Caught in the Middle: Guidelines for Handling Custody Disputes
Conflicting directives from separated or divorced parents often lead to confusion for school leaders. This session explains legal requirements and practical strategies for managing custodial disputes. Participants will learn how to determine who has educational decision-making rights and how court orders can change those rights, understand the differences between physical and legal custody and their impact on school decisions, recognize rights and limitations regarding access to student records, learn how to interpret and comply with restraining orders, and address special considerations involving foster youth and students with disabilities.
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Senior Counsel | Attorney at Law
Young, Minney & Corr, LLP
Mariam Babayan’s primary practice areas include student discipline and expulsion hearings, special education, due process complaints, and student services policies and handbooks. She is passionately committed to helping clients help themselves. She leads trainings, webinars, and workshops to give administrators the tools and best practice guidance they need to do their best work—educating our kids—while remaining confident about legal compliance. Following a lifelong passion for teaching and learning, Mariam taught Shakespeare at a local community college before committing to law school.
Senior Counsel/Attorney-at-Law
Young, Minney & Corr, LLP
Stacy Tolkin’s primary practice areas include special education, student discipline, and Section 504. Before pursuing a career in law, Stacy spent over 25 years in public education, beginning as a school psychologist. She has worked with students from preschool through postsecondary education. After obtaining her administrative services credential, she held educational leadership roles, including district program specialist, SELPA coordinator, and director of special education. Stacy began her collaboration with charter schools approximately nine years ago. Stacy is a skilled IEP facilitator trained in various facilitation and mediation techniques.
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