Rule 81 is a new Rule designed to help the court, through appointed professionals, enforce parenting time orders. The Petition to adopt new ARFLP 81
I just reviewed over four dozen Rules Amendments that were signed into effect by Justice Brutinel on August 24, 2023. I narrowed down the Amendments
The Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure may have several new amendments in 2023. This is an overview of several pending Rules Petitions which may
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
It would be easy to read recent Court of Appeals decisions (Gish for example) as limiting a trial court’s power to appoint independent mental health
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
Arizona’s Child Support Guidelines were recently revised. The new Guidelines can be found here They were adopted by the Supreme Court of Arizona on April
The court of appeals’ recent decision in Cooper (unpublished) gives us some instruction on how to reach a valid, binding agreement pursuant to Rule 69
Continuing on the topic of the court’s authority when it comes to therapy, this post discusses the court’s overall authority to get involved with it:
Two of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted issues in family court in Arizona today are the family court’s authority to (a) order a child’s therapy
Rule 81 is a new Rule designed to help the court, through appointed professionals, enforce parenting time orders. The Petition to adopt new ARFLP 81 was filed in November 2022 and was open for comments from January to May 1,...
I just reviewed over four dozen Rules Amendments that were signed into effect by Justice Brutinel on August 24, 2023. I narrowed down the Amendments to those that directly modify the Family Rules, and listed a few additional ones (Rules...
The Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure may have several new amendments in 2023. This is an overview of several pending Rules Petitions which may be adopted later this year. Note that these changes to the Rules are NOT in...
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...
It would be easy to read recent Court of Appeals decisions (Gish for example) as limiting a trial court’s power to appoint independent mental health experts to help with the implementation and enforcement of parenting plans. That’s not the case....
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...
Arizona’s Child Support Guidelines were recently revised. The new Guidelines can be found here They were adopted by the Supreme Court of Arizona on April 22, 2021 and they’re effective for all child support orders entered on or after 1-1-2022...
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...
Continuing on the topic of the court’s authority when it comes to therapy, this post discusses the court’s overall authority to get involved with it: Can the court order a parent into therapy? Can a parenting coordinator? Can the court...
Two of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted issues in family court in Arizona today are the family court’s authority to (a) order a child’s therapy or medical records sealed from a parent, often called either “safe harbor” or “safe haven”...
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