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Family Law Experts of Attorneys with Years
of Experience in :

  • Adoption
  • Child Custody
  • Child Support
  • Divorce
  • Grandparent’s Rights
  • Guardianship
  • Parental Rights
  • Paternity Establishment
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THE BEST FAMILY LAW

FIRM IN PHOENIX

When it comes to family law, there are no easy answers. At Phoenix Family Law Attorney, we understand this, and our sole aim is to defend your family irrespective of the prevailing circumstances. The practice of family law is unique because, in addition to aggressively advocating for their clients’ rights, an attorney also forms a personal bond with the client and becomes engaged in their lives. Everything might seem at stake, especially when you are facing a divorce. If you are struggling with any domestic matter or you have questions regarding the family law process, we encourage you to contact us right away. We will help you navigate the complexities of Arizona family law, including child support and child custody issues.

We take our obligation to help you seriously because we understand that your well-being depends on how well we handle your case. We work diligently to earn and keep our client's trust throughout the case. We adopt a compassionate and non-judgemental approach to addressing family law issues. Even after reaching your case’s resolution, we continue to treat our clients like family, always being there for them whenever they need us.

Our Sole Focus is in Family Law

We are devoted solely to the representation of family law clients. We have vast experience in all areas of family and domestic law. We have a firm belief that family should always come first. We understand that legal proceedings

are burdensome and could make you feel discouraged. We aim to lift this burden off your shoulders and help you lead a quality life. Our experienced attorney will work closely with you to restore your life to normalcy. We understand that every client is unique, and so is their case. We do not adopt a one-size-fits-all when handling family law issues. We will create a personalized plan to handle your divorce, child custody, and child support cases.

We are a welcoming and compassionate team. We understand that you are going through a hard time, and we will do our best to make it easier. We will strive to ensure that you are comfortable every step of the way. We will direct all our insights, resources, and attention towards protecting your rights. We will help you achieve a favorable outcome for your case. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a divorce, custody, or adoption case; you can count on us. No matter how complicated your case is, we will strive to get the best possible outcome.

What You Can Expect From Us

Often, many parents and guardians struggle with legal decision-making. We understand that family matters can be overwhelming. We will take the time to listen and understand all your concerns. If you are going through the divorce process or seeking to establish guardianship of your child, our experienced attorneys will help you navigate the legal environment while safeguarding your interests and those of your child.

If you seek to adopt a child in Phoenix, our family law attorneys will work together with the Department of Child Safety to make the adoption process simpler. Our attorneys will also guide you through private adoption through your chosen adoption agency. For many years, we have helped our clients handle diverse family issues. We believe that no matter the circumstances, the journey to a fulfilling family is worthwhile. Considering our expertise and experience, we are confident that we can help.

Here’s what you should expect from our services:

  • Compassionate and dedicated legal services
  • Competitive rates and credit payment options
  • Flexible and convenient appointment times
  • Attorneys who fully understand and are committed to family law

Personalized Attention in Every Case

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If you or a loved one needs a reliable and dedicated attorney, you should schedule a consultation to evaluate your case. You should schedule a consultation even if you are unsure of how to start the legal proceedings. We take pride in advocating for all clients from all legal backgrounds. Through our legal professionalism and experience, we often attain the best outcomes for our clients. We are passionate and dedicated to helping families in Phoenix, Arizona, get justice. We only focus on family law, and all our attorneys understand all aspects of Arizona law. You can count on our legal services for the highest standard of legal guidance. We accord personalized attention to every case, and this makes all the difference.

Your Family Comes First

In everything we do at Phoenix Family Law Attorney, we always put your family first. We understand how traumatizing it can be to go through a divorce, child custody battle, or other family issues. We have what it takes in terms of resources and expertise to help you fight even the seemingly intimidating legal battles. While fighting overwhelming family law battles, you need an attorney who can give your case undivided attention and seek the most suitable outcome for your unique situation. That is why we always put family first because we care about how legal proceedings affect a person’s everyday life. We do our best to ease the burden and make the legal process more bearable.

We are conveniently located in Phoenix, AZ, and you won’t have difficulty finding our offices. Our attorneys are always ready to help and are committed to your peace of mind. Reach out to us today, and we will be glad to help you.

OUR SERVICES

WE HANDLE ALL ISSUES RELATED TO FAMILY LAW, INCLUDING:

Adoption

Adoption is an intricate process that can’t be done haphazardly. If you want to adopt a child in Arizona, you have to meet several requirements and adhere to several rules and regulations throughout the adoption process. The Arizona adoption laws exist because adoption affects children’s lives, and every adopted child deserves a stable, secure, and loving home. It’s essential to have a reliable attorney guide you through the adoption process because it will help you know what to expect and the necessary steps to follow. Knowing in advance about what to expect will help make the process less stressful.

