ARIZONA DECISIONS – COA AND SUPREME COURT

When AI Hallucinates to the Court: A Lesson from the Arizona Court of Appeals

The Arizona Court of Appeals’ decision in Washburn v. Houston offers a stark warning about the risk of reliance on AI tools in legal practice — something that unfortunately is being done by self-represented parties as well as attorneys who...

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Arizona Family Law Appellate Year In Review: 2022, Part 3 III

This is Part III (third and last) of the 2022 Arizona family court appellate review. The Saba/ Femiano cases, which I wrote about here, discussed the calculation of a community interest in real property where one party signed a Disclaimer...

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Arizona Family Law Appellate Year in Review: 2022, Part 2

This is Part II of the recap of Arizona family law appellate opinions in 2022 and this post covers the opinions on financial issues. Part III will cover the Arizona Supreme Court’s opinion resolving the ongoing Saba and Femiano conflicting...

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Arizona Family Law Appellate Year in Review: 2022, Part 1

Here’s the beginning of my annual Arizona Court of Appeals’ recap for family law cases.  In 2022, we have a total of thirteen (13) reported COA opinions (two were consolidated), all out of Division One; plus one Special Action decision,...

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Parent’s Mental Health Records and Custody Actions

The question of whether a parent must release his or her mental health records in a child custody proceeding, for review by the other parent, the court, or a court-appointed evaluator, is at least partially answered in JF v. CF,...

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Gish v. Grayson Adds Clarity to Court Appointments to Enforce Parenting Time Orders

Gish v. Grayson  (June 28, 2022, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division 1) clarifies how family court judges can make enforceable and clear orders for the use of a TI (Therapeutic Interventionist) or COBI (Court-Appointed Behavioral Interventionist) that do not unlawfully...

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2021 Family Law Appellate Year in Review: Part 3

Here’s my 3rd and final post about 2021 family law appellate decisions in Arizona.  See Part 2 for most of the opinions, and Part 1 for the Saba and Femiano saga. Yee v. Yee involves when post-decree decisions can be...

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2021 Family Law Appellate Year in Review: Part 2

This is Part 2 of the 2021 Arizona family law appellate review (non Saba-Femiano opinions, which were Part 1).   There were a BUNCH of reported family law cases in Division 1 in 2021, so these are divided up between Part...

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2021 Family Law Appellate Year in Review: Part 1

When it comes to 2021 appellate decisions, the Saba and Femiano drama deserves its own post .  (Spoiler:  the drama is still with the Arizona Supreme Court) These first two 2021 appellate decisions to be discussed actually started in 2020....

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Rule 69 Lessons Learned from an Unpublished Decision

The court of appeals’ recent decision in Cooper (unpublished) gives us some instruction on how to reach a valid, binding agreement pursuant to Rule 69 that will presumably stand up to a later attack on the basis that the agreement...

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