Like many other states, Arizona has a set of Child Support Guidelines which Arizona courts will use to calculate how much child support one parent will pay to the other. Although the amount called for under the guidelines will almost always apply to the parent without...
Month: June 2017
When can I ask for supervised visitation?
Many residents of Tempe and other parts of the Phoenix metro area who follow the trends in family law at all may realize that, these days, courts and family law experts favor setups where two parents who are living in separate households share parenting time as much...
How we help Arizona dads assert their fathers’ rights
Some in Tempe, Arizona or the greater Phoenix metro area might take some umbrage at the term fathers' rights, as if it implies the mom of a child has been depriving something that all dads deserve, no matter what the circumstances.Our law office does represent dads in...
Courts may “impute” income for child support purposes
A previous post on this blog discussed what all counts as income when it comes to figuring out how much child support an Arizona mother or father is going to have to pay. How much income each parent makes is often a difficult question to answer since, in many cases,...
What counts as income when calculating child support?
Like other states, Arizona relies heavily on each parent's income when it comes to calculating how much child support a parent will have to pay. What Tempe residents might not realize, however, is just how broad the definition of "income" is in the context child...