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
Category: Spousal Maintenance
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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Modifying Spousal Maintenance
Now, you’ve gone to trial in your divorce or legal separation case and the Court awarded one of the parties spousal maintenance for a certain amount payable each month and over a certain time period or even indefinitely. Once the appeal period ends or all appeals are exhausted, this order is pretty much the end
Factors for the Court in Determining Amount and Duration of Spousal Maintenance
If the Court has found that one of the parties qualifies for and is eligible to receive an award of spousal maintenance as we discussed in depth in part one of this four part blog series, then the Court has to examine the facts and circumstances of the case under all the relevant factors, including those specifically
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Qualifying for Spousal Maintenance in Arizona
An award of spousal maintenance or alimony is not automatically given to one of the parties in every divorce case filed in Arizona just because it has been requested. First, the Court is required to examine the facts and circumstances in each case to see if the requesting party is even eligible to receive spousal
Spousal Maintenance
Alimony, or spousal maintenance as it is referred to in Arizona, is the monthly amount of money that one spouse may have to pay to support the other both during and/or after the divorce. In order for one spouse to receive spousal maintenance, several statutory factors are considered when determining whether a spouse is entitled