We will help you understand your rights while adopting a child in Arizona. According to Arizona adoption laws, any person who is a resident can adopt a child. However, you have to meet the physical, emotional, and safety needs of the child. A couple may apply for adoption together, including same-sex couples. Single adults can also adopt. If you want to adopt a child in Arizona, you must be approved by the Arizona adoption home study. This procedure involves reviewing your financial records, a home visit, and consideration of your criminal history. We will help you understand everything about adoption, including fees that the adopting family may have to meet. The cost includes legal fees, counseling fees, agency fees, medical and hospital care, living expenses, and other costs the court finds necessary or reasonable.

Divorce

Everyone gets married with the hope that their marriage will work. However, sometimes things fail to work out, and you end up parting ways. The judge may grant you a divorce in Arizona if he or she determines that the marriage is impossible to fix, commonly referred to as irretrievably broken. If you are in a covenant marriage with your spouse, the court will only grant you a divorce in certain circumstances. Some of the grounds of divorce for a covenant marriage are:

  • When your spouse commits adultery
  • Your spouse commits a felony and is convicted of imprisonment or a death sentence.
  • Your spouse moves out of your matrimonial home or abandons you
  • Your spouse sexually assaults you, your child, or another relative living with you
  • When your spouse commits emotional abuse or domestic violence
  • You and your spouse have lived separately for two years before filing for divorce
  • When your spouse is a chronic drug or alcohol abuser
  • The court may award one person alimony depending on their financial circumstances

A spouse may get alimony if they do not have enough money to cater to their needs. The court may also grant you alimony if you are the caretaker of a child whose age or condition can’t allow you to work. If your marriage lasted many years and you can no longer find viable employment due to your age, the court may grant you alimony. You could also receive alimony if you significantly contributed to your spouse’s education, skills, career, or earning ability. Divorce and alimony issues are complicated. You need an experienced attorney to help navigate the process.

Establishing Paternity

There are several ways of establishing a child’s paternity in Arizona. The most common method is by signing a Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity Form. If the child’s father and mother agree on who the child’s father is, signing this form concludes the paternity issue. However, in some instances, the child’s parents might not agree on who the child’s father is. In this case, the child’s mother can initiate the paternity matter. The putative father or man who believes that he is the child’s father may also initiate the paternity matter. Other parties who can initiate a paternity case include a government agency or the child’s custodian.

Either party may initiate the paternity case even before the child’s birth. However, paternity should be initiated before the child attains 18 years. If one party initiates the paternity case before the child is born, the court often delays the case until the child is born. After the establishment of paternity, the court may require one parent to pay child support. The court may also chart a parenting plan that will have both parents participate in the child’s upbringing. Like other family law issues, paternity cases are often surrounded by controversy, which is where legal counsel comes in.

Father’s Rights

Are you a father feeling left out of your child’s life? Perhaps the child’s mother is limiting your time or your interaction with the child. The child’s mother could even go to the extent of denying you even the slightest time with the child. The good news is that you have a father’s rights that guarantee you some time with your child. However, it is worth noting that your rights as the child’s father will depend on whether you are married to the child’s mother or not. If you are an unmarried father and you haven’t gone to the family court to establish your father’s rights, the juvenile court governs your rights. On the other hand, the family court governs your rights if you are a married father getting a divorce or seeking to establish paternity. Whether you need assistance to establish or determine your rights, Phoenix Family Law Attorney can assist you. You just have to call us and schedule a consultation if you have any questions or plan a divorce and need to understand your rights as the child’s father. You have a right to have a relationship with your child, and in most cases, this right can only be enforced through state laws.

Grandparents Rights

In Arizona, there is a provision that allows grandparents to have some rights, mainly visitation rights over their grandchildren. For you have this right over your grandchildren, you have to rise above the presumption that parents always have the child’s best interests. You have to prove that access to the grandparents is in the child’s best interest. You may portray a preponderance of interest and show that your visitation is for the child’s best interests. The court may grant this right to grandparents mainly if:

  • the parent’s marriage has been dissolved for a minimum of three months
  • the child’s parent is deceased or has been missing for at least three months
  • the child was born out of wedlock
  • The judge will also consider other important factors, including the relationship between the child and the grandparents.

The judge will also consider the requesting party’s motivation and the frequency of the grandparent’s visitation. The court will consider what’s best for the child before granting this approval. It can be difficult for a grandparent to overcome the presumptions and prove that you should be granted visitation rights. The good news is that we can help you navigate the difficult process.

