Reform Conference Program

DISCUSSION AND WORKSHOP TOPICS

• Do Our Family Laws Reconcile With Modern Social Trends? – Joseph Sorge, Candor Entertainment, Director of Divorce Corp
• Living in one vs. two homes – Results from studying 164,000 children in Sweden – Malin Bergström, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute
• The Economic Cost of Raising Children – William Comanor, Professor of Economics, UCSB, UCLA
• The Impact of Domestic Violence Allegations on Custody Decisions – Discussion Group:
  David Heleniak, Esq., JD, MA
  Dr. Craig Childress, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
  Dr. Joyanna Silberg, Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence
  Lisa Y. S. West, Esq., The West Firm, PC
• The Rights of Parents and Children – Discussion Group:
  Ron Palmer – Author of “Not In The Child’s Best Interest”
  James Dwyer, Professor of Law, William and Mary Law School
  Dale Margolin Cecka, Clinical Professor of Law, Richmond School of Law
• Judicial Bias and the Political Process – Susan Settenbrino, Esq., Author, “Unchecked Power”
• Are Family Courts The New Mafia? RICO Suits Against The State Courts – Cole Stuart, J.D., California Coalition for Families and Children
• The Road to Equality: What We Know and What We Need to Figure Out – Ned Holstein, National Parents Organization
• Money, and the Corruption of the Family Courts – Anne Stevenson, Investigative Reporter
• Workshop A – Child Custody/Child Support/Children’s Rights – Co-Moderated by William Comanor, Professor of Economics, UCSB, UCLA, and David DeLugas, Esq., National Association of Parents
• Workshop B – Alimony Reform – Co-Moderated by Steve Hitner, Massachusetts Alimony Reform, and Alan Frisher, Florida Alimony Reform
• Workshop C – Mediation vs. Litigation – Moderated by Stephen Erickson, Erickson Mediation