11 TH ANNUAL Family Law Summit

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1 Final Revised February 28, TH ANNUAL Family Law Summit Chairs: Daniel Melamed, C.S. Torkin Manes LLP March 6 & March 7, :00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Total CPD Hours = 9 h Substantive + 3 h Professionalism Hilton Toronto 145 Richmond St West Toronto, ON SKU CLE Agenda DAY ONE: Monday, March 6, :00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Daniel Melamed, C.S., Torkin Manes LLP 1

2 9:10 a.m. 9:55 a.m. Keynote address (45 minutes ) The Honourable George Czutrin, Senior Family Judge, Superior Court of Justice 9:55 a.m. 10:25 a.m. Self-represented Parties and Limited Scope Retainers (30 minutes ) Stacy MacCormac, MacCormac Law Firm Joel Miller, Miller Family Law Services 10:25 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Coffee and Networking Break 10:45 a.m. 11:20 a.m. Case Law Update Philip Epstein, Q.C., LSM, Epstein Cole LLP 11:20 a.m. 11:50 a.m. Trial Readiness Checklist (10 minutes ) Avra Rosen, C.S., Rosen Sack LLP 11:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Question and Answer 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch (provided to Toronto registrants) 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Multi- directional Orders in Custody and Access Cases Philip Epstein, Q.C., LSM, Epstein Cole LLP 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Retained Earnings and Pre-tax Income Steve Ranot, CPA, CA IFA, CBV, Marmer Penner Inc. 2

3 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. How to Challenge an Income Report (Demonstration) (5 minutes ) Queen s University; Templeman Menninga Steve Ranot, CPA, CA IFA, CBV, Marmer Penner Inc. Shawn Richard, Lenkinski Law 2:30 p.m. 2:50 p.m. Coffee and Networking Break 2:50 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Summary Judgment Adam Black, Torkin Manes LLP 3:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m. Update from the New Children s Lawyer for Ontario Marian Jacko, Children s Lawyer for Ontario, Office of the Children`s Lawyer, Ministry of the Attorney General 3:45 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session 4:00 p.m. End of Day One 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Reception Registrants attending live in Toronto are invited to join us for a reception immediately following Day One. 3

4 11 TH ANNUAL Family Law Summit Chairs: Daniel Melamed, C.S. Torkin Manes LLP March 6 & 7, :00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Total CPD Hours = 9 h Substantive + 3 h Professionalism Hilton Toronto 145 Richmond St West Toronto, ON SKU CLE Agenda DAY TWO: Tuesday, March 7, :00 a.m. 9:05 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Daniel Melamed, C.S., Torkin Manes LLP 4

5 9:05 a.m. 9:50 a.m. SSAG: Appeals; Location in the Range; Exceptions and Other Weirdos Professor Rollie Thompson, Q.C., Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University 9:50 a.m. 10:35 a.m. Ethical Duties of Lawyers for Parents Towards Children (30 minutes ) Professor Nicholas Bala, LSM, Faculty of Law, Queen's University Dr. Rachel Birnbaum, Professor, King's University College at Western University 10:35 a.m. 10:50 a.m. Coffee and Networking Break 10:50 a.m. 11:30 a.m. The Definition of Family in the 21 st Century John-Paul Boyd, Executive Director, Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, University of Calgary 11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Enforcement Strategies (5 minutes ) Gary Joseph, MacDonald & Partners LLP 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 1:00 p.m. 1:25 p.m. The Law of Parentage Catches up with LGBTQ and Assisted Reproduction Kelly Jordan, C.S., Jordan Battista LLP Joanna Radbord, Martha McCarthy & Company LLP 5

6 1:25 p.m. 2:05 p.m. Family Law Toolbox Technology Tools for Family Law Lawyers (10 minutes ) Phil Brown, Counsel, Practice Management, Professional Development and Competence, The Law Society of Upper Canada Collaborative Law (10 minutes ) Christopher Arnold, Barrister and Solicitor Client Service (10 minutes ) Brian Burke, Epstein Cole LLP Insurance Trusts (10 minutes ) Stanley Jaskot, C.S., Jaskot Family Law Barristers LLP 2:05 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Five Things You Should Know about Pensions (10 minutes ) Douglas Rienzo, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP 2:30 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Coffee and Networking break 2:45 p.m. 3:45 p.m. Grab-bag of Issues - Judge s Panel (5 minutes ) The Honourable Brian Abrams, Superior Court of Justice The Honourable Craig Perkins, Superior Court of Justice The Honourable Robert Spence, Ontario Court of Justice The Honourable Gerri Wong, Ontario Court of Justice 3:45 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Question and Answer 6

7 4:00 p.m. Program Ends 7