AFCC-NY Association of Family and Conciliation Courts New York Chapter with AAML American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers New York Chapter Friday, January 22nd, 2021 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 pm (CE & CLE CREDITS PENDING) VIRTUAL EVENT Presents Repair! Repair! Repair! Steps To Take For Successful Reunification In Resist/Refuse Cases Keynote Speaker Robin M. Deutsch, Ph.D., ABPP One of the founding members of Overcoming Barriers, a program that works to find solutions for families in which […]

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM VIRTUAL PROGRAM 1.5 CLE Credits AFCC-NY: Association of Family and Conciliation Courts NEW YORK CHAPTER State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Second Judicial Department Honorable Alan D. Scheinkman, Presiding Justice Presents: We Don’t Split The Baby, So Why Should We Split The Time? Shared parenting time: should there be a presumption of 50/50? Views from across state lines and disciplines Panelists Honorable Lisa Ilka Abrams […]

Monday, June 3rd 2019 6:15 Pm – 8:15 pm New York City Bar Association 42 W 44th St New York, NY 10036 Guest Speakers: Lisa Colin, Esq. Attorney Representing Parents and Children Rodrigo A. Pizarro, MD Child, Adolescent and Forensic Psychiatry Honorable Michael Katz Justice of the Supreme Court New York County

Guest Speakers: Amy J.L. Baker, Ph.D, Bernice H. Schaul, Ph.D., Jane Schreiber, Esq., Harriet R. Weinberger, Esq., Susan L. Bender, Esq. (Bender Rosenthal Isaacs & Richter LLP) & Honorable Jacqueline W. Silbermann

Guest Speakers

Marsha Kline Pruett, Ph.D, M.S.L., Steve Demby, Ph.D, Erica Willheim, Ph.D, Bonnie E. Rabin, Esq. (Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann LLP) & Honorable Jeffrey S. Sunshine (Supervising Judge for Matrimonial Matters in Supreme Court, Kings County)

This workshop examines how the child’s voice is considered in different family law dispute resolution processes, the risks and benefits of involving children, factors affecting the reliability of children’s input, and offers a developmentally based protocol for interviewing children.

Guest Speakers: PHILIP STAHL, Ph.D., THE HON. MATTHEW F. COOPER, CAROL J. WEISS, M.D., CINDY FEINBERG, CPC., Norman S. Heller, Esq., SUSAN L. BENDER, Esq. & DANIEL O’LEARY, Ph.D.

Relocation and Parental Gatekeeping: Forensic Models and Practical Applications
Parenting Coordination: The Hope and the Reality – Ethical and Practical Issues
Panel Discussion: Post-Judgment Custody Crises – Legal and Mental Health issues

This dynamic, interdisciplinary training conference will bring together scholars and practitioners from the fields of mental health, substance abuse, social/legal advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, prevention, and the judiciary to offer in-depth presentations on the history of domestic violence in our culture, our current state of knowledge, and suggestions for furthering our understanding and improving advocacy in circumstances of family violence.