November 14, 2007
A law giving grandparents visitation rights in divorce cases doesn’t allow them to block a custodial parent form moving out of the state, taking the child along, the state Court Of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
In a unanimous decision, the judges said the ability to prevent a move is limited to the non-custodial parent.
Stanley Murray, [a Cantor Simon [...]
August 3, 2007
In our highly mobile society wherein people and their families relocate from time to time, it is not uncommon for a party to attempt to modify or enforce an out-of-state divorce decree or paternity order in Arizona. In the case of Melgar v. Campo, 1 CA-CV 06-0408 (filed July 26, 2007), an issue arose over [...]
June 19, 2007
A recent decision by the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, upheld the use of the Maricopa County Spousal Maintenance Guidelines for the calculation of a spousal maintenance award, so long as the factors listed in A.R.S. 25-319(B) were considered in making that award. The Guidelines, which have never been officially adopted by court rule, [...]