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…
The law firm of Mushkatel, Gobbato, & Kile, P.L.L.C. has announced that it will award $2,000 in scholarships to students nationwide through an essay contest. The first-place winner of the 2023 contest will receive $1,500, and the second-place winner will receive $500. Students who attend schools in the United States…
Under the eggshell skull rule, an at-fault party in a car accident is legally liable for the victim’s injuries even when their injuries were worse because of their already fragile condition. The individual whose negligence caused the accident must accept the plaintiff as they are, recognizing that some people may be…
With video cameras seemingly on every corner and in every person’s hand, many Arizona motor vehicle accidents are recorded daily. Traffic footage of a crash can provide a valuable account of what happened. You can request footage of the collision from the people or agencies that own it. However, not…
Due to the seriousness of a covenant marriage, a couple cannot end a covenant marriage unless one or more conditions are met. Some of these conditions include a spouse committing adultery, abandoning the marital home, abusing drugs or alcohol, or committing a serious crime. Couples in a covenant marriage who…
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,…
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