One step for most parents getting a divorce in Arizona is working out a schedule for custody and visitation. If their child is an infant, there are some additional considerations to keep in mind.Parents who are the main caregiver may hesitate to hand the child over to...
The day you made the final decision to file for divorce in an Arizona court, you might have had mixed feelings. Especially if you've been married for 10 years or more, you might have felt a sense of mourning or sorrow for the relationship you were now choosing to...
Arizona residents who are fans of former NFL player Michael Strahan may be aware that he was married from 1999 to 2006. He and his ex-wife have twin daughters who are now 14, and at the time, they worked out an amicable agreement for child custody and support....
Parents in Arizona generally get to stay in contact with their children after a divorce. However, custodial parents who have concerns about their children's safety may feel uncomfortable about complying with a visitation order. Those concerns could range from how a...
Generally, a child support payment is based on how much a noncustodial parent earns. The goal when crafting a child support order is to ensure that the child's needs are met. However, if parents in Arizona experience a job loss or other financial hardship, it's...
Getting a divorce may seem like a fairly straightforward process. In some regards, that is true. Divorce means two people dividing shared assets and property, and sometimes determining child custody arrangements. Those might be questions with very clear answers. The...
When an Arizona couple chooses to end their marriage, one or both parties often have some form of company-sponsored retirement plan. Every retirement account represents a marital asset, and the departing spouses must divide the funds as part of the divorce....
Arizona parents who are not a couple but will be co-parenting their children might at first struggle with making it work smoothly, healthily and productively. However, there are many ways they can reflect and see if their co-parenting relationship is working well.One...
It's all but stereotypical to assume that a divorced father will be automatically awarded less than 50% of custody and forced to pay what he believes is an unreasonable child support payment. Yet many men feel exactly that way. However, many divorced Arizona women...
Many Arizona fathers may be concerned about their rights to their children, especially if they are not married to the mother and never were. In many cases, unmarried fathers remain in a committed partnership with the mother of the child; they simply choose not to...