Support Order Establishment and Enforcement: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Support

Navigating support orders, including their establishment, modification, and enforcement, can be a complex legal process. This course will guide attorneys through the legal frameworks that govern support orders, from establishing initial standing to enforcing orders.

Attorneys should attend this program to learn about why and how support is established, as well as the enforcement tools that can be used to collect if it is not paid.  The program will outline and explore the legal issues surrounding support orders, establishing paternity, and the conditions and provisions of support orders. The different enforcement tools and remedies available under federal and state laws will be discussed.

This course is designed for attorneys with little or no experience who are interested in family law. Attendees will be given a foundational understanding of support orders.

Learning Objectives:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the components involved in establishing a support order. 
2. Recognize and apply components to modify a support order.
3. Evaluate the effective and issue dates to establish and/or modify a support order. 
4. Differentiate between financial and non-financial obligations.
5. Distinguish between administrative and judicial remedies and how they are implemented. 
6. Recognize those enforcement remedies that are manually initiated or computer-generated.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Central Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mountain Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Pacific Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Alaska Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Saturday, February 21, 2026
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Sunday, June 21, 2026