Same-Sex Divorce?
Now that same-sex marriage is legal, obviously followed by this is we now have a same-sex divorce. Are the terms and conditions any different?
Now that same-sex marriage is legal, obviously followed by this is we now have a same-sex divorce. Are the terms and conditions any different?
Arizona has child support guidelines. These were established after years of research and public input as to what it takes to support children at various income levels. These guidelines are reviewed regularly and adjusted for inflation. While you may not think the figures on these guidelines are fair (and you can take that up with…
While the laws regarding children in divorce changed January 2013, the Pima County Superior Court website has yet to update its self-help forms. Also, the court’s forms make no mention of additional fees charged for joint legal decision making (formerly joint custody). And just this week (week ending April 7) the court began charging this…
So you just finished your taxes and you saved money by doing it yourself. Think you can do your divorce the same way? Maybe. But do you really want to? Unlike many tax questions that are just fill in a number or answer “yes” or “no”, divorce isn’t as black and white, especially when it comes…
When you Google “divorce”, all sorts of options appear. So how do you decide what sort of help you need, if any? The big thing to decide is how much time you have and how emotionally prepared you are to deal with things. You can certainly download forms from the internet or even the court,…
You’ve been dumped, cheated on, been told it’s over. You’re hurt and angry, but want to work things out. But unfortunately, your spouse doesn’t. What do you do? It would seem filing for a divorce would be the last thing. But it may be best.
When you’re shopping around for legal document assistance, while cost is an important factor, you also want to make sure that you are getting what you are paying for. Unfortunately, many online legal forms are not current.
Legal decision making is obviously who makes the legal decisions for the children. But regardless of who that is, generally both parents will be involved in the children’s lives and be able to make routine decisions when the children are with them, along with emergency decisions. And as to major decisions, those things generally have…
Arizona has Child Support Guidelines and it is REQUIRED that in every divorce, regardless of any agreement by the parents, a worksheet be submitted. That worksheet lists various information including parents’ actual or capable incomes, the cost of medical insurance for the children, childcare costs, and how much parenting time each parent will have. This…
Again, your spouse does not have to sign the divorce papers. Ever. But you do have to provide proof that they received the papers. Called “Service of Process”, there are several methods. The easiest method our office offers is where you just tell your spouse you had papers prepared and that you would like them…
Prior to 1985, Arizona law carried criminal penalties against the unauthorized practice of law. But when the legislature failed to renew it, paralegals and other non-lawyers began handling legal matters. And the public embraced them because so many people desperately needed affordable legal assistance. Unfortunately there was no regulation and, as with any profession, there…
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