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====Preparing for judicial case conferences====
By the time you have your JCC, the claimaint will have served the respondent with their Notice of Family Claim. The respondent will have served the claimaint with their Response to Family Claim, and possibly also their Counterclaim. It really is a shame that the rule about exchanging Financial Statements isn't complied with better than it is, because preparing and reviewing these statements always lends important depth to the legal issues in a court proceeding, and, as we've already said, you want to do everything you can to maximize the chances of settlement at your JCC. When I prepare for a JCC, I usually make notes intended to remind myself about the important facts in the parties' relationship. I make notes in point-form and usually list details including: #the age and occupation of each party, and anything else that's relevant to their employment or employability, such as any illnesses or disabilities;#the dates the parties began to live together, married and separated;#the names and ages of each of the parties' children;#the date the court proceeding started and the basic claims being made in a against the respondent by the claimant and against the claimant by the respondent;#the dates and nature of any orders that have already been made; and,#the details of any attempts made to resolve the legal issues out of court proceeding. The
===Settlement conferences===