LA240
FAMILY LAW
Spring,
2010
Instructor
Information:
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Name:
Mark H. Anders, JD |
Office: Classroom |
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E-mail: manders@frederick.edu |
Phone Number:
301-401-5158 |
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Office Hours: Office
Hours: Before or After Class, by appointment. |
Campus Mail Box Number:
221 |
Course
Information:
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Credits: 3 |
Last Day to Drop: April
28, 2010 |
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Prerequisites:
EN101 |
Co-requisites: |
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Meeting Day(s): Saturday. This is a hybrid class. The
class meets face to face all seven Saturdays of the term: 3/20, 3/27, 4/10,4/17,
4/24, 5/1, 5/8 |
Meeting Time(s): 8:30-11:15pm |
Course
Description:
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Introduces Domestic Law and its application to students. Includes divorce law; marital separation;
child custody, visitation and support; property settlement; juvenile law,
child guardianships and adoptions; and advocacy for the family.cts, agency. |
Core
Learning Outcomes:
By the completion of the course students will:
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1. Understand
legal theories and rules involved in Family Law |
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2. Identify
legal issues |
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3. Use
critically thinking to apply legal theories to identified issues |
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4. Predict
outcomes based on legal theories and rules |
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Family Law for Paralegals,
Ehrlich, Shoshanna, Aspen Publishers. |
Possible Points Grade Translation
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Quizzes |
50 percentage points each |
A = 90%-100% |
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Exams |
100
percentage points each |
B = 80%-89% |
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C = 70%-79% |
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D = 69%-60% |
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F = 59%-below |
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Preparation of a Memo detailing issues involves in a
Family Law despite. (A handout outlining the requirements for this assignment
will be provided.) |
100
percentage points |
Your final grade is based on the average percentage score
of the quizzes, exams and Memo project. |
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Students will receive some form of written assessment of
their progress in the course no later than the sixth week of the course. |
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Students are expected to attend all class sessions except
in cases of serious illness, emergency, religious holidays, or mandatory
participation in official College functions.
There will be no make-ups offered for unexcused absences. |
Students with
Disabilities:
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FCC
provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified students with
disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( |
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Class |
Date |
Subject |
Content |
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1 |
3/20 |
Marriage and non-married families |
Regulation; formalities; Common Law; Cohabitating couples;
Domestic Partnerships |
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2 |
3/27 |
Pre-martial Agreements; Domestic Violence Quiz
#1 |
Traditional approach;
requirements; Agreements; Considerations; Early approaches; reforms; Qualifying
relationships; Covered conduct; remedies |
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3 |
4/10 |
Divorce,
Annulment, Separation; Child Custody
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Religious Underpinnings, Grounds; Fault Divorces;
Defenses; No-Fault Divorce; Law of Annulment; Separation; Custody
preferences; Tests involved; Best Interest Standard |
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4 |
4/17 |
Child
Support; Spousal Support Mid-Term Exam |
Enforcement proceedings; Guidelines; What is support?;
Specific formulas; Historical overview
of support; reform; determinations, Alimony Medical Insurance; Enforcement; Bankruptcy
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5 |
4/24 |
Martial Property; Jurisdiction |
Overview of Martial Property Systems; Common Law Approach;
The Distribution Process; What is Property?; Classification; Valuation;
Tax Consequences; Subject
Matter Jurisdiction; Personal Jurisdiction; Jurisdiction v. Property Matters |
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6 |
5/1 |
Divorce Process; Paternity Quiz
#2 |
In the Beginning; Client Interviews; Initial Steps and
Discovery; The middle Phase-Resolution or Trial; The Divorce Proceeding;
Post-Divorce Proceedings; Appeals; The Legal Status of Children; Developments;
Establishing Parenthood. |
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7 |
5/8 |
Child Abuse; adoption; Final Exam
Final Exam |
Historical Overview; Child Protective
Services; Reporting abuse or neglect; Removal of Children; The Adoption
Process; Adoption Placement; Tort of wrongful Adoption
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THE OUTLINE CAN BE MODIFIED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
INSTRUCTOR.