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Conversation Series 5 “Exploring Legally Assisted FDR”

Posted on January 12, 2018April 26, 2019 | Posted in Events

This event was on January 30, 2018.

The next instalment of our Conversation Series will explore legally assisted Family Dispute Resolution. I will meet with Valda Marino, an accredited family law specialist and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with extensive experience in both of these roles. We will discuss this topic from the perspective of private FDR, as well as community mediation, and the Family Dispute Resolution Service at Victoria Legal Aid. There can be no better person to share a conversation about lawyers and FDR. We propose to cover the following questions:

What is legally assisted FDR?
What is the role of lawyers in FDR?
How can lawyers support their client through the FDR process?
What are the advantages to having lawyers involved?
When would legally assisted FDR not be appropriate?
When would legally assisted FRD not be appropriate?

If you have other aspects you would like us to discuss, send me an email or post a question on the Creative Family Law Solutions FB page where our talk will be streamed live at 8.00 am on Tuesday 30 January, 2018.

Posted by Creative Family Law Solutions on Thursday, January 11, 2018

Conversation Series with Valda Marino.

Join us for the latest in our conversation series as we explore legally assisted FDR in Family Disputes with our expert guest, Valda Marino.

Posted by Creative Family Law Solutions on Monday, January 29, 2018

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