12/21/2024 10:24:03 AM	BOT 85.3 Course Outline as of Spring 2004	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  BOT 85.3	Title:  FAMILY LAW PROCEDURES
Full Title:  Family Law Procedures
Last Reviewed:2/22/2010

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		8 max.	Lecture Scheduled	24.00
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	1.00		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	8.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	32.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  48.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 80.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

Intended for students seeking employment as law office professionals.  An overview of Family Law procedures, especially as they relate to the dissolution of a marriage.  Topics include:  historical aspects of marriage; valid, void, and voidable marriages; grounds for the dissolution of a marriage; community versus separate property issues; child and spousal support calculations; custody and visitation rights; processing of a dissolution of marriage proceeding.  Students will follow applicable legal procedures and prepare appropriate court documents using a simulation.  Not intended for individuals seeking assistance and instruction on preparing and processing their own dissolution of marriage documents.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

An overview of Family Law procedures, especially as they relate to the dissolution of a marriage.  Students will follow applicable legal procedures and prepare appropriate court documents using a simulation. Not intended for individuals seeking assistance and instruction on preparing and processing their own dissolution of marriage documents.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1998	Inactive:	Fall 2016
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Students will be able to:

1.  Examine historical aspects of marriage

2.  Differentiate between a valid, void, and voidable marriage

3.  Examine the differences between a divorce and dissolution of marriage

4.  Create court forms and supporting legal documents

5.  Determine child and spousal support recommendations

6.  Analyze child custody and visitation issues

7.  Evaluate marital property rights and obligations

8.  Diagram a flow-chart of dissolution of marriage procedures to follow

9.  Using a simulation, write the procedures to create and process

   necessary legal documents and forms.

10. Create a procedures manual

Topics and Scope

Students will use a simulated legal case when covering the topics.

1.  Marriage

   a.  Legal aspects

   b.  Grounds for dissolving a marriage

2.  Client interview

   a.  Essential information and data to obtain

   b.  Client's personal documents

   c.  Organization of files and development of follow-up systems

3.  Dissolution of Marriage Proceeding

   a.  California Dissomaster system for determining support

       recommendations

   b.  Custody and visitation issues

   c.  Potential legal proceedings involving hearings and orders

   d.  Commencement proceedings

   e.  Service of process

   f.  Default proceedings

   g.  Contested matters

   h.  Marital settlement agreements

4.  Technology

   a.  Legal Solutions software

   b.  Microsoft Word and/or WordPerfect features designed for legal

       documents

   c.  Helpful Internet resources

Assignments:

Textbook reading; research Internet resources; preparation of court

documents; creation of client files; composing legal correspondence;

writing action steps in processing legal documents; develop a procedures

manual.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 50%
Homework problems, Case studies.
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 50%
Class performances, Performance exams, Processing legal docs & composing correspondence.
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Class participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Joyce Morton, Legal Secretarial Procedures, 5th edition.  New Jersey:

 Prentice-Hall, 2001.

Law Office Procedures Manual edited by Legal Secretaries Incorporated,

 The Rutter Group.  Updated semi-annually.

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