C05 - How to Properly Try a Custody Case without having a Custody Evaluation and Other Potential Limiting Factors (2026CLC-C05)

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

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The Family Law Track

Presented by the Family Law Section

About the Program

This session will teach attendees how to properly manage their custody case, which may be either dissolution, custody, or post judgment, if they do not have a custody evaluation, a Guardian ad Litem, or other expert investigation, when so many typically rely heavily on these types of input in their presentation to the court. This session will navigate through the preparation and hearing process when the parties may not be able to afford a private custody evaluation, a Guardian ad Litem, or other independent evaluation and how to work around it. The presenters will discuss how to properly prepare and present your custody case through the witnesses and exhibits that you have available to you and how to properly work through the custody presentation.

You Will Learn

How to manage a custody case without the resources of a Guardian Ad Litem, custody evaluation, or other expert evaluation

Who Should Attend

Family law practitioners.

Credit

CT: 1.5 CLE Credit (General)
NY: 1.5 CLE Credit (AOP)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits. 

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. 

Speakers

Lynda Munro1 Hon. Lynda B. Munro (Ret.)
Munro at Law PLLC, Belfast, ME

inn-louise-truax1 Louise T. Truax
Reich & Truax PLLC, Southport