Have you ever received a traffic ticket or citation? Were you driving on a suspended license, making an illegal u turn, failing to yield, running a red light, or speeding in a school zone? Many have done those things and think that it is no big deal. Because most of these violations a can be…
When you think of Arizona being in a desert, you usually don’t worry about a home being “underwater”. However, if you happen to be among the thousands of Arizona homeowners that purchased a house between 2001 and 2006 your home may very well be underwater! These days “underwater” means that the remaining balance on your…
Arizona law enforcement agencies made over 3,500 DUI arrests from November 25th to January 1st. Most of those people charged with Driving Under the Influence or Driving While Intoxicated have no experience with the legal system nor have any idea about what their options are. Instead their minds are probably filled with questions about possible…
Why should I hire a lawyer for my personal injury? For many small injury claims, injured parties may settle the matter themselves by reaching a settlement with the at-fault party’s insurance company. For many matters, however, the issue of which party is “at fault” is not cut-and-dry. By hiring an attorney, you have a better…
With more unmarried couples living together every day, the rights of individual partners in an unmarried relationship are giving rise to more prominent legal issues. Arizona law does not grant common law marriage rights. (Though, in some cases, common law marriages formed in another state may be recognized in Arizona.) Community Property is a legal…
Though February may be an “interesting” choice to post two articles concerning divorce, The New York Post reports that there is a 40 percent spike in divorce rates around this time of year. For this reason, we’ve opted to continue on with the topic of our last post and focus on an issue that is…
A divorce is a legal proceeding wherein one or both spouses are seeking to end their marriage. As a part of the divorce proceeding, the Court will issue orders pertaining to custody of the parties’ child/children. The court may also grant temporary orders during the divorce proceedings before a final decree is issued. These orders…
We live in a time when advances in medical care have greatly enhanced the life expectancy of the average American. As more and more of us live into our eighties and beyond, the likelihood that we will need the assistance of someone to help us with our healthcare and financial decisions increases dramatically. Too often…
On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed “The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act which significantly altered the rules concerning federal estate taxes, gift taxes and generation-skipping transfer taxes for the 2010 through 2012 tax years. Once again the polarized Congress was incapable of reaching a bipartisan long term solution and instead…
With this past weekend’s annual Anthem Tree Lighting Ceremony at a close and the temperature continuing to drop towards the digits that make most of the country envy us Arizonians (at least during the most wonderful time of the year), it is safe to say that the holidays finally have come again to the Valley…
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