10 TH ANNUAL FAMILY LAW SUMMIT 2016

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1 10 TH ANNUAL FAMILY LAW SUMMIT 2016 Chairs: Mary-Jo Maur Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Daniel Melamed, C.S. Torkin Manes LLP April 11, 2016 April 12, :00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Total CPD Hours = 9 h Substantive + 3 h Professionalism University of Toronto Conference Centre 89 Chestnut St Toronto, ON SKU CLE Agenda DAY ONE: Monday, April 11, :00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks 1

2 9:10 a.m. 9:55 a.m. Successful Strategies for Negotiation (45 minutes ) Moderator: Panellists: Brahm Siegel, C.S., Nathens Siegel LLP Cheryl Goldhart, C.S., Goldhart & Associates Michael Kleinman, Kleinman Gordon Family Law Vicky Visca, Vicky Visca Associates, Mediation Services 9:55 a.m. 10:25 a.m. What you need to Know about the Attorney General s Online Child Support Service (15 minutes ) Katie Wood, Family Policy and Programs Branch, Court Services Division, Ministry of the Attorney General 10:25 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Coffee and Networking Break 10:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Case Law Update Philip Epstein, Q.C., LSM, Epstein Cole LLP 11:15 a.m. 11:50 a.m. Child Protection Panel Annemarie Carere, Office of the Children s Lawyer, Ministry of the Attorney General Charlotte Murray, Barrister & Solicitor 11:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Question and Answer 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch Provided Tina Tom, Family and Children s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington 2

3 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Views of the Child Reports in Ontario Professor Nicholas Bala, LSM, Faculty of Law, Queen s University Dr. Rachel Birnbaum, Professor, King s University College at Western University 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Retroactive Support Lorne Wolfson, C.S., Torkin Manes LLP 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Tax Benefits and Credits Steve Ranot, CPA, CA-IFA, CBV, Marmer Penner Inc. 2:30 p.m. 2:50 p.m. Coffee and Networking Break 2:50 p.m. 3:20 p.m. Setting Aside Domestic Agreements (30 minutes ) Susan Sack, Basman Smith LLP 3:20 p.m. 3:50 p.m. Support for Disabled Adult Children Jackie Esmonde, Income Security Advocacy Centre Marta Siemiarczuk, Nelligan O Brien Payne LLP 3:50 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Question and Answer 4:00 p.m. End of Day One 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Reception Registrants attending live in Toronto are invited to join us for a reception immediately following Day One. 3

4 10 TH ANNUAL FAMILY LAW SUMMIT 2016 Chairs: Mary-Jo Maur, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Daniel Melamed, C.S. Torkin Manes LLP April 11, 2016 April 12, :00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Total CPD Hours = 9 h Substantive + 3 h Professionalism University of Toronto Conference Centre 89 Chestnut St Toronto, ON SKU CLE DAY TWO: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Agenda 9:00 a.m. 9:05 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks 1

5 9:05 a.m. 9:50 a.m. Domestic Violence Panel (45 minutes ) The Honourable Sheilagh O Connell, Ontario Court of Justice Pamela Cross, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic Alvin Shidlowski, Rotenberg Shidlowski Jesin 9:50 a.m. 10:20 a.m. The Top 10 Evidentiary Issues in Family Law Harold Niman, Niman Gelgoot & Associcates LLP 10:20 a.m. 10:40 a.m. Coffee and Networking Break 10:40 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Good Pleadings (10 minutes ) George Karahotzitis, Thomson Rogers 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Recognition of Foreign Divorces: A Primer Professor Berend Hovius, Faculty of Law, Western University 11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. When is a Deal a Deal? (5 minutes ) Janet Whitehead, George, Murray, Shipley, Bell LLP 12:00 p.m. 12:10 p.m. Question and Answer 12:10 p.m. 1:10 p.m. Lunch Provided 2

6 1:10 p.m. 1:45 p.m. The Revised User's Guide to the SSAG Professor Carol Rogerson, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Professor D. A. Rollie Thompson, Q.C., Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University 1:45 p.m. 2:05 p.m. A Close Look at Some Misunderstood Family Law Rules Tami Waters, Tami L. Waters & Associates 2:05 p.m. 2:25 p.m. Unjust Enrichment and the Joint Family Venture David Frenkel, Gelman & Associates 2:25 p.m. 2:40 p.m. Coffee and Networking Break 2:40 p.m. 2:50 p.m. Ex-Juris Service Issues Wang v Lin 2015 ONSC 7814 Aaron Franks, Epstein Cole LLP 2:50 p.m. 3:50 p.m. Social Media and Litigation Is it Evidence Worthy? (30 minutes ) Moderators: Panellists: The Honourable Ronald Kaufman, Superior Court of Justice The Honourable Frances Kiteley, LSM, Superior Court of Justice 3

7 The Honourable Joseph Quinn, Superior Court of Justice The Honourable Stanley Sherr, Ontario Court of Justice 3:50 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Question and Answer 4:00 p.m. Program Ends 4