In the unpublished Arizona Court of Appeals case of Costa v. Costa, Nanci J. Costa, Wife appealed the trial court’s order granting Husband a modification of spousal maintenance. In Arizona, a modification of spousal...

In the unpublished Arizona Court of Appeals decision in Schott v. Schott, Richard Schott (Husband) appealed the family court’s decision to increase his spousal maintenance payments to Danielle Schott (Wife). The husband...

In the unpublished Arizona Court of Appeals case of Binder v. Binder, there was only one argument presented upon appeal, but the Arizona Court of Appeals had several factors to determine whether regarding the treatment of a...

In Arizona, the decision of the court to modify parenting time will often result in a modification of child support as well. In the unpublished case of Ballard v. Ballard, the Arizona Court of Appeals must determine whether...

In Arizona, the decision of the court regarding the division of marital assets is based upon state law. As Arizona is one of nine community property states in the United States, anything earned (or debt incurred) during the...

Under Arizona community property law, all property either spouse “acquires” during the marriage belongs to both spouses as community property. For many years, if one spouse was injured during marriage and received a...

Generally, one party to a lawsuit in Arizona cannot present evidence of bad things the other party did that are not related to the case. This type of evidence is excluded because it could cause a judge or jury to decide a...

ICA/Wright Marital Agreement Application Under Arizona’s community property law, all earnings by either spouse during the marriage are presumed to belong to the community (the two spouses). If a spouse incurs a separate...

If you are going to mediate your divorce in Arizona, you need to know how to prepare for divorce mediation in Arizona. Don’t just walk into a mediation hoping things will come together for the best. A majority of the time,...

Some people ask why mediate your divorce in Arizona. We want to tell you about several reasons you may want to mediate your divorce in Arizona. First, we want you to understand that mediation is a way of resolving differences...