Month: September 2019
Divorce Camp
A couple of weeks ago, dozens of AFCC members attended Divorce Camp sponsored by the AAML up at Breezy Point. The topic this year focused on how our own and our clients’/patients’ financial values and biases can impact how some of the financial aspects of divorce are approached. And yes, that is Mindy Mitnick wearing Read more…
Final Report from Rules Committee on proposed changes to ADR Rules
The Supreme Court Advisory Committee on General Rules of Practice has issued its Final Report to the Supreme Court which is attached. As you may know, the Court has already heard from the ADR Ethics Board which proposed changes, public comments and testimony about those proposed rule changes, and the ADR Workgroup which was appointed Read more…
Broken Places shared with Guardians
AFCC Board member Jordan Hart, Ph.D, and President Referee Jim Street discussing the documentary Broken Places with 190 Guardians ad litem at the Guardians’ annual training at Mystic Lake on September 5. This movie, for which AFCC-MN has the rights to show, discusses how to develop resiliency in children who have experienced high ACES (Adverse Read more…
Perhaps its a personality disorder . . .
Our chapter of the AFCC is presenting an excellent opportunity to gain strategies of working with personality disordered individuals in family law on October 11. The information is contained in our events tab of this website. Back as a legal aid attorney at SMRLS, I recall a description by a mental health professional about how Read more…
A note from our AFCC-MN President
Referee Street: Sharing information and opportunities to learn from or participate with other organizations in the community. One of the goals for the AFCC-MN this year is to share information and opportunities to learn from or participate with other organizations in the community. Towards that end, we will be sharing information about such events in Read more…
Child Focus Parenting Time Guide:
As Co-Chair of the Child-Focused Parenting Time Guide with the Honorable Sally Tarnowski, we are pleased to provide AFCC MN with the new Guide that will be useful to all professionals who work with families experiencing separation and divorce. This Guide is intended to be a valuable resource for the parents we work with. The Read more…