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FAMILY LAW FINANCIAL SERIES

A four-part series for lawyers, mediators, and other family law professionals.

May 2, 2025

Tips and Tricks: Support Calculations

Join Melissa for a lunch and learn style webinar discussing tips and tricks to obtain accurate support calculations. Melissa will cover various types of income where just the Line 15000 income will not produce an accurate calculation and cover how to deal with retroactive support.

June 6, 2025

Tips and Tricks: Valuing Assets

Join Melissa for a lunch and learn style webinar discussing tips and tricks in the valuation of various types of assets for family law purposes. Melissa will cover secondary residences, retirement assets, pensions valuations and benefits and when to use a team approach.

Upcoming:

• Tips and Tricks: Calculating Income of Self Employed Persons
• Tips and Tricks: Dealing with Business Assets

About the Presenter:

Melissa May

Poole Althouse Law

B.A., LL.B., FDR Pro Mediation (FDRIA)

Melissa’s practice is focused primarily on litigation and mediation. She spends the majority of her time assisting clients with separation and divorce in Western Newfoundland and in Labrador.

Register for the May 2nd webinar.

WEBINAR LIBRARY

FEBRUARY 2024

• Insight Approach to Family Dispute Resolution | Jacinta Gallant.

MARCH 2024

• Mediation-Arbitration | Colm Brannigan

APRIL 2024

• Hear the Child | Bev Churchill

OCTOBER 2024

• Parenting Coordination | Borzou Tabrizi

NOVEMBER 2024

• Family Mediation & Arbitration | Tom Dart

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Get Involved!

If you have an idea for a program or webinar, or would like to present a webinar, we are interested!

Email: info@fdria.ca

FDR TRAINING

The training courses listed below meet the training requirements for the FDRIA Certification specialization in family mediation – FDR Pro.

Learn about the FDRIA FDR Pro Certification

• Family Mediation – Theory, Skills, and Practice
• Screening – Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Power Imbalances and Family Violence. Date TBA
• Advanced Family Mediation – Advanced Theory, Skills and Practice. Date TBA
• Family Relations – Understanding Families for Improved Family Dispute Resolution. Date TBA
• Family Law – An overview of the Law and Relating to Separation and Divorce. Date TBA.

Learn more about MDW Law Mediation Training

RIVERDALE TRAINING

Courses are self-directed with mandatory tutorials

MEDIATION

• Screening for Power Imbalances Including Intimate Partner Violence
• Family Mediation & Advanced Mediation
• Family Relations
• Family Law (for non-lawyers)

PARENTING COORDINATION

• Basic Parenting Coordination
• Advanced Parenting Coordination

ARBITRATION

• Arbitration

Learn more about Riverdale FDR Training

CLEBC (Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia)

MEDIATION

• Introduction to Family Dispute Resolution | September 12-13
• Family Violence Screening Training for Litigators and DR Professionals | October 1-2
• Intermediate Family Law Mediation
• Advanced Family Law Mediation

Learn about FDRIA membership.

Posted: April 25, 2025