18th Annual AB 1058 Child Support Training Conference Materials Part 2

350 Pages·2012·11.21 MB·English

18th Annual AB 1058

Child Support Training Conference
September 30–
October 3, 2014
Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel
Child Support Commissioners,
Family Law Facilitators,
Title IV-D Administrative
and Accounting Staff,
Paralegals, and Court Clerks
Conference CD Usage Instructions
For Attendees of the 18th Annual AB 1058 Child Support Training Conference

The Center for Families, Children & the Courts (CFCC) is pleased to release this conference
CD, which serves as an electronic binder of handout materials from the 18th Annual AB 1058
Child Support Training Conference.

To navigate through this CD, please click through the outline of bookmarks that appears to the
left of this document. The bookmarks are linked to corresponding pages.

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The points of view expressed at the conference and in the conference materials are those of the
author(s) and presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of
the Judicial Council of California.

We appreciate your attendance at the 18th Annual AB 1058 Child Support Training
Conference. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the editors:

Ms. Irene C. Balajadia
Program Coordinator
AB 1058 Child Support Unit
Center for Families, Children & the Courts l Operations & Programs Division
Judicial Council of California
phone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Marita B. Desuasido
Program Secretary
AB 1058 Child Support Unit
Center for Families, Children & the Courts l Operations & Programs Division
Judicial Council of California
phone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
TABLE OF CONTENTS

TAB 1: AB 1058 Primary Assignment Orientation

TAB 2: New Child Support Commissioners’ Orientation

TAB 3: Plenary Session/Welcomes & Updates (Judicial Council, DCSS & Legislative)

TAB 4: Contempt Proceedings Related to Child Support Orders

TAB 5: Moving Forward While the World Is Standing Still: Advancing the Court’s
Self Help Program in Times of Economic Uncertainty

TAB 6: New Family Law Facilitators’ Orientation

TAB 7: Affordable Care Act: Impact on Title IV-D Practices in the Court

TAB 8: Surviving – Maybe Even Thriving – in Child Support Enforcement

TAB 9: Child Support Commissioners’ Roundtable

TAB 10: Family Law Facilitators’ Roundtable

TAB 11: General Roundtable

TAB 12: Paralegals’ Roundtable

TAB 13: AB 1058 Court Clerks’ Training

TAB 14: AB 1058 Administration and Accounting

TAB 15: Plenary Session/Case Law Update

TAB 16: Coming Together to Keep Cases from Falling Apart: How Coordination with Judicial
Officers, Facilitators, and Clerks Can Keep Compliance with CRC 5.83 on Track

TAB 17: Income Determination–Calculating Child Support

TAB 18: Income Determination–Advanced

TAB 19: Parentage Notwithstanding Genetics

TAB 20: Child Support–Related Technology for the 21st Century

TAB 21: DCSS Guideline Calculator Training–Beginning
TABLE OF CONTENTS

TAB 22: DCSS Guideline Calculator Training–Experienced

TAB 23: UIFSA Refresher

TAB 24: Interjurisdictional Issues of Interest

TAB 25: Determining Self-Employment Income

TAB 26: Ethics Electives for Child Support Commissioners

TAB 27: Domestic Violence Issues in a Court Setting: What Child Support Professionals Need
to Know

TAB 28 Legal and Psychosocial Issues: Family Court after the U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

TAB 29 Neutrality: Ethics in Self Help and Family Law Assistance Centers

TAB 30 DCSS Presents

TAB 31 Letters Rogatory: Asking for Help and Taking the Fear Out of Service Award Abroad

TAB 32 Managing Cultural Complexities

TAB 33 Managing Domestic Violence Cases – Effects of DV on Court Professionals and Family
Members Affected by Violence: What Research Does and Doesn’t Tell Us

TAB 34 Transgender, Gender Identity, and Gender Roles: Overview for Family Court
Programs/Services

TAB 35 Modern Families: Implications of Multiple Parentage for Custody, Child Support,
Benefits
TAB 23

UIFSA Refresher

Mr. Barry J. Brooks & Ms. Mary Dahlberg
UIFSA Refresher
18thAnnual Child Support Training Conference
September 30-October 3, 2014
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UIFSA
• Applies to all cases where one
party resides outside California
or where the order was issued
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–Note: UIFSA is in addition to
other laws and mostly
procedural.
ONE ORDER
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Jurisdiction
 Subject Matter
 Personal
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resided in state and
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expenses or support
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Personal Jurisdiction
• One party resides in California.
• The other party submitted to the
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applying through the IV-D
agency for affirmative relief in
our courts.
Physical Presence
The physical presence of the petitioner
is not required for the establishment,
enforcement, or modification of a
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paternity
Family Code 4930, subd. (a)
Reciprocity is not required
• Court of general jurisdiction,
including child support
•• PPeerrssoonnaall jjuurriissddiiccttiioonn oovveerr tthhee
parties
= jurisdiction to hear the case
unless precluded by specific law
(i.e., modification)
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C E J
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Until “lost”
C E J
Exclusive
To
 Against the PERSON
 AAgaiinstt an AASSSSEETT
 Simultaneously in multiple States
 Interstate Income Withholding
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