A review of recent developments in Louisiana family law legislation from the past year. [provisional]

 

A review of recent Louisiana jurisprudence on marriage and property matters in family law. [provisional]

 

A review of recent Louisiana jurisprudence on children and family relations in family law matters. [provisional]

 

This presentation will focus on defining psychological tests versus screening instruments, common referral questions associated with testing (custody, violence risk, sexual risk, mental health diagnoses), identifying when formal testing is needed (questions of malingering, conflicting information, need for an additional level of data), and identifying professionals who are able to complete requirements.

 

How to properly prepare a Community Property Partition starting from the initial interview, discovery process, hiring of experts, and putting case together for Trial.

This ethics-credit session covers the ethical use of artificial intelligence in law practice and best practices for preventing cybersecurity incidents. [provisional]

 

A comprehensive overview of the Post Separation Family Violence Relief Act and other laws and statutes impacted by domestic violence including divorce, spousal support, injunctive relief, and obtaining records in domestic violence cases.

 

A professionalism-credit session, with a component on effectively and professionally handling matters involving self-represented litigants. [provisional]

 

Practical pointers for preparing, filing, and responding to domestic appeals and writs. [provisional]

 

In understanding the definitions and documents necessary (and available) to determine income as defined in Louisiana for the purposes of calculating Support, we discuss the basics of how non-standard earners realize income and general forensic accounting methodologies for evaluating adjusted gross income.

 

AI deepfakes and social-media evidence challenge lawyers to distinguish convincing digital content from reliable proof. This one-hour presentation examines digital authentication and evidentiary challenges under Louisiana law, with selected federal comparisons. Through visual examples and practical hypotheticals, participants will explore authorship, metadata, provenance, preservation, hearsay, expert reliability, and the distinction between substantive evidence and demonstrative aids. The session connects these issues to discovery, motions in limine, specific objections, and professional judgment when offering or challenging digital evidence. Adapted with permission from materials developed by Dr. Susan Tanner.

 

Valuation issues in community property partitions, including business and goodwill valuation, and treatment of cryptocurrency and other digital assets in partition. [provisional]

A practical tutorial on obtaining and subpoenaing records in family law matters — medical, bank, school, credit card, life insurance, and social media — including the consequences under Louisiana law for failing to produce them. [provisional]

 

A review of recent changes in custody law, a discussion of practices for preparing a custody case including preparation of the pleadings, discovery, and experts along with case studies and ideas regarding organizing and submitting evidence at trial with considerations for relocation cases and advice from members of the family court bench.

 

The term “gray divorce” was coined by sociologists who discovered that adults over the age of 50 are at a higher risk of divorce today than in the past. This presentation will present the background and statistics supporting this phenomenon and will address client concerns, including social security, division of property, retirement, spousal support, health insurance, financial exploitation, and estate planning, among other practical considerations.