NEW ARIZONA DECISIONS

A new (9/23/10) Court of Appeals decision addresses a community lien on separate property real estate, even where the value of the real estate has decreased during the marriage.    Download Valento “When separate property depreciates but positive equity remains, a...

Note:  Although this decision was originally a published opinion, the Court of Appeals de-published it later in 2010. “If this challenge to the Rule 69 agreement were sufficient, there really would not be a Rule 69 agreement that was much...

The Arizona Court of Appeals offers specific guidelines for the application of Rule 10, Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure, about what Best Interests Attorneys (BIAs) can and cannot do when appointed in a case. Aksamit v. Krahn (March 18, 2010, 1...