ONLINE
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
These are the complex real estate and tax issues that keep you up at night and make or break your divorce cases. This seminar addresses the critical challenges that family law attorneys face when dividing marital assets and navigating tax consequences of the divorce.
The morning session focuses on the commonly occurring real estate scenarios that family lawyers face. Make sure that you are aware of the potential pitfalls that lurk just around the corner.
The afternoon session uncovers tax traps for the unwary. Make sure that you avoid costly tax mistakes in your settlements and other agreements and that you are coordinating with tax professionals where appropriate.
At the end of the day, walk away with the tools and insights you need to confidently handle these high-stakes issues while protecting your practice from potential malpractice exposure.
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 – 9:05 a.m.
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
9:05 – 10:05 a.m.
How to Handle Common Real Estate Scenarios Arising from Divorce: Buyouts, Quitclaims, Refinancing, and More
Many divorces involve at least one piece of real property – typically the marital homestead. What is to be done with that home? Learn how to advise your clients clearly and accurately by gaining a solid understanding of the common scenarios and the pros and cons of each solution. Topics include buyouts, refinancing, quitclaim deeds, and how to handle investment and rental properties.
– Marty G. Helle
10:05 – 10:15 a.m.
BREAK
10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
How to Handle Marital Liens and Property Valuation Determinations
In this session, we’ll examine various types of liens commonly encountered in divorce cases, from marital liens, mortgage liens, and home equity lines of credit to tax liens, mechanics’ liens, and judgment liens, discussing how each impacts property division calculations.
– Marty G. Helle
11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
BREAK
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
How to Identify and Protect Non-Marital Real Property Interests
Learn how to distinguish between marital and non-marital real property under applicable state laws, identify circumstances that can transform separate property into marital property through commingling or transmutation, contend with title issues and ownership documentation challenges, and develop strategies for protecting non-marital property interests during settlement negotiations.
– Marty G. Helle
12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH BREAK (on your own)
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
8 Tax Traps That Accompany Divorce: Advice for the Unwary Family Lawyer
Many financial issues that arise during divorce proceedings carry significant tax consequences. Even if your retainer agreement explicitly excludes tax advice from your scope of representation, are you confident you’re adequately considering these implications when advising clients on property division, child support, spousal maintenance, and other issues? Join two tax attorneys as they explore common yet complex tax scenarios that often lurk just beneath the surface in divorce cases.
– Kathleen E. Pfutzenreuter & Benjamin A. Wagner
LIVE IN-PERSON
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 370
Seventh Street & Nicollet Mall, Third Floor City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ONLINE REPLAYS
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Attend online
A moderator will be available to answer questions by email.
$295 MSBA members / $295 paralegals / $345 standard rate
Other discounts that may apply:
Scholarships available!
Need-based scholarships are available for in-person and online seminars. For further information or to obtain a scholarship application, contact us at 800-759-8840 or customerservice@minncle.org.
Minnesota CLE is applying to the Minnesota State Board of CLE for 5.0 standard CLE credits. The maximum number of total credits attendees may claim for this program is 5.0 credits.
