Spousal Maintenance

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...

The Court of Appeals decision in Amadore v. Lifgren was partially discussed in this January 7 blog post, but I didn’t mention the court’s other holdings regarding modifications of child support and spousal maintenance.    While the trial court had modified the Father’s spousal maintenance...

Arizona law establishes that “federal disability benefits awarded to the other spouse for service-connected disabilities . .  . ” cannot be considered by the court in a dissolution proceeding and request for spousal maintenance.”   ARS 25-530.  The specific federal disability...

Alimony Treatment for a Single Payment Douglas A. Kahn University of Michigan Law School Tax Notes, Vol. 125, 2009 U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 178 Abstract: The author concludes that, contrary to the IRS and the Tax...

What’s necessary to prove imputed income for a spouse, either for purposes of child support or spousal maintenance?  A recent California case outlines what is probably the basics for such a claim in an Arizona case.   The spouse alleging that income...

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