Many times in the first consultation or very beginning stages with a new client, they will ask me if/when they should discuss with their spouse that they have hired me and are filing for divorce. This is a tricky question because it is such a personal decision for many. My advice is usually tailored to
Category: Divorce
DOMESTICATION OF YOUR DIVORCE DECREE OR JUDGMENT FROM ANOTHER STATE OR EVEN ANOTHER COUNTY IN ARIZONA
Domestication of Your Divorce Decree Due to the mobile nature of our society, it can be difficult to predict where you or your family will end up. If you find yourself moving to Arizona after having secured a divorce decree or judgment that was adjudicated in another state or country, and you wish to enforce
CHILD SUPPORT ACROSS THE COUNTRY – UIFSA
Collecting your child support payments shouldn’t be difficult, but as we all know, it can be. If the other parent lives in a different state, there are additional steps you need to take to collect your court ordered support, but there is a uniform law in place to make that collection easier. Enforcement of Child
CUSTODY ACROSS THE COUNTRY – UCCJEA
Jurisdiction can be summed up as the power to make legal decisions and orders. A court must have jurisdiction over a case to make decisions that bind the parties. Jurisdiction is very important in the context of family law because each state has its own interpretation about how custody, child support, spousal maintenance and basically
MODIFYING AN EXISTING SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE AWARD
My previous three blog posts discussed qualifying for spousal maintenance and the factors the Court considers when determining how much will be paid for how long. Once an order has been entered it can last for years or months. During that time things can change and one party may want to modify the order. To
THE SECOND STEP: DETERMINING THE AMOUNT AND DURATION OF SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE – Part 2 of 2
If you read my last two blog posts about spousal maintenance, you hopefully have a better understanding of why this issue is one of the most litigated issues in family law. Once the Court establishes that a spouse is eligible to receive spousal maintenance, the Court then considers thirteen factors to determine how much spousal
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THE SECOND STEP: DETERMINING THE AMOUNT AND DURATION OF SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE – Part 1 of 2
For both the paying spouse and the spouse who is not currently employed, the issue of how much spousal maintenance will be paid or received causes significant apprehension. Financial uncertainty factors heavily into the divorce decision-making process – should I stay or should I go? Even in cases where the parties have more equal bargaining
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THE FIRST STEP: QUALIFYING FOR SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE IN MARICOPA COUNTY
There are several factors the judge is required to consider before ordering one spouse to pay spousal maintenance to the other spouse. The first question a judge has to answer is whether the requesting party even qualifies for an award of spousal maintenance. To answer that question the judge must consider the factors set out
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LEGAL DECISION-MAKING AND PARENTING TIME – FORMERLY KNOWN AS “CUSTODY”
In a divorce, issues related to the children are usually the most important. Accordingly, questions about how the court will award legal decision making and parenting time are among the most common. Most people use the term “custody” to describe which parent the child lives with most of the time; however, Arizona now breaks what
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ARIZONA IS A NO FAULT STATE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Is Arizona a No Fault Divorce State? A no-fault state is a state in which you may file for, and be granted, a divorce without alleging or proving any kind of marital misconduct. In other words, you can get a divorce simply because you no longer want to be married (as long as you don’t
