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 [...]
ARIZONA PARENTING PLAN FORM IN DIVORCE Parenting Plan Form for Couples Going Through Divorce Couples who are going through an uncontested divorce with children have many issues to consider as they transition from a married couple to divorced co-parents. There are many resources to help parents considering divorce. In today’s post I want to highlight [...]
UNCONTESTED DIVORCE VS. CONTESTED DIVORCE Contested Divorce Issues: Motion to Set, Pre-Trial Statement, Response to Petition for Divorce, and the Consent Decree WHAT IS AN UNCONTESTED DIVORCE The Divorce Guy assists clients who have an uncontested divorce in Tucson and the surrounding areas. In an uncontested divorce, we typically go through a 4-step process and prepare the [...]
TRIED THOSE SELF SERVICE DIVORCE FORMS AND PACKETS? Filing for Divorce in Arizona on your own is possible to do and many people in Tucson attempt it and are successful. But the Self Service Divorce Forms and packets can be a daunting task. The Arizona Superior Court does offer self service divorce forms that you [...]
Child Support Paralegal in Arizona - Why and how do I get child support without being married? Establish Paternity first There are many reasons why a mother, father, or child might want to establish paternity. Some of the reasons are legal and others are more personal. For a child, it may be important to establish [...]
Arizona Child Support Guidelines Part Two In Part One we discussed the general guidelines for child support obligations, including determining the gross, adjusted gross, and combined gross income of parents and how the basic child support amount is determined. In Part Two, we will give you information about how parenting time figures into child support obligations, [...]
Arizona’s Child Support Guidelines – Part One In 2005 the Arizona Supreme Court adopted child support guidelines that follow what is referred to as the “Income Shares Model.” The model is based on the amount that would have been spent by the parents on their children if they were still living together. Under these guidelines, [...]
CHILD SUPPORT CALCULATION -FACTORS The Arizona child support calculator takes into consideration several factors and it uses the income shares model to determine the amount of child support that the non-custodial parent must pay. When determining the child support in a divorce, paternity or child support modification case, the following information is required: GROSS INCOMES. [...]
Child Support is calculated based upon each parent's gross income and on the percentage of time that each child is spent with the other parent among other things. The formula does not consider the time spent in day care or school as time spent with a parent. So, if the child is in day care [...]
The decision will be completely up to you however, there are some things to consider when making your decision. 1) How comfortable are you representing yourself? 2) How much money are you willing to spend? or Save? 3) Do you need legal advice in order to make a decision on what to do with your legal [...]