Mothers’ Rights

A mother’s rights over a child vary depending on whether the mother is married or unmarried. If you are a married mother, the law presumes that you have equal rights with the child’s father. The child’s father will have equal rights and must participate in major decisions about the child. Significant decisions regarding a child include the child’s education, medical treatment, and religious training. Therefore, married mothers and fathers have joint legal decision-making. You will have many more rights over your child if you are an unmarried mother and the father’s rights have not been established. You have the right to give the child up for adoption, you may take the child from their father, and you can decide not to allow the father to see the child.

As long as the father’s rights have not been established, you can make any significant decisions without seeking the father’s consent or permission. Both married and unmarried mothers have equal legal rights to a child’s custody. However, an unmarried mother is more likely to secure custody rights, especially if the child’s father has not been around. However, it is important to note that the court doesn’t always side with the child’s mother when it comes to custody. That’s why you should have a reliable family attorney to help you fight the custody battle.

Parenting Time and Legal Decision Making

It’s never easy to set the terms and conditions of parenting time and a child’s legal decision-making after divorce. You have to consult an experienced attorney to create a reasonable parenting plan that is easy to adhere to. By all means, the ideal parenting plan should allow you to spend ample time with your child. You have every right to be present in the life of your child. If you feel like the other parent is denying you this critical right, you should contact us.

Our family law attorney will fight with you and help protect these rights. If you feel that the terms of the current parenting plan are not suitable, we can help you seek a modification of custody terms. For instance, you may feel that you need to spend more time with your child. You may also pursue custody modification if you feel that the other parent compromises your child’s health or welfare. We will help you if you feel like the other parent is leaving you out of your child’s legal decisions, including education, decision, and health care.

Child Custody

When parents separate or file for divorce, the most critical and complex issue to determine is child custody. In most cases, parents have differing opinions regarding child custody and child visitation schedule. If a child is old enough, the court will also consider the child’s opinion or custody preference. If the parents disagree on the child’s custody, some of the factors that the court will consider are:

  • The relationship between the parent and the child both past, current, and potential future relationship
  • The child’s adjustment to home, community, and school
  • The physical and the mental health of the child’s parents
  • Whether either of the parents has a history of domestic violence or child abuse case
  • Any other factors that are relevant to the child’s custody

The other parent might coerce or pressure the child into expressing one opinion over the other. The court might not consider the child’s preference if it appears like either of the parents coerced the child into making a certain decision. The court may award one parent custody or give joint custody to both parents. In the case of joint custody, the court creates a custody schedule that both parents have to adhere to. However, even if the court awards one parent custody, it might still give the non-custodial parent time with the child.

Child Support

Even after divorce, Arizona law expects both parents to provide reasonable support to their minor children. Both the custodial and the non-custodial parents have to support their children. In the face of divorce, it is typical for the right to receive child support to be overlooked. Arizona courts impose ‘best interests of the child’ to ensure that both parents prioritize their obligations to their children. During divorce cases, Arizona courts prioritize child support obligation above all other financial obligations that a parent has. Arizona law doesn’t leave the issue of child support to judicial discretion. The Arizona Supreme Court laid down several guidelines and a formula for calculating the child support that every parent owes.

A detailed explanation of the child support guidelines can leave you with more questions than answers. This is why you need a family attorney to help you understand all the issues regarding child support. The child support guideline seeks to set a reasonable financial plan consistent with both parents’ ability to pay. It might be challenging to calculate child support when one parent is self-employed. The court establishes basic child support that depends on the number of children, among other factors. Other factors that the court may consider health care and childcare costs and all additional costs associated with parenting time. Failure to consider all aspects of child support could lead to one parent shouldering an unfairly high financial obligation.

Family Relocation

After a divorce, a parent must seek authority from the court before relocating. Relocation is more than moving across the street. If there is joint custody, the relocating parent must give the other parent a 45-day notice before moving out of the state or more than 100 miles within the state. If the non-moving parent is not comfortable with the relocation, they can file a petition in court to prevent the relocation. What happens if the judge doesn’t grant the relocation? If the judge doesn’t grant the relocation, it doesn’t mean that the parent intending to move can’t move.

The parent can still relocate even if the judge disapproves, but they have to leave the child behind. When deciding whether or not to approve a relocation, the judge will determine how the relocation will affect the minor’s life. Both parents will submit their evidence and present their side of the story. During the hearing, the judge will listen to the testimonies from parents, friends, and relatives. The factors that will determine the outcome of the relocation case include:

  • why the relocating parents intend to move
  • if the move or relocation is in good faith
  • how the relocation will impact the child’s life, including whether their quality of life will improve
  • if relocation will affect the child’s relationship with his or her siblings
  • how the child will adjust to the new location
  • any other factor that the court will consider important

if you are the parent trying to move with the child, you have a burden to prove that the relocation is in the child’s best interests. If you are the parent remaining behind, you may choose to oppose the relocation and provide evidence of why the move is not for the child’s best interests. In either case, you will need a competent attorney to help you gather evidence.

