related to parties' mobility that there isn't law for yet, or even a common practice in how it's dealt with in court. For example, working from home and claiming tax write-offs has an impact on your expenses and therefore your needs/ability to pay in support cases. Keeping in mind people may move to a state that has common law marriage, community property, etc., may affect what we write in contracts like SAPSA, postnups, prenups and cohab agreements. This is a question-and-answer session with a panel format. Audience participation is encouraged.
3:30 Break
Sponsored by Case-Closed Investigations, Inc.
3:40 Times, They Are a-Changin': New Developments in Code of Ethics*‡
Jacob C. Ehrmann, Montford Family Law, Asheville
Review the new adopted opinions and revisions to the Rules of Professional Conduct and discuss proposed rule amendments and opinions. The speaker focuses on the new rules that are specific to technology and mobility and related changing/emerging topics.
4:40 Adjourn
* Indicates portion providing Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit
‡ Indicates portion providing Technology Training credit