A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is a court order entered in a divorce, separation, or child support lawsuit. Its purpose is to ensure that a portion of a spouse’s retirement accounts is used for child support, spousal support, or equitable marital property division. A retirement plan administrator must comply…
You may have family members and friends who hired attorneys when they divorced. You might wonder whether Arizona law requires you to do the same. Spouses do not need legal counsel to get divorced in Arizona. Still, while many couples complete their divorces without legal assistance, consulting with an experienced Arizona…
Arizona is a community property state. That means when a couple divorces, spouses divide property and debt accumulated during the marriage. Community debts are typically fairly divided. This must be very frustrating for a spouse who may have filed for divorce because of financial issues. However, the advice and representation…
Arizona is a community property state, meaning assets and debts are equitably divided in a divorce. You may be responsible for your spouse’s debt during a divorce unless you can prove that your spouse incurred the debt before you got married. This is frustrating for many fiscally responsible spouses going…
While several American states recognize common law marriages, Arizona generally does not. The state’s divorce processes do not apply to unmarried cohabiting couples who wish to end their relationships because Arizona does not consider them married. If you are living in a cohabiting relationship in Arizona and plan to go…
If you’re considering ending your Arizona marriage, you may wonder whether an annulment is the right option. Following the annulment of an Arizona marriage, it effectively never occurred because it was invalid from the start. An annulment is not the same as a divorce. It’s a distinct and less common…
Arizona is a no-fault state for divorce. That means your affair or your spouse’s affair generally should not be considered when dividing property and debt, establishing spousal support, or arranging a child custody plan and child support. However, an affair can impact divorce negotiations in other ways. For example, if…
In a legal separation in Arizona, the spouses remain legally married to each other and cannot marry anyone else. A legal separation isn’t the same as divorce. However, filing a legal separation, negotiating and creating parenting plans, dividing assets, and determining spousal support are similar to how you would proceed…
In an Arizona divorce, the marital home falls within the scope of community property when spouses acquired the home during the marriage. Typically, an Arizona court will divide the equity value of the house equally between the spouses. This may require selling the property and splitting the net proceeds. However,…
In Arizona, you do not have to separate for any time before filing for divorce. However, the state does require a 60-day waiting period before you and your spouse can finalize your divorce. You must also resolve all outstanding issues, including division of community property, alimony, and child custody or…
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