Thursday, December 20, 2018

Friend of the Court Employee Seminar January 23-25, 2019


By Michigan Judicial Institute

Michigan Judicial Institute (MJI), in collaboration with the Friend of the Court Bureau (FOCB), is pleased to again offer a three-day seminar for friend of the court (FOC) staff.  You may register to attend day one, two, three, or all three days. 

Day 1 is designed for new(er) FOC staff. It will include presentations on:
  • Functions of the Friend of the Court Office;
  • *Professionalism and Ethics;
  • Child Support Formula Overview; and
  • The Basics of Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Enforcement.

Days 2 and 3 of the seminar are designed for all FOC staff and will include general sessions and workshops on a variety of topics, including:
  • *FOCB Domestic Violence Manual and Mandated Reporting;
  • Recreational and Medical Marihuana Update: Impact on Domestic Relations;
  • Personal Safety and Security;
  • Advanced Child Support workshops including Imputation and Determining Income of the Self-Employed;
  • Custody and Parenting Time workshops including Enforcement, Interviewing & Report Writing, and Testifying;
  • Intergovernmental;
  • *Vicarious/Secondary Trauma
  • *Immigration and the Impact on the Family Division;
  • *Customer Service;
  • *Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES); and
  • *Implicit Bias.

*These sessions also count toward the ContractPerformance Standards (CPS) customer service training requirement. To gain the CPS credit, attendees must sign in at the session and log their attendance after the conference in the Learning Management System (LMS).

The complete seminar announcement, with more specific agenda and registration information is available on the MJIwebsite.