Arizona Divorce, Annulment, and Legal Separation In Arizona, couples have three options for legally changing their married status: divorce, annulment, or legal separation. Divorce is a legal termination of marriage. Annulment is a legal finding that a marriage was invalid from the start. Legal separation leaves spouses married but separates their income and debts going [...]
In his proclamation naming August 2015 Child Support Awareness Month, Governor Douglas A. Ducey states that, "children need parental support and stability from both parents for their financial, emotional and physical growth." I'm sure we can all agree that a well planned child support agreement is important not only to secure the material needs of [...]
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Establishing Paternity in Arizona Paternity is the legal identification of a child’s father. It is used to decide issues of legal decision-making (what used to be called custody), parenting time, and child support, as well as other issues such as inheritance rights. Under Arizona Revised Statutes 25-814, a man is presumed to be a [...]
Arizona Divorce: Marriage, Common Law Marriage, and Covenant Marriage Marriage in Arizona Marriage is a contractual relationship. The laws for marriage vary from one state to another. Arizona law, for example, prohibits marriage between certain blood relations (between parents and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of every degree; between half- or whole-blood brothers and [...]
Spousal Maintenance (Alimony) in an Arizona Divorce Spousal maintenance — also called “alimony” or “spousal support” — is money paid by one spouse to the other for support during and/or after a divorce or legal separation. When spouses separate, one person may be unable to pay for regular living expenses, in which case a [...]
Establishing Child Support in Arizona Arizona law states that “every person has the duty to provide all reasonable support for that person's natural and adopted minor, unemancipated children” (ARS 25-501). Parents who are divorced or who have never been married still have an obligation to support their biological or adopted children. In 2005 [...]
Property in Arizona Divorce: Who Gets What? Arizona is a community property state. This means that spouses generally share equal ownership of anything earned, purchased, acquired, or paid for during the marriage. It does not matter if only one spouse uses the property, or which spouse paid for the property, or whose name a [...]
Divorce and Name Change Often, one or both spouses will want to change their name as part of the divorce process. If a spouse is returning to the name she or he used prior to the marriage (sometimes called a “maiden name”), the name change can be included as part of the divorce process. [...]
Responding to a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) If you have been served with a Petition for Dissolution of a Non-Covenant Marriage, Arizona’s legal term for divorce, you have choices for how to respond. In the petition, your spouse will have alleged certain facts about your mutual assets and properties and may have [...]