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A Guide to the Child Support Calculator in Arizona 2012
The child support calculator is based off the Arizona Child Support Guidelines. The goal of the Arizona Child Support Guidelines is to determine the duty a person has to provide all reasonable support for that person’s natural and adopted minor, [...]
Divorce Attorneys Find New Way To Catch Cheaters
Divorce attorneys no longer need to hire private investigators to get the dirt on spouses who may be cheating. All they need now is a computer. Liz Steele, of Mesa, is going through a divorce and she has no problem [...]
Social Security Benefits and Divorce
Maybe you all know this already, but I have had several cases where the issue of dividing social security benefits has been raised (especially in cases where one spouse earned significantly more than the other during the marriage). Below is [...]
Grandparents Can’t Prevent Move by Custodial Parent, Court Holds
A law giving grandparents visitation rights in divorce cases doesn’t allow them to block a custodial parent form moving out of the state, taking the child along, the state Court Of Appeals ruled Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the judges [...]
Arizona Court Must Contact Out of State Court that had Entered Child Custody Order Before Attempting to Modify that Court’s Order.
In our highly mobile society wherein people and their families relocate from time to time, it is not uncommon for a party to attempt to modify or enforce an out-of-state divorce decree or paternity order in Arizona. In the case [...]
Arizona Court of Appeals Upholds Use of Maricopa County Spousal Maintenance
A recent decision by the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, upheld the use of the Maricopa County Spousal Maintenance Guidelines for the calculation of a spousal maintenance award, so long as the factors listed in A.R.S. 25-319(B) were considered [...]
