PHOENIX FAMILY LAW BLOG
THINKING OF REPRESENTING YOURSELF? YOU MAY WANT TO THINK AGAIN!
On behalf of Lasiter & Jackson posted in
on Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Benefits of Hiring a Lawyer Even Lindsay Lohan had a great lawyer and did jail time. Imagine if you did not know what facts the judge wanted to hear and made him or her angry because you decided to dictate what you thought they should know. Or, rather, what if you went to trial and the judge […]
Tags: Limited Scope Representation, Representing Yourself
MEL GIBSON DIVORCE AND CUSTODY BATTLE
On behalf of Lasiter & Jackson posted in
on Thursday, August 18, 2011
child custodyMEL GIBSON CUSTODY CASE: BECOMING TYPICAL? In many custody battles, one or both parents use each and every flaw or mistake of the other in order to gain the upper hand – many times exaggerating the facts or even lying. The Mel Gibson custody case is a prime example of this phenomenon. Mel Gibson […]
Tags: child custody
SOCIAL NETWORKING’S IMPACT ON DIVORCE
On behalf of Lasiter & Jackson posted in
on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Most people are familiar with the famous opening line of the Miranda warning that police read during an arrest: “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can and will be used against you…” While no such warning is given to spouses approaching divorce, if a warning was given, it would probably state: […]
Tags: divorce process, social networking
DO I HAVE AN INTEREST IN MY SPOUSE’S SEPARATE PROPERTY IN DIVORCE?
On behalf of Lasiter & Jackson posted in
on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
As a general rule, in an Arizona divorce or legal separation, the parties are awarded an equitable distribution of the community property and each party is awarded their respective separate property. Property acquired during marriage is presumed to be community property. Separate property is typically defined as property obtained prior to marriage or obtained during marriage via […]
Tags: mixed assets