Divorce

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Arizona

Divorce and Family Law

Established in 1989.

AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Certified Family Law Specialist since 2006 — per the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization
Voted Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association® 2007
Member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association
Member of the Maricopa County Bar Association
Member of the American Bar Association
Life Member National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Life Member Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Court Upholds Wife's Judgement

This case involved a client who walked into our Cantor 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!

Father Wins Sole Custody and Attorneys Fees

Father was being denied contact with his 2 young girls. The Mother had given the 11 year old and 7 year old the impression that they could decide whether or not to spend time with their Father. Father then retained us to restore his contact with both girls and increase his parenting time. Mother's uncooperative behavior throughout the litigation was ongoing. Even after she retained an attorney, she continued her ongoing refusal to facilitate and encourage our client's parenting time, making serious allegations against our client to justify her behavior. By the time that we got to the trial, 10 long months had passed and Father had missed-out on substantial time with his daughters. During the trial, Mother's attorney attempted every "trick in the book," to try and convince the Court that Mother's obstruction was justified, due to her allegations against Father. However, after a 3 hour trial where both sides of the case were presented to the Court, the Judge issued a detailed Ruling on the record that supported all of our arguments during the trial. Further, the Court specifically found that Mother's allegations of drug use, significant domestic violence and mental illness, were unsubstantiated. Our client won in a landslide: he was granted sole legal custody of both children. In addition, he was granted the parenting time that he was requesting. The Court also warned and assured Mother that, if the parties appeared before the Court again and Father had not seen the children, that Mother would leave the Courtroom in handcuffs. Finally, the client was granted an award of attorneys fees and costs.

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