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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Family Law

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, December 16, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 PM E.T.

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


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    On Demand

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This CLE webinar will provide guidance to family law practitioners on drafting and navigating parenting plans with an emphasis on process and controllables. While financial aspects of divorce are often resolved through formulas and software, parenting plans are far more nuanced, requiring careful negotiation over residential schedules, decision-making, and dispute resolution processes that will impact families for decades.

Faculty

Brian Brunkow
Parenting Plan Coach, Attorney and CLE Instructor
Law Office of Brian Brunkow

Mr. Brunkow is an attorney and CLE instructor at the Law Office of Brian Brunkow and resides in Bothell, Washington. He holds a juris doctor (JD) from the Seattle University School of Law. Mr. Brunkow is a Seattle-area attorney with a background in mortgage compliance, NCAA compliance, athlete agency law, and family law. Education: JD, Seattle University School of Law, 2000

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Description

Attorney Brian Brunkow will discuss how counsel can help clients anticipate conflict, focus on interests rather than positions, and manage the ongoing challenges of co-parenting with an ex-spouse. He will explore strategies for reframing negotiations, moving from positional arguments to interest-based discussions, and addressing common behavioral pitfalls. Attorneys must prepare clients to handle toxic behavior, understand their own triggers, and preserve self-control throughout the process.

The program will review cognitive biases that often derail negotiations, such as confirmation bias, self-serving bias, and worldview bias, and will outline methods for protecting clients from these traps. Mr. Brunkow will also address partial agreements, test-run parenting arrangements, and discuss other creative options when full consensus is unattainable.

Listen as our expert offers practical tools and frameworks for lawyers counseling clients through stormy parenting plan disputes, including negotiation preparation, post-agreement considerations, and resilience-building techniques to sustain effective co-parenting over the long term.

Outline

I. Introduction

II. Negotiation preparation

III Negotiation table

IV. Post-negotiation

V. Other options

VI. Cognitive bias

VII. Tools and resources

VIII. Practitioner takeaways

Benefits

The presenter will discuss these and other important topics:

  • Understanding the unique challenges of parenting plans compared to financial aspects of divorce
  • Implementing interest-based negotiation strategies to move clients from positional arguments toward durable solutions
  • Recognizing and mitigating cognitive biases that impair client judgment in high-conflict divorce situations
  • Exploring creative dispute resolution options outside of full parenting plan agreements, including partial agreements and trial arrangements
  • Equipping clients with practical tools to anticipate conflict, manage responses, and maintain self-control when dealing with toxic co-parenting dynamics