LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ALIMONY
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Date: Friday, September 23, 2011
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
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Finally a proposed alimony law has achieved the widespread support of the major bar associations; this is the Alimony Reform Act of 2011. In recent years issues about modification based on the retirement of an alimony obligor, the use of time-limited alimony orders, reimbursement alimony and consideration to be given, if any, to premarital cohabitation as a factor in the determination of alimony have arisen. This proposed law could have a substantial impact on the practice of divorce law. Judges of the Probate and Family Court together with leading practitioners (some of whom played a significant role in the drafting of the new law) discuss the status of alimony going forward. The program will focus on the drafting of initial alimony orders and subsequent modification. Questions such as the effect of cohabitation by an alimony recipient, consideration of income of the subsequent spouse of a payor, the effect of an obligor’s income from a second job, extension of an alimony order, and situations in which the new law may affect previously divorced couples.
Who Should Attend:
You will learn how the Alimony Reform Act of 2011 can have an immediate and substantial impact on your practice. Questions which have been left to the discretion of individual judges since G.L. c. 208, § 34 was enacted in 1974 are likely to be answered by the provisions of this legislation. Practitioners will find that there are many new directions in which the law will evolve in the coming years. When the law takes effect it will even affect clients who were previously divorced, and open the door to modifications where none would have been expected.
Attend and Learn:
- What are the differences between general term, rehabilitative, reimbursement, and transitional alimony and when is each appropriate?
- When is the payor’s retirement grounds for modification?
- What time factors can determine the duration of alimony?
- When is post-divorce cohabitation grounds for modification?
- What factors affect the amount and duration of alimony?
- What are the time limits on actions to modify alimony orders?
- Can an obligator’s new spouse’s income be considered in setting an alimony payment?
- What security can be required for alimony?
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Professor Charles P. Kindregan, Jr., Chair
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Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA |
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Honorable Amy L. Blake
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Essex Probate & Family Court |
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David E. Cherny, Esq.
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Atwood & Cherny, Boston, MA |
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David W. Eppley, Esq.
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Rackemann Sawyer & Brewster, P.C. |
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Honorable Linda S. Fidnick
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Hampshire Probate & Family Court |
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Norman Jacobs, Esq.
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Esdaille, Barrett, Jacobs & Mone |
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David H. Lee, Esq,
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Lee & Levine LLP |
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Maureen McBrien, Esq.
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Todd & Weld, LLP |
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Honorable Robert A. Scandurra
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Barnstable Probate & Family Court |
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Denise Squillante, Esq.
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Fall River, MA |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
SETTING THE STAGE |
Professor Charles P. Kindregan, Jr. Moderator
Attorney David H. Lee, Program Commentator
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| 9:40 |
ALIMONY REFORM: PRO AND CON |
| What it is intended to do and whether it achieves those goals; relationship to child support
Honorable Robert A. Scandurra, Attorneys David H. Lee, and Denise Squillante
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| 11:10 |
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ALIMONY? |
| Distinguishing: Rehabilitative Alimony, Transitional Alimony, Reimbursement Alimony, and General Term Alimony
Honorable Linda S. Fidnick, Attorneys David E. Cherny, and David W. Eppley
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| 1:30 |
APPLYING ALIMONY REFORM TO PARTICULAR SITUATIONS |
- Setting Amount and Duration
- Effect of Premarital Cohabitation
- Effect of Retirement of Obligor, and Suspension of General Term Alimony Based on Common Household of Recipient
Honorable Amy L. Blake, Attorneys David W. Eppley, Norman Jacobs, and Maureen McBrien
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MODIFICATION OF ALIMONY |
| Remarriage, Death, Change in Circumstances, Time Restrictions on Modification Complaints Based on Act Taking Effect and Security Issues
Honorable Robert A. Scandurra, Attorneys David E. Cherny, and Norman Jacobs
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| 4:00 |
Q & A AND PANEL DISCUSSION |
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| Date: |
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Friday, September 23, 2011 |
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$200; $170 for Suffolk Alumni, attorneys admitted to the bar after 2009 and members of the AAML and the MBA.
The course materials for this program will be published electronically and will be sent to you prior to the conference.
If you would like to purchase a hard copy, there will be an additional charge of $35.00. It will be sent after the conference.
CHECK PAYMENTS
If you would like to register with a check, the following link will lead you to a registration form. Please print out and send it along with your check to the address listed on the bottom of the form. Alimony Registration Form
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Please call 617.573.8627 to confirm space availability.
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There is a $15 cancellation fee if you cancel the business day before. Otherwise, you will receive the course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT and ME.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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