1. Case Preparation, Analysis and Family Court
Take instructions, advise on funding, analyse evidence and prepare clients for family proceedings, ADR, conferences and hearings.
How to study the CPQ Professional stage
Build the independent research and business-report skills required for P1, then prepare the work-relevant tasks in the one P2–P10 pathway on your record.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Family strategy integrates client objective, child welfare, safety, evidence, funding, costs and procedural route.
Exam cue: Build a people, relationship, child, asset, safety and deadline map.
Concept 2
The Family Court uses case-specific applications, allocation, directions and transparency rules.
Exam cue: Select court or non-court route after risk screening.
Concept 3
Factual, expert and agency evidence must be analysed rather than merely collected.
Exam cue: Prepare an issues-and-evidence schedule for each hearing.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating mediation as safe or suitable in every case.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Ignoring legal-aid evidence and cost consequences.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Filing voluminous material without relevance analysis.
Guardrail: Do not study all nine pathways as mandatory, treat P1 as a timed exam, confuse passage with authorisation or rely on outdated law, tax, procedure or regulator guidance.
Memory anchors
Family case map
People, status, children, assets, safety and objective.
Route choice
Safety, urgency, issue, evidence, cost and outcome.
Hearing prep
Order, issue, evidence, bundle, submission and client.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A client seeks mediation, but recent coercive control makes joint negotiation unsafe. What should the adviser do?
A parent files 500 pages of messages, most unrelated to the child issue. What should the lawyer do?
Answer all questions to submit.
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