When a marriage ends in Arizona, both the community assets and the community debts are divided between the spouses. As part of the process, a court must determine which debts belong to each individual spouse. In...

In a divorce, the separate property belongs to the spouse holding title, while community property belongs to both spouses. Generally, a property that is acquired separately remains separate during the marriage. Under certain...

The Arizona family law attorneys at Hildebrand Law, PC want to provide you with information regarding the restrictions on selling a home during an Arizona divorce. The Arizona Court of Appeals issued a seminal decision...

We want to talk to you about a community lien against a sole and separate business in an Arizona Divorce. The Arizona Court of Appeals’ decision in the case of Rowe v. Rowe addressed the issue of a community lien in a...

When you find yourself facing divorce, it often feels as though everything you thought you knew about your life and your future is suddenly flipped upside down and the struggle begins to make sense of the pieces that remain....

In Arizona, all property acquired by a couple after marriage is presumed to be community property. However, a couple can formally agree to hold real property as joint tenants. Can one spouse decide to reconvert the joint...

Spouses in Arizona Have a 50% Interest in Community Property Under Arizona law, each spouse has a one-half share in the couple’s community property. One spouse cannot dispose of more than their share when they die. But does...

In Arizona, the earnings of the spouses during marriage are community property. In a divorce, the court divides the money and assets between the spouses equitably. The exact division is generally left to the discretion of the...

In Arizona, a spouse signing over property by quitclaim generally gives up all interest in it. However, that isn’t always the case. In Armer v. Armer, 463 P.2d 818 (1970), the Arizona Supreme Court considered several...

In Arizona, the divorce judge usually divides community property and community debt between spouses in a dissolution decree. However, sometimes the court omits an asset or a debt. In Ellsworth v. Ellsworth 423 P.2d 364...