Program Chairs:
Comm. Mark R. Fremgen
Dane County Circuit Court
Madison
Presenters:
Rachel L. Caplan
Caplan Law Office S.C.
Madison
Comm. Karie J. Cattanach
Dane County Circuit Court
Madison
Kathleen M. Healy
Di Renzo & Bomier LLC
Neenah
Tiffany L. Highstrom
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Madison
David S. Kowalski
Kowalski Family Law LLC
Madison/Baraboo
8:00 a.m. : Registration
8:30 a.m. : Use of Social Media in Family Court Proceeding
- Types and definition of social media
- Use of discovery for social media
- Admissibility issues (relevance, hearsay, foundation, authentication)
- Ethical considerations
David S. Kowalski
9:30 a.m. : Testimony from Counselors and Therapists in Family Court
Rachel L. Caplan, Tiffany L. Highstrom, Megan A. Phillips
10:45 a.m. : Break
11:00 a.m. : Use of Police Reports, Restraining Orders and DOC records in Family Court
Rachel L. Caplan, Tiffany L. Highstrom, Megan A. Phillips
12:00 p.m. : Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. : Physical Evidence
- Digital records
- Writings
- Photos
- Texts
Mark R. Fremgen
2:00 p.m. : Break
2:15 p.m. : Financial Records
Kathleen M. Healy
3:30 p.m. : Children as Witnesses in Family Court
- The tradition of excluding children’s testimony
- Alternatives to in-court testimony
- Practical issues in arranging testimony
Gretchen G. Viney
4:30 p.m. : Program Concludes
- Understand social media discovery and admissibility in family court proceedings
- Learn how to incorporate the testimony of counselors and therapists in your case
- Get guidance on addressing a police report or restraining order before a court or commissioner
- Know the laws governing expert and lay witnesses in family cases
- Explore alternatives to in-court child testimony
- Become familiar with the Rules of Evidence in family court matters
- Discover the importance of physical evidence in family cases
- Find out how to properly use financial records in family law settings
- Family law attorneys
- Guardians ad Litem for minors
- Family Law Section members
- Juvenile and child law attorneys
- General practitioners