There are good reasons to get a prenup – a prenuptial agreement, especially if you have significant assets or have children from a previous relationship. You have interests you need to protect in the event your marriage ends in divorce. It’s simply a matter of risk...
After a divorce or permanent breakup, most people plan to enter into a new romantic relationship at some point. There are many coparenting challenges that may arise during the period of dating, but what about when a new partner has been chosen? What rights and...
Generally, yes. Stalking is more than just annoying. It can be quite serious in itself and may predict future violence. In Arizona, stalking is among the things that may justify a domestic violence order of protection or an injunction against harassment. Stalking is...
If you’re in the military, there is a good chance you will be required to mobilize, deploy, or serve temporary duty at some distance from your kids. Luckily, Arizona law does not allow courts to consider this as a problem that would limit your right to parent your...
Once you have decided to divorce, you may be impatient to get the process finished. Practically, however, your divorce timeline can depend on a number of issues. First, it depends on whether you are in a covenant marriage. This is a form of marriage that is only...
Over the past 75 years or so, fathers have sometimes been told they are secondary parents or even “visitors” in their children’s lives. This is changing, and Arizona law rejects this characterization. Today, Arizona prohibits courts from preferring one parent’s...
Once your legal decision-making authority and parenting time arrangements are approved by a court, it can be hard, but not impossible, to change them. It depends in part on why you think you need to change your parenting order. A decision to change a parenting order...
According to industry groups, over 20 million Americans own some kind of digital currency, such as Bitcoin, Dogecoin, or Ethereum. The total digital currency market is valued at $2 trillion for the first time this year. When a spouse or couple has dabbled in digital...
There are two possibilities for non-military spouses of military service members to continue their healthcare coverage. You may be eligible for TRICARE coverage. If you are not, you can buy conversion health coverage under the Continued Health Care Benefit Program...
Yes, in principle. Assuming you are the biological father, you have the natural right to parent your child as long as you are not unfit to do so. However, you will need to go to court to establish your rights as a father if you were unmarried at the time of your...