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Family Law and Divorce Representation in Phoenix

Divorce With Children

If you and your spouse share children under the age of 18, you will need to go through a divorce with children. The process involved with a divorce with minor children involved requires you to deal with a number of additional issues, including legal decision-making authority, child support, and visitation.

Divorce Without Children Involved

If you and your spouse do not share any children under the age of 18, you can pursue a divorce without children in Arizona. Your LP can help you consider these and other issues and develop a plan to resolve them in a way that protects your interests. Your legal representative will work with you to try to secure a full agreement to settle all of the outstanding divorce issues through informal negotiations.

Contested vs. Uncontested Divorce

Divorces can be uncontested or contested. In an uncontested divorce, you and your spouse agree to everything and file a joint agreement with the court. As long as the court agrees that your settlement is fair and conscionable, the court will adopt it and issue your divorce decree.

Legal Decision Making & Parenting Time

Family courts in Arizona make decisions about custody and parenting according to the “best interests of the child” standard. This means that the judge will be focused on doing what is in your child’s best interests instead of what you or your spouse might prefer. Depending on your child’s age and level of maturity, the court might also allow your child to provide his or her input.

Child Support

When married or unmarried parents end their relationships and no longer live with each other, a family court might issue child support orders. Child support can be ordered to establish financial support for children so that they can enjoy a similar standard of living to what they would have if their parents had remained together.

Spousal Maintenance & Alimony

Spousal maintenance or alimony is a type of support that either spouse can request when they file for divorce in Arizona. However, spousal support will not automatically be ordered simply because one spouse asks for it. There are several factors that courts consider when deciding whether to order spousal maintenance.

Same-sex Family Law & Divorce

The Supreme Court of the United States subsequently legalized same-sex marriage in all states with its decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges, 132 S. Ct. 2071 (2015) case. Same-sex couples can decide to marry or to form domestic partnerships in Arizona. The state’s family law regarding same-sex marriage is evolving.

Grandparent’s Rights

Grandparents sometimes encounter circumstances in Arizona in which they need to get custody of their grandchildren. In other situations, the children’s parents might prevent the grandparents from having visits with their grandchildren. Arizona recognizes grandparent’s rights to seek visitation even when a parent objects.

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