What the New Child Custody Bill Means for Your Practice
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Member Price: $184
Non-Member Price: $230
Areas of Law: Family
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Featured Speaker
Moderator
- Cheryl E. Connors, Esq.
- Tonneman & Connors, LLC, Little Silver
Presenters
- Hon. Gary Potters, J.S.C.
- Hudson County Superior Court
- Hon. Marcella Matos Wilson, J.S.C., Essex
- Superior Court of New Jersey
- Rita M. Aquilio, Esq.
- Lawrence Law, Watchung
- Robert A. Epstein, Esq.
- Manzi Epstein Lomurro & DeCataldo, LLC, West Orange
- Jeffrey Fiorello, Esq.
- Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann Knopf LLP, Saddle Brook
- Christine Fitzgerald, Esq.
- SeidenFreed, LLC, Cranford
- Dr. Danielle Forshee, PsyD., LCSW
- Dr. Danielle Forshee, LLC, Red Bank
- Cassie Murphy, Esq.
- Law Offices of Paone, Zaleski & Murphy, Red Bank
- Jenna Shapiro, Esq.
- Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C., Lawrenceville
On Jan. 20, former Gov. Phil Murphy signed S4510, which went into immediate effect. This sweeping new law redefines the public policy of New Jersey with regard to child custody disputes and will have a tremendous impact on your practice and your clients. The most notable change is that the law imposes certain restrictions on the court’s authority to order reunification therapy for the child, requires the court to give more weight to the child’s preferences in determining custody, and requires the court to weigh the findings and recommendations of the child’s mental health professional.
Join our distinguished panel of experienced judges, attorneys and a respected psychologist and social worker for a comprehensive analysis of our new custody statute and its impact on custody matters moving forward.
Topics include:
- Legislative history
- Public policy shift
- Three-year review
- Parens patriae responsibility of the court - Best interest factors modification
- Child’s preference
- Impact on judicial interviews
- Role of GALs and attorneys representing children - Therapy and reunification
- Domestic violence and Kayden’s Law
- Retroactivity
- Constitutional issues
- Arguments to raise in your litigated cases
- Approaches in ADR