Assets and debts acquired for a household’s benefit are divided evenly between two spouses during an Arizona divorce. By adding up your community property and subtracting your shared liabilities, you could see how much each spouse may receive and what amount of debt...
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Determining pet ownership in an Arizona divorce
Arizona's divorce statutes require dividing all properties obtained during the marriage equally or as fairly as possible. As reported on the ABC 15 Arizona website, the state laws consider animals as property. If a couple bought or adopted a dog, for example, the...
How to Talk to your Children about Divorce
Children are very Inquisitive “Does Timmy have two dads?” “Does he have two moms?” Have you heard these questions from the mouths of young children? If so, perhaps you have struggled with how to discuss a dissolution of marriage with your children and explain about...
Someone Always Has It Worse Than You – Divorce
There is little I hear in a divorce case that surprises me anymore. After more than a decade of practicing family law I have heard horror stories of multiple affairs, people hiding money, people giving money away to hide it from their spouse, parents refusing to pay...
Considering Dissolution (Divorce) or Reconciliation?
Marriage in General is Hard Work If you’re reading this article and are married, have been married, or are getting married, you know (or should know) that marriage is hard work! Between juggling schedules, working, paying bills, raising children, it’s sometimes hard...
New Year, New You?
Happy New Year! Have you made your new year’s resolution? I think I usually hear people listing getting in shape, losing weight or paying debt at the top of their resolutions. But there are other things that should be considered as well. The beginning of the new year...
I’M MOVING OUT…. What Can I take?
It’s a new year and a time for resolutions While that may mean losing the inevitable holiday weight gained over the last two months, it may be more serious and involve a decision that a relationship just is not working. If you have decided to end a marriage and...
I Want to File for Divorce… Now What?
Dissolution of Marriage In Arizona, proceedings to end a marriage are called a dissolution of marriage. Arizona is a no-fault state, meaning that one person does not need give a reason why the marriage is over, but must simply state that it is irretrievably broken and...
Health (and other insurance)
Yikes! There was a rush of people filing for dissolution of marriage just after the first of the year – as there is every year. Once someone files, they can change health, automobile and other insurance and even beneficiaries, right? Hold on for a second! I’m sure you...