Law-Family
Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-110-106
Course Description
10-110-106 LAW-FAMILY ...exploration of family law practice; marriages and other domestic relationships; contracts affecting marriage; legal actions affecting the family including annulment, divorce, legal separation, paternity, adoption; laws relating to children and reproduction; drafting pleadings and documents relevant to family law practice; ethical issues and the paralegal's role in family law practice. (Prerequisite: 10-110-101, Paralegal Intro/Legal Ethics with a "C" or better.)
Course Typically Offered
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What will I learn?
- List the requirements for marriages and other domestic relationships
- Differentiate types of contracts affecting marriage and other domestic relationships
- Differentiate annulment, divorce and separation actions, and their effects on marriages
- Use effective checklists for gathering information relevant to legal actions affecting the family
- Draft pleadings and documents relevant to the domestic relations field.
- Apply the laws of child support, legal custody and physical placement
- Describe state laws and procedural steps relating to the various methods of establishing parent-child relationships
- Explore state laws relating to children
- Explore the laws relating to reproduction
- Describe the function of the paralegal in family law practice
- Describe ethical issues commonly arising in a family law practice.
Class Details
- Class Number:
- 83278
- Delivery:
- Online
- Term:
- Fall 2024
- Session:
- 8W1
- Instructors:
- Beth Pless
- Date Range:
- -
Estimated Cost:
$496.55
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Class Notes
This is an Online class that can be accessed anywhere using internet. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/onlinefaq.
Meeting Times
| Dates | Day(s) / Time | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 08/19/24 - 10/14/24 |
Anytime
Anytime |
Online
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* Cost displayed is an estimate and may be discounted if attendees are residents of Northeast Wisconsin Back to cost