Same sex married couples in Arizona now get to benefit from the State’s community property laws. This was not always the case. However, with the United States Supreme Court legalizing marriage for same sex couples in the 2015 case of Obergefell v. Hodges, same sex married couples now receive the same protection as heterosexual couples under
Month: July 2016
Same Sex Marriage and Spousal Maintenance
The legalization of same sex marriage has dramatically changed the legal landscape for same sex couples in Arizona. Prior to the United States Supreme Court granting the right to marriage to same sex couples in the 2015 case of Obergefell v. Hodges, there was no recognition of any marital or financial community for same sex couples
Alternative to Taking Spousal Maintenance Claims to Trial
If you’ve been following along with our series this month on spousal maintenance, you can see the problems inherent with taking a spousal maintenance claim to trial and having a judge, with limited time to spend hearing evidence and possibly experience in handling such an issue, having the wide discretion to determine an issue that
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