Orders and stipulations regarding parenting time and legal decision making typically always are open to modification. The court recognizes that circumstances change as children grow older and time passes, and that a plan agreed upon by parents when a child is five may no longer be appropriate when the child is thirteen. In order to…
Each of the 49 states in the U.S. possess their own specific statutes that address the matter of visitation rights for grandparents. In Arizona, reasonable visitation rights may be granted to grandparents if two circumstances are met. The first thing that must be proved to the court to establish visitation rights for grandparents is that…
Arizona law defines a premarital agreement (or what is commonly referred to as a “pre-nup”) as an agreement between two prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage. Once the marriage of the parties becomes official, the premarital agreement goes into effect.
Family law is really about family relations. The most common family law cases include divorce, custody, alimony, adoption, and domestic violence. These are civil cases, and they are heard in the civil court. You may wonder what exactly is a no-fault divorce. Arizona divorce laws allow either spouse to file for a divorce if it…
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