Greater Newburyport Bar Association
Calendar 2025​​​​
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
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The Intersection of Family Law, Child Welfare and Criminal Law
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 4:30-6:30, Zoom
Approved for Two CAFL & CPCS credits
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Many of our cases walk in the door presenting like an essay question on the bar
exam, spanning disciplines ranging from family law to criminal law to child welfare
and juvenile law. Our expert practitioners will give you an overview of each area and
answer common questions many of us have, and we’ll take an interactive walk
through a hypothetical case involving all of these areas.
Attend & Learn:
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Who qualifies for legal counsel in CAFL cases, criminal defense cases, and other times a person might be eligible for appointment of counsel by CPCS;
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At what point in the various legal processes can counsel be appointed.
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How to manage the collaboration between a client's divorce, criminal defense and/or CAFL counsel in terms of aligning case strategy, sharing potentially relevant information/discovery/pleadings.
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What types of information/documents from separate cases might be relevant to each other (example: mitigation documents / evaluations in criminal cases)
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What rights do incarcerated clients have who are going through a divorce; to participate in custody / parenting time proceedings and what rights do they have to both? Are there priorities we have that might conflict even while representing the same client in different legal settings/proceedings
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How does a restraining order affect a case; what court(s) can issue them and what court(s) can modify them?
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The affect of a divorce case… who says what to whom, and how – it matters!
Faculty
Maureen Booth, TurcoLegal, Newburyport, Chair
Martin Kane ll, McGrath & Kane, Boston
Nancy Hathaway, Senior Trial Counsel, Children and Family Law Division, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Christine Sunnerberg, Esq., Ramirez & Sunnerberg, LLC, Weymouth
To register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/the-intersection-of-family-law-child-welfare-criminal-law