Self Study: Coparenting and Parenting Plans in a Tough Environment: Giving Your Clients Guidance When it’s in Short Supply

This CLE offers 1 Hour of Credit

Family law attorneys need guidance and level-headed discussion to know how to advise and represent clients in our COVID environment.  Arizona, like most states, is struggling to provide structures for parties trying to parent and coparent in very difficult situations.    Hear and discuss the cases, both typical and atypical, being addressed by our clients now, and how attorneys can be part of the solution when the courts are not as available as usual. 

Presenters: Annette Burns is a Family Law Specialist and has practiced law in Arizona since 1984.   She is a past president of AFCC and the Arizona chapter of AFCC.  She has been a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) since 2001. She served on every committee and task force that created, revised and restyled the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure, from 2003 to the present.  Annette is a co-author of the Arizona Family Law Rules Handbook for Thompson/ West publishers, updated annually.   She maintains an ADR, family law and parenting coordinator practice in Arizona.    

David K. Weinstock J.D., Ph.D. Dr. Weinstock received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and his J.D. from the Boston University School of Law. He is a licensed psychologist in Arizona and a licensed and retired attorney in New York and Massachusetts. His focus is in family law, specifically family evaluations and family and individual counseling. He has conducted family law evaluations for almost two decades, both privately and at the Pima County Conciliation Court. He has also provided treatment to adolescents, including experience working with the gifted population. In addition, Dr. Weinstock has experience working within the criminal justice system, which includes training at the Arizona State Hospital, conducting competency evaluations and risk assessments. Dr. Weinstock also has experience with sexual offender and sex addiction evaluations and treatment. He participated with the Maricopa County Superior Court’s Behavioral Health Committee.  He is a board member of Arizona’s Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AzAFCC), the Communications Representative for the Arizona Psychological Association (AzPA), a governing council member of the Arizona Psychological Association (AzPA), a board member for the Arizona Psychological Foundation (AzPF), a former member of Arizona’s Domestic Relations Committee, and a former co-chair of the Arizona Psychological Association’s forensic committee.