Previous posts here have talked about how a father in Phoenix, Arizona, who is not married to his child's mother can bypass much of the formal process of establishing paternity by signing an Acknowledgement of Paternity form. However, as those previous posts...
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How an order of joint legal custody can help fathers in Phoenix
There are many fathers in the Phoenix area who do not live with their children's mother, but who nonetheless want to have a meaningful relationship with their children. One important component to accomplishing this goal is to obtain a child custody order, either by...
Introduction to the discovery process
One topic that comes up in a divorce or legal separation in Arizona is property division. As a community property state, Arizona has certain rules that are designed to ensure that each spouse gets his or her fair share of the property that they worked together to...
How does child support work when a grandparent has custody?
As previous posts here have discussed on several occasions, many grandparents in Phoenix can and often do step in and take over the responsibility for raising their grandchildren. While this may happen because the child's parents have died or are physically unable to...
How do I go about changing a child custody order?
In Arizona, orders with respect to child custody and parenting time are not set in stone. Under the right circumstances, a parent can pursue a child custody modification, especially if that parent feels that the current custody arrangement is no longer in the best...
Grandparents can trust us to give honest, frank advice
As this blog has discussed on previous occasions, a grandparent in the Phoenix area may have rights to see their grandchildren and may even have the option of pursuing custody in certain circumstances.However, as many grandparents probably know, a child's parents may...
Am I allowed to bargain away child support?
To follow up on a previous post, as is the case in virtually all other states, courts in the Phoenix area must follow Arizona Guidelines when setting the amount of child support a parent must pay.These Guidelines limit when a judge can deviate from them and order more...
Must a court always follow the Arizona Guidelines strictly?
As this blog has discussed previously, Arizona parents have their child support orders calculated according to Arizona's Child Support Guidelines. Some Phoenix residents might wonder, however, whether there are any cases in which a court might decide to order child...
Legal separation and property division
As is the case in other states, Arizona has a process by which a couple can choose to obtain a legal separation instead of a divorce. There a number of reasons a couple might choose to take this route, including personal moral beliefs or for financial reasons like tax...
Arizona’s Acknowledgement of Paternity form
As this blog has discussed on previous occasions, the most certain means of establishing paternity in Arizona is to go to court and get a legal decree which will officially identify a man as the father of his or her child. A court will generally do this after...

