Total Credits: 1.5 CLE
This introductory series is designed as a resource for new family law practitioners. Review the child support guidelines and what you need to know about them.
Topics will include:
• Fundamentals of Child Support
• The Child Support Calculator
• Enforcement of Support Payments
Chair
Nicholas Brown, The Cavanagh Law Firm PA
Faculty
Jennifer Mihalovich, Stewart Law Group
NICHOLAS J. BROWN concentrates his practice in the areas of family law and domestic relations, including interstate jurisdictional disputes, property characterization issues, and custody matters, in addition to appeals and special actions. Nick is a member with The Cavanagh Law Firm, P.A. Before joining the firm, he completed a clerkship at the Arizona Supreme Court with Chief Justice Scott Bales. Nick currently serves as a member of the Family Law Executive Council of the State Bar of Arizona. Nick is devoted to staying abreast of emergent issues in family law and the state of the law in Arizona in general. He constantly seeks opportunities to publish articles on new cases, rules, and issues. Nick has presented on Arizona family law procedures and rules regarding discovery, disclosure, temporary orders, and the UCCJEA. Apart from English, Nick also speaks Spanish.
Jenny is a Partner at Stewart Law Group, a full-service family law firm serving all of Arizona with multiple offices throughout the Valley. Jenny was an Assistant Attorney General in the Child and Family Protection Division of the Arizona Attorney General's Office for 16 years before going into private practice 5 years ago. While at the Attorney General's Office Jenny was actively involved in community outreach with both the private bar as well as members of the public, doing everything from workshops to formal training for new attorneys in the areas of paternity, child support establishment, modification, enforcement, and interstate case initiation and management. Jenny is the State Bar Representative on the Supreme Court Family Court Improvement Committee and a member of the Child Support Guideline Review Subcommittee, charged with reviewing and updating the Arizona Child Support Guidelines. Jenny attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an undergraduate and received her law degree from Loyola University-Chicago. Jenny clerked for the Honorable Jim Randall of the Minnesota Court of Appeals before moving to Arizona where her first job was in the Adult Probation Department of the Arizona Supreme Court where she worked until she took her position with the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
