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Divorce and Taxes: Five Things You Need to Know

Tax treatment concerning alimony (spousal support), child custody and dependent status, child support, an tax treatment for sale of marital residence.
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Debts in Divorce- Division of Marital Debt in Arizona

The following guest post is from Marc Brown: Divorce and debt problems often go hand in hand and have adverse impacts on each other especially in terms of finance and possessions. Sometimes, fighting on financial issues drain the joy out … Continue reading

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Arizona Spousal Maintenance Award Downward Modification — Remanded

In Orinski v. Orinzki before Division 2 of the Arizona Court of Appeals, wife appealled the trial court’s approval of husband’s request that his spousal maintenance award be reduced.  Husband claimed he was entitled to a modification in spousal maintenance since … Continue reading

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Multiple Torts Causes of Actions – Spouse v. Spouse

Arizona Court rules on multiple tort claims alleging wrongdoing by married parties. In Berk, Wife made claims against Husband for “Consipracy to Commit False Imprisonment”, “Intentional Infliction of Emotional Stress”, “Libel”, “Slander”, “Invasion of Privacy”, and “Loss of Consortium”. Apparently … Continue reading

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Orders of Protection

Here is a topic that is often considered the absolute worst, orders of protection in Arizona family law cases where kids are involved. First, a disclaimer: Some Orders of Protection have validity, and some actually work. There are people who seriously … Continue reading

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But from Where Will the Money Come? Community Property Liability for Child Support and Other Premarital Obligations

Article from University of Arizona Law Professor James R. Ratner,"But from Where Will the Money Come? Community Property Liability for Child Support and Other Premarital Obligations." (February 10, 2010) published in the Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy, 2010; … Continue reading

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Arizona Spousal Maintenance – Recent Opinion on Attribution of Income

Recently, the Arizona Court of Appeals decided how and when trial courts should attribute income to a spouse for purposes of calculating Arizona spousal maintenance.
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Arizona “No Fault” Divorce

Many people often ask what an Arizona "No Fault" Divorce really means.  In simple terms, it means that in Arizona any husand or wife, despite what the other spouse may want, can get divorced without the other agreeing that the … Continue reading

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Uncontested Divorces in Arizona

In Arizona there are many people who have never been divorced before.  Often times, one married person decides that they would no longer like to be married and would like to know more about "uncontested divorces".  They don’t exactly know … Continue reading

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Arizona Child Custody Statutes – Best Interests of the Child

When there are children involved in divorce cases in Arizona (or paternity cases), many questions arise as to how child custody is resolved. Arizona Statutes deal with child custody issues in Arizona divorce and paternity cases and are a great … Continue reading

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