Product Description

This program educates attorneys practicing in Massachusetts Family Courts representing immigrants about the unique considerations that are important to immigrant clients in custody, divorce, and guardianship cases. You learn about issues such as international travel and relocation, child custody and the undocumented individual, parenting plans, support and cash income, and special immigrant juvenile matters.

In this course, participants hear from presenters working with families from different cultures, their commonality, and challenges. Each presenter shares how they work with immigrant families and issues confronted navigating through the family courts. The expert panel includes: a Family Court Associate Justice, who is the daughter of an immigrant mother and the first Hispanic Chief Justice in Massachusetts; two immigration practitioners who have represented clients for over a decade before Massachusetts family courts and immigration agencies; and the managing attorney of KIND who represents hundreds of children in special immigrant juvenile matters.

Immigration has been a visceral issue, hotly debated by all sides of the political spectrum, not only by elected officials but by the people. Immigrants bring with them various and profoundly different cultures and needs. These needs have spilled into our family courts. Domestic relations attorneys, judges, mental health professionals, probation officers and investigators, and court personnel must be prepared to acknowledge and address these issues.

Agenda & Materials

• 2:00 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.

  Moderator Introduction

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  Annelise M. Araujo, Esq., Araujo & Fisher , Boston
  
• 2:05 p.m. - 3:01 p.m.

  How to Effectively Represent Clients in Divorce and Custody Proceedings If Your Client Is an Immigrant

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  Hon. Angela M. Ordoñez, Barnstable Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Barnstable
  
• 3:01 p.m. - 3:11 p.m.

  Break
• 3:11 p.m. - 3:57 p.m.

  How the Bench Sees Immigrants in Family Courts & the Precautions to Take

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  Stefanie Fisher, Esq., Araujo & Fisher , Boston
  
• 3:57 p.m. - 4:14 p.m.

  How the Bench Sees Immigrants in Family Courts, Custody Battles and Imbalance of Power

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  Alexandra Peredo Carroll, Esq., Kids In Need of Defense , Boston
  
• 4:14 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

  SIJ: The Immigrant Child's Experience in Court

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  Panel
  

Please Note

MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

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