Guardianship of Children

If you want to establish a child’s guardianship and aren’t related to the child, you have a tough battle ahead of you. We at Phoenix Family Law Attorney have helped many parents become guardians of the children they love, even when they have no blood relationship with them. Even if the involved legal process is complicated, it is worthwhile.

Some prerequisites must be established for a non-parent to have legal custody of a child. Both parents have to consent for another party to assume guardianship over their child. Assuming control over another person’s child takes place in the form of non-parental custody or guardianship. In a legal guardianship, an Arizona court awards the sole care or responsibility for a child to an individual or several individuals. A guardian can be selected via a will and can also be petitioned or nominated through the court by a person or persons interested in the child’s wellbeing.

Modifications

Following a divorce or a separation, you have to make essential modifications in your life, especially when children are involved. You should contact us if you feel like the conditions of your divorce are unfair. We will work with you and make the necessary changes to these conditions. It is possible to modify the previous divorce agreements. If one party is not comfortable with them, all you need is an experienced attorney to help you through the process. Divorce decrees, even if they are often considered final, can be modified if the circumstances of one or both the parents change. You may pursue a divorce modification through the family court. Having an experienced attorney will spearhead the divorce modification efforts, which are critical to your success. We are experienced in helping clients modify different aspects of their divorce to suit their prevailing circumstances. We will help you gather evidence and prepare essential documents.

What Our Clients Say About Us

Here are some of the numerous positive testimonials that we
have received from our happy and satisfied customers:

I enjoyed my experience with Phoenix Family Law Attorney. The attorneys were amazing to work with, and they helped my divorce process be as painless as possible. My attorney had my interests at heart and fought for everything that my kids and I deserved. I was, and I am still satisfied with the way things turned out and how the employees handled me. I would recommend this law firm to my friends and anyone dealing with a family law issue.

Annie J.

Phoenix, AZ

I interacted with a team of reliable professionals who understood all the legal procedures and were always there whenever I needed them. They stood with me at a time when I was under extreme stress due to intricate divorce issues. I appreciate the advice and support throughout the divorce process. The attorneys were always available and responsive even when I called them on the weekends. I was concerned that due to the complexity of our finances, combined assets, and business, our divorce case would take forever to close. My attorney came across as someone who had excellent knowledge and experience in their job. He kept me informed throughout the divorce process, and nothing seemed too much to handle.

Carl M.

Phoenix, AZ

I just wanted to express my gratitude for everything you did to get me through it all. It was reassuring to keep me updated on the progress of my case. You helped me at a time when I felt like things would never be the same again. Even if you probably had other more challenging cases than mine, you gave me undivided attention. Thanks to you, I can now begin to move on with my normal life.

Jennie S.

Phoenix, AZ

Without the help of the attorney from Phoenix Family Attorney Law Firm, the outcome of my case would have been so different. The attorney made the most challenging time of my life seem a little more bearable. He made me feel involved throughout the whole process by updating me on the progress of my case. My attorney is a fantastic person both inside and outside the courtroom.  From the first time I worked with him, I could tell that he was willing to listen and consider every detail of my case. Throughout our interaction, he was attentive and responsive to all my questions and concerns.

Sarah W.

Phoenix, AZ

After completing a nasty divorce, my ex tried to go after me again, demanding more money. My attorney fought for me tirelessly, and I could tell that he genuinely cared about me. All the people I interacted with within the law firm were sympathetic for what I had experienced in the past. I had the most amazing, friendly, and compassionate attorney I have ever known. Thank you so much for everything that you have done for me.

Steve R.

Phoenix, AZ

Our Sole Focus Is
Your Family.

We understand how hard it can be to go through a divorce, child custody battle, and other family issues. Our team of compassionate attorneys are here by your side. We are here for you every step of the way.

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  • ADOPTION
  • CHILD CUSTODY
  • CHILD SUPPORT
  • DIVORCE
  • ESTABLISHING PATERNITY
  • FAMILY RELOCATION
  • FATHER'S RIGHTS
  • GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS
  • GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN
  • MODIFICATIONS
  • MOTHER'S RIGHTS
  • PARENTING TIME AND LEGAL DECISION MAKING
  • SEPARATION

Contact Phoenix Family Law Attorney Today

If you face any family law issue in Phoenix, AZ, and you need reliable legal representation, Phoenix Family Law Attorney would be glad to help. Contact us at 888-888-8888 and schedule a free consultation.