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Mar 28, 2024
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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PAR 208 - Domestic Relations and Family Law 3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Law and procedures related to family relationships and domestic matters. Includes basic principles of family law, marital contracts, legal issues in family law affecting children, initiating a divorce proceeding, contested proceedings, and assisting at a dissolution trial.
Prerequisite(s): PAR 101 Information: Prerequisite may be waived if employed in a legal-related field; see a PAR advisor or course instructor.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Explain the role of the legal assistant in the area of family law, client confidences, secret, and work product.
- Apply contract law to domestic relations and family law cases from premarital agreements to property settlement.
- Apply the Arizona child support guidelines and calculate each party’s responsibility for the support of their children.
- Prepare basic documents and describe the appropriate procedures to follow from the commencement of a dissolution action through granting of the final decree.
- Describe the differences between mediation, arbitration, and the conciliation process.
- Organize documents, set up a file and docketing system, and prepare a case for trial.
Outline:
- Basic Principles of Family Law
- Working in a family law practice
- Building a trust relationship with your client
- Ceremonial marriage
- Legal rights of women
- Community property law
- Domestic torts
- Marital Contracts
- Antenuptial agreements
- Breach of promise
- Heart Balm Acts
- Property division and settlement agreements
- Tax considerations
- Legal Issues in Family Law Affecting Children
- Legal rights of children
- Illegitimacy and paternity
- Surrogacy
- Child custody
- Child support and the uniform guidelines
- Initiating a Divorce Proceeding
- Client intake and interview procedures
- Retainer agreements
- Jurisdiction, venue, and service requirements
- Drafting a petition for resolution and other documents
- Contested Proceedings
- Annulment and legal separations
- Filing a response
- Role of the conciliation court
- Organizing discovery and file management
- Assisting at a Dissolution Trial
- Pretrial statement and conference
- Inventory of property
- Spousal affidavits and spousal maintenance
- Preparation of witnesses and exhibits
- Drafting a decree, qualified domestic relations order’s (QDRO’s) and accompanying documents
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