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Letter from the Chair:

Dear Colleagues:

One of the honors of being the Chair-Elect of the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association is chairing the annual Family Law Institute, from August 12-14, 2011. This year, our goal with the Institute is to educate, entertain, and challenge our members to join the revolution for change! When we talk about change, we are focusing on inspiring lawyers, judges, and experts to bring back respect and dignity to the legal processes around family issues. We are also focusing on new ways to deal with substantive family law issues, such as working around the “double-dip” caselaw, finding new resources to support imputing income to unemployed executives, and challenging the assumptions and impositions of cookie-cutter 50-50 parenting plans.

Also included in the theme of “change” are a few new components of the Family Law Institute. For the first time, we will have a “Kick-Off to the Institute, a/k/a Kick off to the Revolution!”event on August 11. As part of that initiative, also for the first time ever, I am proud to announce that we are having a charity fundraiser to benefit the Legal Aide Foundation. The format of the Institute this year also gives participants significant additional networking opportunities, including a cocktail reception Saturday evening. Also, the ever-popular “Hot Topics” are back once again, but our new twist is that they are being presented by judges.

Thomas Jefferson said “Every generation needs a new revolution.” Join this generation of the Family Law Section! Join the revolution! Have some fun along the way.

Thanks,

Brenda L. Storey
Chair-Elect of the Family Law Section
Chair of the Family Law Institute