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When Courts May Impute Income to Parents Owing Child Support

In Arizona as elsewhere, child support is a critical aspect of ensuring the welfare and well-being of children following the separation or divorce of their parents. The courts have a Read More

Your Remedies When Child Support Payments Aren’t Made

If a parent shirks legal responsibility by failing to pay court-ordered child support, it can create a significant burden on the custodial parent and work to the child’s detriment. Fortunately, Read More

Successfully Seeking Post-Divorce Modifications in Arizona

Long after a divorce, circumstances may change or evolve in ways that cause child custody and child support arrangements to become inadequate. If your situation has changed significantly, you might Read More

Enforcing Your Parenting Time Rights in Arizona

Arizona public policy favors stable and consistent relationships between children and parents, even after separation or divorce. This is carried out by court-ordered parenting plans that outline specific times each Read More

Finding Solutions for Conflicts Over Child Custody

Divorce is usually hard on the children, and even more so when their parents are fighting over who the children will live with. Courts in Arizona generally favor a shared Read More

The Effect of a Preliminary Injunction in a Divorce

One of the most contentious issues in a divorce is property division. This process might seem to be automatic, since Arizona’s community property law deems all property acquired during a Read More

Imputing Income to an Underemployed Spouse in Child Support Cases

When a couple with children gets divorced, their personal finances determine how much child support should be paid. The judge analyzes each parent’s income and assets, applies the Arizona child Read More

What to Know About Enforceable Prenuptial Agreements in Arizona

A prenuptial agreement is an effective way for a couple entering marriage to plan for various contingencies. Besides controlling division of property upon divorce, a prenup can define the rights Read More

How Is Alimony Calculated Under Arizona’s New Guidelines?

In 2003, Arizona adopted statewide guidelines aimed at achieving greater uniformity in the amount and duration of alimony awards for divorcing couples in similar circumstances. However, it did more than Read More

How Arizona Child Support Is Affected by Allocation of Parenting Time

In Arizona, child support obligations are influenced by various factors. One of these is parenting time, also known as residential custody. If parenting time is shared, child support payments are Read More

What Types of Costs Are Covered by Child Support?

Child support is a key part of a divorce when there are children of the marriage. It is an amount of money that one parent pays to the other, usually Read More

How Can You Challenge a Child Support Order You Think Is Unfair?

Every child is entitled to financial support from their parents, even if the parents are not together. In divorce cases, the family courts must determine how child support obligations are Read More

Understanding How Custody Affects Child Support in Arizona

When parents divorce, a court must decide how much child support the custodial parent should receive from the non-custodial parent. Arizona uses an income-based model in calculating child support, starting Read More

What You Need to Show to Modify Spousal Maintenance

Spousal maintenance — known familiarly as alimony — is money that one spouse pays after a divorce to help the other spouse maintain a certain standard of living. While maintenance Read More

Special Considerations for Going Through Gray Divorce

Every divorce can present unique challenges and concerns. This is no less true for those divorcing later in life. “Gray divorce” — which generally refers to divorcing spouses who are Read More

Using Online Apps To Make Your Parenting Plan Work Better

Divorced parents can often feel like they are facing a never-ending stream of details about where their children are and where they may need to be. Thankfully, with the rise Read More

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