Dealing with military retirement pay in an Arizona divorce can be a complicated matter. So, it is important for you to know how increases and decreases in military retirement pay are handled in an Arizona divorce. The Arizona...

A court will schedule deadlines for both parties in a child custody case to disclose the evidence before a child custody trial. So, what happens when a party to a child custody case discloses information late and after the...

The question sometimes arises whether a spouse may be reimbursed for paying community bills in an Arizona divorce. The Arizona Court of Appeals addressed that issue in the published decision in the case of Bobrow vs. Bobrow....

Arizona Child Custody Jurisdiction Hearings Are Constitutionally Required In Arizona, the Due Process Clause of the Constitution requires an Arizona judge to hold a hearing to allow the parties to present evidence as to...

The Arizona Court of Appeals in a Memorandum Decision in the case of Morrow vs. Morrow had to address whether spousal maintenance payments in Arizona can be waived by the person ordered to receive those alimony payments. The...

The Arizona Court of Appeals in a memorandum decision in the case of Jurgens vs. Jurgens addressed whether an Arizona trial court may set a hearing to allow a parent to object to the other parent’s relocation of a child...

Do you have questions about the division of Deferred Retirement Option Plans in an Arizona divorce? Well, the Arizona Court of Appeals in the memorandum decisions of Lambert vs. Sheets issued a ruling on whether an Arizona...

The Short Answer The short answer to the question of what is the effect of filing an Affidavit of Financial Information with the court is that the document has no evidentiary value and you still must meet the evidentiary...

A Judge Can’t Order a Parent to Pay a Percentage of Income for Child Support in Arizona The short answer to whether an Arizona judge may order child support based upon a percentage of a parent’s income is no, an...

I am going to tell you that divorce sucks. Plain and simple. We will get into that a little later. The question I would ask any good friend thinking about going through a divorce is what sucks less – staying together or...