Military Law
July 2008
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Military Law: Unique Legal Issues that Affect Current and Former Service Members, Their Families, and Their Employers
Co-sponsored by the Military Law Committee of the Colorado Bar Association
Program Highlights
What You Will Learn:
- Child Custody and Support Issues When One or Both Parents are Members of the Military
- Dividing the Military Pension Upon Divorce
- The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- What You Need to Know About the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Veterans Benefits
- Unique Issues When Providing Estate Planning for Military Personnel
- Special Luncheon Presentation on Current Developments in the Detention and Prosecution of Unlawful Enemy Combatants
Who Should Attend:
*Family Law Attorneys
*Employment Law Attorneys
*Trust and Estate Law Attorneys
*General Practitioners
*Business Law Attorneys
*In-house Counsel
*Human Resources
*Professionals
*Government Attorneys
*Anyone Who Needs to Know About the Laws Affecting *Current and Former Military Personnel!
Program Description
Lengthy and multiple tours of duty overseas have created new and unique legal issues for the members of our armed forces. These issues affect them, their families, and their employers, during active duty, while in reserve status, and after retirement.
What are the critical issues you need to understand when your client or your employee is a current or former member of the military? Find out in this timely, practical, and informative program!
Our program's topics cover a variety of legal areas, including family law, employment law, litigation, health and retirement benefits, military and VA benefits and disability issues, estate planning, and more. What are the special child custody issues when your client faces deployment overseas? Can you receive a default judgment when a member of the armed forces is covered by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act? Is your company required to re-hire a deployed member of the military when he or she returns from active duty? Find out the answers to these questions, and many more, in this practical program!
Lunch is included in your tuition. During lunch, you will enjoy a special presentation on the important civil liberties and separation of powers issues surrounding the detainees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As always, in addition to great CLE, CBA-CLE programs provide you with great networking opportunities with your colleagues.
Don't delay - register today!
Agenda
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Extended by Christopher L. Colclasure, Esq., Program Chair, and Brock R. Wood, Esq., CBA-CLE Program Attorney
9:05 AM – 10:00 AM
Child Custody and Support Issues When One or Both Parents are Members of the Military
Topics include:
*Paternity and Estoppel
*Garnishing Military Pay
*How to Read a Military Leave and Earnings Statement
*Military Medical Coverage
*How to Calculate Child Support for Persons in the Military - Including Understanding Base Pay, BAS, and BAH
*Expenses
*Administrative Remedies for Nonsupport of Family Members Within the Military Services
*Questions About ID Cards
*How to Defend the Support Payor
*Relocation of the Custodial Parent
*Mobilization of the Military Parent: Child Custody Considerations
*Moving for a Stay Based on a Service Member's Unavailability Due to Military Duties
*Delegation of Visitation Rights
Presented by Carl O. Graham, Esq.
10:05 AM – 10:55 AM
Veterans' Disability and Survivors' Benefits - Unique Issues When Providing Estate Planning for Military Personnel
*Military Disability Retirement
*Benefits for Service-related Death or Disability
*Survivors Benefit Plan
*Passing Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Other Non-probate Assets
Presented by Chester H. (Skip) Morgan, II, Esq.
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Break (15 minutes)
11:15 AM - 12:10 PM
Dividing the Military Pension Upon Divorce
Topics include:
*Garnishment Issues in the Pension Division Context
*Military Life Insurance
*Death Benefits
*Jurisdiction
*Domicile
*Legal Residence Issues
*Pension Division Methods Approved by the Military Finance Center
*Avoiding "Gotchas" and Roadblocks When Dividing a Pension
*The Differences Between Guard⁄Reserve and Active Duty Requirements
*Effect of a VA Disability on the Pension
Presented by Carl O. Graham, Esq.
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM (Presentation 12:35 PM – 1:20 PM)
Lunch
A buffet or box lunch consisting of sandwiches, pasta, salad, pizza, or similar fare will be served. The luncheon is provided for your convenience and enjoyment compliments of CBA-CLE and the CBA Military Law Committee. Enjoy!
Luncheon Presentation (12:35 PM - 1:20 PM)
Current Developments in the Detention and Prosecution of Unlawful Enemy Combatants
Presented by Judge Advocate General Corps representatives from the U.S. Military's U.S. Northern Command: U.S. Army Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gary Walsh and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeanne Meyer.
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
What You Need to Know About the Uniformed Services
Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act (USERRA)
Topics include:
*Employment and Re-employment Rights Upon Call to Active Duty and Deployment
*How to Determine if an Employer is Subject to the Act
*How to Determine if an Employee May Claim the Benefits of the Act
*The Benefits an Eligible Employee is Entitled To
*Understanding USERRA's Effect on the Employee's Retirement Benefits, Vacation Time, and Health Insurance
*Understanding How USERRA is Enforced
*Knowing the Affirmative Defenses the Employer Can Use
*Ensuring that Your Company's Policies are Written and Enforced in Compliance with USERRA
*Resolving USERRA Disputes
Presented by Christopher L. Ottele, Esq.
2:15 PM – 2:25 PM
Break (10 minutes)
2:25 PM – 3:00 PM
What You Need to Know About the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act (USERRA) (concludes)
3:05 PM – 3:25 PM
Servicemembers' Rights Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
Topics include:
*Stopping a Default Judgment
*Stopping Enforcement of a Judgment
*Re-opening of a Judgment
*Requesting a Stay in a Lawsuit
*Effect on Child Custody and Child Support Issues
Presented by Chester H. (Skip) Morgan, II, Esq.
3:25 PM – 3:35 PM
Break (10 minutes)
3:35 PM – 4:25 PM
Veterans Benefits
Topics include:
*Understanding the Various Types of Veterans Claims, Including
-Compensation and Rating Determinations
-Widow's Benefits
-Vocational Rehabilitation
*Understanding the VA Claims Process, Including
-Filing the Claim
-Administrative Adjudication
-Administrative Appeal
-Judicial Review
*Understanding the Special Care, Disability, and Benefits Issues of Seriously Wounded and Psychologically Injured Returning Veterans
Presented by Sean Kendall, Esq.
4:25 PM
Adjourn
Faculty:
Carl O. Graham, Esq.
Black & Graham, LLC
Colorado Springs, CO
Sean Kendall, Esq.
Law Offices of Sean Kendall
Boulder, CO
Washington, DC
Christopher L. Ottele, Esq.
Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP
Denver, CO
Lt. Col. Jeanne Meyer
Judge Advocate General Corps
United States Air Force
Colorado Springs, CO
Chester H. (Skip) Morgan, II, Esq. (Colonel, USAF Ret.)
Law Offices of Chester H. Morgan, II
Colorado Springs, CO
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gary Walsh, Esq.
Judge Advocate General Corps
United States Army
Colorado Springs, CO
Planning Committee:
Christopher L. Colclasure, Esq. (Program Chair)
Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP
Denver, CO
R. Craig Hess, Esq.
Law Office of R. Craig Hess
Denver, CO
Ian T. Hicks, Esq.
Levy, Morse & Wheeler, PC
Englewood, CO
John R. Sharp, Esq.
Patton Boggs, LLP
Denver, CO
Charles Sweeney II, Esq., Senior Counsel
CIBER, Inc.
Greenwood Village, CO
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