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Court orders our client to receive equal custody time

admin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:34:25 +0000

In the summer of 2007, Mr. D retained The Cantor Simon Law Group for assistance with his custody, parenting time and child support issues he was currently facing. He was never married to his ex-girlfriend, but they had two very young children together. Immediately upon the couple’s breakup, the mother began controlling and obstructing the father’s parenting time. When the father initially retained our services, the mother was allowing him to only have very little contact with his two children.

The mother went so far as to demand that both children be placed in third party day care, despite the fact that the father’s work schedule was the opposite of the mother’s work schedule. In addition, he was eager and available to provide care for the children all day long (since he worked nights). The mother was demanding sole legal custody and made unilateral decisions for the children’s welfare without the father’s participation. After we took the case to trial, the judge ruled that the mother’s behavior was obstructive and inappropriate. The judge ordered that Mr. D receive joint legal custody, along with 50% parenting time.

If you are in a similar situation where your ex-partner is not allowing you to participate in making parenting decisions or adequate visitation, then click on “CONTACT US” or call The Cantor Simon Law Group to set an appointment today! Remember, we can often get the Court to order that you have the visitation and parental supervision that you are entitled to!

Court Orders Ex-spouse to Pay Our Client’s Attorney Fees

admin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:48:23 +0000

In the spring of 2007, Mrs. A retained The Cantor Simon Law Group based upon a personal referral from another prominent local attorney. Mrs. A was having issues with her ex husband’s parenting time, drug use, failure to pay medical expenses, and failure to pay child support. At the beginning of the case, Mrs. A was owed approximately $45,000 in back child support and another $6,000 in past due medical expenses from her ex-husband.

Over the course of two hearings, our attorney received a $20,000 payment from the opposing party after he was incarcerated pursuant to our request citing Arizona Revised Statute 25-502(1), (which I refer to as the “Dead Beat Dad” statute) which allows the Court to set “purge” amounts and arrest warrants. Mrs. A. was awarded a judgment for 100% of her attorney’s fees and 100% of the past due medical expenses. The Court also awarded Mrs. A the parenting time she requested and ordered Father to drug test. In an effort to prevent future payment issues, our attorney requested an received a Court order that should Father fail to pay on time in the future, he will be incarcerated and won’t be released until he pays all remaining arrearages.

If you are in a similar situation where your ex-spouse is not paying what they owe, then click on contact us or call The Cantor Simon Law Group to set an appointment today! Remember, we can often get the Court to order your ex-spouse to pay our attorney’s fees!

Court Upholds Wife’s Judgement

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:09:57 +0000

This case involved a client who walked into our Cantor Simon Law Group Tempe office having already settled her divorce with another attorney. Her ex-husband then filed an Appeal challenging the decision of the Trial Court giving Mrs. C child support, spousal maintenance, and attorney’s fees. Her ex-husband was claiming that Mrs. C was not entitled to spousal maintenance and that child support had been incorrectly calculated. Specifically, in regards to his income, he claimed that attorney’s fees should not have been awarded and child support should have been reduced.

We filed the response on behalf of Mrs. C and then argued in front of the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals listened intently to arguments on both sides, and then took the case “under advisement.” This means we had to wait a little bit until they issued their written ruling. When the ruling was issued, the Court of Appeals ruled in our client’s favor on all issues. This included the determination of her ex-husband’s income, the amount of child support, and the awarding of attorney’s fees. They even went so far as to award Mrs. C the attorney’s fees on the Appeal itself. This means that she didn’t have to pay us for the work we performed; her ex-husband did!