Divorce

The goal of every divorce should be to achieve amicability, and when children are involved, an on-going successful co-parenting relationship. After all, the divorce, while about dissolving the relationship, is also about ensuring that the children are not harmed by...

Money and children are major issues when couples end their marriages. These matters become more significant for military spouses because of frequent moves and the likelihood of younger children and an unemployed or underemployed civilian spouse. Children Custody is...

Divorce mediation can offer a variety of different benefits to divorcing couples weary of the divorce litigation process. It can help divorcing couples address all the same divorce-related concerns they may have but can do so through a less contentious process that...

There’s been quite a bit of news recently about the rising number of baby-boomer couples who are going through divorce. While the common assumption is that they are experiencing empty nest restlessness, a more nuanced look can reveal other motivations for calling it...

Marriage dissolution is an expensive financial transaction that can rock your stability for years or even decades to come. This is especially true in community property states like Arizona, where your marital assets will be equally divided with your spouse. What you...

Arizona is a community property state, which means that your marital assets should be evenly divided upon divorce. That sounds simple, right? The truth of the matter, though, is that marital assets are often hidden to remove them from the property division process. If...

Divorce can be expensive, but as Willie Nelson once said, it is because divorce is worth it. However, a divorce does not have to be expensive. If the spouses can find a way to work together, litigation, the most expensive costs in a divorce, can be avoided. Work...

When couples go through a divorce in Arizona, it can be a very difficult time in their lives. Through the divorce process couples need to separate the life that they built and shared together during the marriage. This involves determining child custody and parenting...

In Arizona, people who are heading for a divorce will have inevitable concerns. For those who have young children, custody will come to the forefront. If there was significant property at stake, then property division can be alarming. In marriages where one spouse was...

Alimony can be a major concern for many people going through a divorce.  Arizona uses the term “spousal maintenance” and does not require it in all divorces. However, courts may order spousal maintenance in cases where one spouse has significantly less income or...