As a lawyer with many cases in Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona and throughout the state, I often encounter family law cases in which a bankruptcy has been or will be filed. Both parties need to understand what will happen with
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One of the most common areas in which bankruptcy and family law cases collide pertains to a bankruptcy debtor attempting to discharge a debt or obligation owed to his or her spouse or ex-spouse. Prior to the significant changes
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Many divorce clients are faced with the issue of having a single piece of real estate, which cannot readily be divided into two dwellings. Their reasonable question is: what are the alternate ways of dividing the real estate? In
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Many potential clients contact me years after their divorce or paternity case in which they were ordered to pay or receive child support. They may or may not have modified the original child support over the years. However, they have
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After an article recently published in the May 2009 Family Law News, a news letter put out by the Family Law Section of the Arizona State Bar, an honorable commissioner in Maricopa County, Arizona, sent an email to McGuire Gardner
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Even after the trial has concluded, and the Court has entered orders pertaining to child support, both parties should review several child support related issues frequently. The amount of child support can be modified if there is a “substantial and
As a family law attorney, I am often asked if child custody and child support provisions in prior court orders can be modified. The answer is yes. Unlike most court orders that are final once the time to appeal
Many of my divorce or family law clients have questions regarding obtaining an Order of Protection in their case. Because each case is unique, you should discuss an Order of Protection with an attorney before proceeding. Orders of Protection
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Under Arizona law, a marriage may be ended through a dissolution (divorce) or an annulment. Another alternative occasionally used is a legal separation. Each of these methods have much in common. For example, in a divorce, annulment,
I am often asked in divorce consultations if an attorney is really needed if the parties believe that their divorce case or legal separation case will be uncontested. Generally, it is advantageous to both parties to have an attorney involved
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