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In this child custody case, a modified custody order violated due process by exceeding the scope of hearing on father’s motion to end mother’s supervised parenting time; custody order vacated and matter remanded in Arizona case summary. If you’re experiencing a similar situation, call an experienced due process violation attorney in Arizona. Do you…

Husband’s notice of appeal from divorce decree was premature, filed before the trial court resolved parenting time, legal decision-making, and attorney fee award in Arizona case summary. Kristin Camasura v. Brendan Antonio Camasura In this Arizona divorce action, the wife filed her petition for dissolution of marriage with children in October 2012. The spouses…

Division of gun collection as separate and community property upon divorce affirmed in Arizona case summary. Jacqueline Foster v. Charles Sidney Foster Husband Collected Guns During the Marriage Married in 1957, the spouses raised three children, including a daughter named Missy. Husband was a gun collector who bought and sold guns, and who also…

Unemployed disabled father ordered to pay child support with line of credit affirmed; and speculative spousal maintenance award vacated in Arizona case summary. Antonella Sherman v. Derek S. Sherman The parties were married in 2001 and had three children. The petition for dissolution of marriage was filed in February 2013. In January 2014, the…

UCCJEA child custody jurisdiction of a foreign court (Mexico) in Arizona case summary. Mauricio Fernandez Margain V. Elsa Lourdes Ruiz-Bours In a Mexico divorce action, the child’s father was awarded definitive legal custody. During proceedings, the mother absconded with the child to Tucson, Arizona. Father petitioned to enforce the foreign court’s order in the…

Amazingly, Thanksgiving is just around the corner! We have an informative (and fun) November Arizona Family Law Newsletter for you to kick back with. Click here and take a moment to see what’s inside. Writing Is Easy, Sometimes Scott Stewart starts things off on page one with his reflections on being a writer in…

Arizona child support modification case summary. Ann D. Clark v. Richard A. Clark The father petitioned to modify child support following his employment-motivated relocation to New York. Petition granted. The court decreased his monthly obligation, finding father’s relocation was a substantial and continuing change in circumstances. Regarding income tax, father was permitted to claim…

Speaker 1: This is Arizona Family Talk Radio, a podcast about all things family. With your host, family law attorney, Scott David Stewart. Scott Stewart: Hello everybody, I’m attorney Scott David Stewart. Welcome to Arizona Divorce Talk Radio. Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Arizona attorney, Carrie Cravatta. Carrie, how are you….

Just in time for Halloween, click here to read the Arizona Law Group’s October Family Law Newsletter. Here is some of what you will find inside this month’s pages. One Man’s Family Goes Camping AZ Style Our newsletter starts off with Don’t Lose Sight of the Forest Through the Trees. Scott’s humorous reflections on…

Arizona fraudulent paternity acknowledgement case summary. Ernest Alvarado v. Hon. Peter A. Thompson, Nicholas Murrietta, Vanessa Raquel Trujillo, Yvette Alvarado The child’s mother and a man who was not the child’s biological father executed a fraudulent paternity acknowledgment. His intention was to get the child outside Arizona’s legal adoption process. This paternity acknowledgement was…