Children Are Our Future: Mastering Advanced Concepts of Custody, Parenting Time & Support
Thu, May 02
|The Townsend Hotel
The Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 28th Annual Advanced-Level Family Law Seminar Continental breakfast 8 a.m., Seminar 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m


Time & Location
May 02, 2024, 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
The Townsend Hotel, 100 Townsend St, Birmingham, MI 48009, USA
About the Event
This year's presentations:
Parental Conflict & Impact on Children -- Amy Spilman
Point/Counter-Point: Developmentally Appropriate Behavior or Red Flag? -- Lori Buiteweg & Carrie Rosenbloom, LMFT
Physical Custody: Much Ado About Nothing? -- Kyle Quinn
Challenges with Change: From Legal Custody to Parenting Time -- Laura Eisenberg & B. Andrew Rifkin
Getting Schooled: Strategies & Evidentiary Considerations in School Selection Cases -- Veronique Liem & Scott Bassett
Judge's Panel: A Discussion with the Court of Appeals -- Lorne Gold (Moderator)
Deconstructing a Psychological Evaluation -- Mark Bank
Gender Creative Children -- Ric Roane
Hidden & Uncommon Sources of Income -- David Mendelson & Julie Sullivan
Five Things You Need to Know about the Hague Convention -- Liz Bransdorfer
Butters, Bonds and Parenting Time Enforcement -- Liisa Speaker
Appealing Child-Related Arbitration Decisions -- Kurt Schnelz
Capacity, Disposition and Factors B & C -- Lynn Sirich
The View from the Mediator's Chair -- Mathew Kobliska
Emergency Jurisdiction and the UCCJEA -- Keela Johnson
NOTE: The seminar registration fee is $300 if completed online by April 10, 2024, and $325 if after April 10, 2024. Registration includes the seminar, program materials, continental breakfast, and lunch. A limited number of Judges, Domestic Relations Referees, and Judicial Staff Attorneys may register as our special guests, however, there is a limited number of available openings, so register early. This program usually sells out. There will be no refunds after April 21st, 2024. While lunch is available for everyone, lunch in the main dining room is limited to the first 210 persons who register.
Questions regarding seminar enrollment and to obtain discount codes for sitting Family Court Judges, Court of Appeals Judges, Supreme Court Justices, and a limited number of Domestic Relations Referees and Judicial Staff Attorneys, should be directed to ignatius@eisenbergspilman.com or kerstin@bankrifkin.com or kjohnson@gmhlaw.com.