NJSBA Family Law Section

Hello Family Law Section members,

I am reaching out to let you know about two upcoming seminars of interest to family lawyers.

Dec. 14 - Privacy in Family Law Cases (I'll be Watchin' You): Strategies for Successfully Using and Defending Against Data in a Digital World - New Jersey Law Center

Dec. 16 - Understanding Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) - Westin, Mt. Laurel

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NJICLE will present Privacy in Family Law Cases (I’ll be Watchin’ You): Strategies for Successfully Using and Defending Against Data in a Digital World on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center.

Privacy is the ultimate challenge in the internet age. Electronic data, such as e-mails, videos, text, smart watches/Fitbits/IOT devices, cell phones, and social media (including Facebook/Instagram/Twitter postings) reveal copious amounts of information about our whereabouts, activities, habits, and thoughts. They are an information vault, ready to be mined by exes and adversaries.

FACULTY
Moderator/Speaker:
Bonnie C. Frost, Esq.
Co-Chair of the Firm's General Appellate Practice Group
Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Attorney
Fellow, AAML
Recipient, Saul Tischler and the Clapp Awards, presented by the New Jersey State Bar Association
Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, P.C. Denville

Speakers:
Dan Coleman
Creative Solutions Investigations, Morris Plains
Matheu D. Nunn, Esq.
Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, P.C., Denville
Sheryl Seiden, Esq.
Chair, NJSBA Family Law Section
Fellow, AAML
Member District XII Ethics Committee
Seiden Family Law, LLC, Cranford
Matthew Troiano, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of
New Jersey as a Criminal Law Attorney
Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, P.C., Denville
Debra S. Weisberg, Esq.
Donahue Hagan Klein & Weisberg, LLC

Learn strategies to effectively handle data generated by your clients - and to protect them in the process, including:
• Social Media as an Investigative Tool
• Use of Social Media to Damage Reputations
• Discovery and Electronic Devices
• Admissibility and other evidentiary issues relating to social media and other electronic media
• Using social media evidence in custody and alimony litigation
• What is a reasonable expectation of privacy and how and when and how should it be asserted?
• Limitations on one party's access to another party's devices and passwords
• Do social media privacy settings really provide privacy?
• Medical Records and HIPPA Issues
• GPS and Tracking Devices
• Deactivating media accounts v. deleting posts
• Digital stalking

CLE Credits:
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.0 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 4.0 qualify as hours of credit toward certification matrimonial law.
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 4.0 credits (50 minute hour)
Matrimonial Law Certification: 4.0 general credits pending
PA CLE: 3.0 substantive credits pending ($ fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (t&nt): 4.0 professional practice credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $160. The general tuition is $200. Tuition onsite is $240.

Click here to register for Privacy in Family Law Cases.

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NJICLE will present Understanding Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) on Monday, Dec. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:05 p.m. at the Westin, Mt. Laurel.

Retirement assets are often a significant part of marital property. After a couple divorces, if one or both of them have employer-provided pensions, plan administrators need a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) to transfer plan assets from a titled spouse to a non-titled one. Plan administrators use various ways and formulas to divide pension assets, depending on the type of plan. Attorneys must understand how these formulas and methods can affect the amount of money their client may receive from a plan distribution.

It's crucial for family lawyers to know when a QDRO is needed, how they should address in a property settlement agreement, and understand the formulas and methodologies used by pension administrators to distribute pension assets. Attorneys must also know how plans treat survivors when a titled spouse passes away. Our informative seminar provides you with a detailed overview of QDROs. You will come away with an understanding of what QDROs are, what they do, and how they will impact your client's divorce settlement.

FACULTY
Moderator/Speaker:
Mark K. Altschuler, M.S.
Pension Analysis Consultants, Inc.,
Elkins Park, PA

Speaker:
Jennifer A. Brandt, Esq.
Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia and Cherry Hill

Gain a solid understanding of the key elements you need to know, including:
• When does your client need a QDRO?
• What happens if one is needed, but you don’t get one? (Hint-major problems)
• QDRO content requirements
• Common assignment provisions and provisions that every QDRO should have in order to be the most effective
• The formula for determining an “accrued benefit”
• Whether the alternate payee will receive a pro-rata share of cost of living adjustments and how to determine those
• Limitations on the alternate payee spouse’s ability to receive payments and the potential impact on their overall benefits
• Whether there are any loans against the plan and, if so, how they will be divided
• 3 main errors in property settlement agreements regarding QDROs
• Survivor benefits in the New Jersey State Systems

CLE Credits:
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.0 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 4.0 qualify as hours of credit towards certification in matrimonial law.
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 4.0 credits (50 minute hour)
Matrimonial Law Certification: 4.0 general credits pending
PA CLE: 3.0 substantive credits pending ($12 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (t&nt): 4.0 professional practice credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $172. The general tuition is $215. Tuition onsite is $255.

Click here to register for Understanding Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.

Click here to download a form to register for either seminar.
Click here for a form to register a group.
For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500.

All the best,
Barbara

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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
[email protected]
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