Liapis v. Dist. Ct.

Liapis v. Dist. Ct.: A mother asked the court to stop her son from representing his father in a divorce action. She didn't raise an ethical breach.

By Diana Shepherd, CDFA®Updated: May 07, 2020

Liapis v. Dist. Ct.: A mother asked the court to stop her son from representing his father in a divorce action. She didn’t raise an ethical breach.

By Laura Morgan, Family Law Consultant

Mother lacked standing to seek disqualification of parties’ son from representing his father in divorce action; mother was neither a former nor current client of her son, mother did not argue that son’s representation of his father constituted an ethical breach as to her or impacted any of her legal interests, and instead, mother simply alleged that son’s love for his parents impacted his ability to represent father, not mother.

Liapis v. Dist. Ct.

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Published on: September 14, 2012

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Diana Shepherd, CDFA®

Diana Shepherd has over 30 years of experience as a marketing, branding, SEO, copywriting, editing, and publishing expert. As Content Director for Family Lawyer Magazine, Divorce Magazine, and Divorce Marketing Group, she oversees all corporate content development and frequently creates SEO-friendly videos, podcasts, and copy for family law and financial firms. The Co-Founder of Divorce Magazine and Divorce Marketing Group, Diana is an award-winning editor, published author, and a nationally recognized expert on divorce, remarriage, finance, and stepfamily issues. She has written hundreds of articles geared towards both family law professionals and divorcing people, and she has both performed and taught on-page SEO for 20+ years. Diana spent eight years as the Marketing Director for the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts® (IDFA®), and she has been a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® since 2006. While at IDFA, she wrote, designed, and published The IDFA Marketing Guide, and she also created seminars for CDFA professionals to present to family lawyers (approved for CLE), as well as to separated and divorcing individuals. She has represented both DMG and IDFA at industry conferences and events across North America, and she has given marketing as well as divorce financial seminars at many of those conferences.

Liapis v. Dist. Ct.

Liapis v. Dist. Ct.: A mother asked the court to stop her son from representing his father in a divorce action. She didn't raise an ethical breach.

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Diana Shepherd, CDFA®

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