If you are involved in a child custody case, you should know that domestic violence can significantly affect the outcome of the case. First, please understand that if you or your children are victims of domestic violence, it is imperative that you take action to ensure your safety. The legal system is here to help […]
Christmas time is a stressful time for divorced families. While Christmas is something that parents often look forward to and get excited about, many don’t get to see their children. Child custody arrangements definitely reduce the amount of time that each parent gets with their children and also affects which holidays each parent is allowed […]
Hiring a divorce lawyer is supposed to help the divorce process go more smoothly, reach a fair outcome, and complete the process so both parties can get on with their lives. But divorce often turns into a battleground where both sides will fight to get what they want – regardless of how fair the end […]
In Phoenix, Arizona, parental rights cases come up in instances where families with stepparents what to adopt a child whose biological parent is not around and/or cannot be found. Parental rights termination also comes up when parents are deemed unfit or have abandoned their children. While the laws regarding parental rights are clear, every situation […]
The coronavirus pandemic has made a huge impact on every part of our lives. Our schools have been closed. Our jobs have been moved into our homes. We have been held in place without knowing what services will be available to us and how to navigate serious situations like divorce. While the world is busy […]
Identifying whether your case is “high conflict” can be surprisingly difficult. In most cases, there is some level of conflict in a divorce or parenting dispute. The question is whether a particular case has an abnormally high amount of conflict. Some examples of high conflict cases involve domestic violence, serious substance abuse, mental illness of […]
As most of us know, there are no lack of courtroom dramas on popular television. What there is, however, is a lack of knowledge of how different those dramas are from the reality that occurs in a real life courtroom. Some of the biggest mistakes in a Phoenix family law courtroom, are assuming that […]
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman (who is now infertile after surviving aggressive cancer treatment) may not use the embryos she had frozen before treatment to have a baby without her ex-husband’s consent and must donate them instead. Ruby Torres, 39, decided to have her eggs fertilized in 2014 after she was […]
The construction of the “typical” American family is changing. Fewer young couples in particular are opting to marry each other. Rather, these cohabitating couples live lives together that are often as financially and socially intertwined as that of married couples while foregoing the legal formality of marriage. These cohabitating couples often face unique challenges when they decide […]
