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Here’s the short answer: it’s yours. An inheritance is your sole and separate property. Your spouse has no claim to it. Here’s the longer answer: it depends a lot on what you did with it after you got it. This is one of those areas where Google is genuinely dangerous. The general answer is easy…
Yes. You can absolutely make your divorce go faster. And understanding how is one of the most practical things I can help you with in a single coaching session. Let me start with the basic rules — because before we talk about what you can control, you need to understand what you cannot. The 60…
Here’s something I hear constantly from people who finally call us: “I wish I had done this sooner.” Not because their situation was unsalvageable. Not because they’d made some catastrophic mistake that couldn’t be fixed. Just because they’d been walking around for weeks or months carrying questions that had real answers, and instead they’d been…
No. Absolutely not. I got the idea to write this because I’ve been reviewing AI-generated documents in my divorce coaching practice for the past several months — and answering a steady stream of “well, ChatGPT told me…” questions in my legal consultations. I want to be direct with you, because the stakes are high and…
Divorce coaching is legal guidance by the hour without a retainer. It is not therapy and it is not full legal representation. It is access to a licensed Arizona family law attorney who listens to your specific situation, answers your real questions, helps you understand what the law actually says about your circumstances, and gives…
Short answer? It depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. Slightly longer answer: a lot of people going through divorce actually need both — just at different moments, or in different ratios depending on where they are in the process. Here’s how I think about it. What a divorce attorney does An attorney represents you…
Honestly? Ask ten people and you’ll get ten different answers. “Divorce coach” can mean a lot of things depending on who’s offering it and what they bring to the table. So let me tell you what it means at Best Law Firm — specifically, what it means when I’m the one across the table (or…
If you’re wondering whether to try mediation or go straight to court, here’s the honest answer: it’s not really an either-or question. Having an attorney doesn’t rule out mediation. Going to mediation doesn’t mean giving up your right to go to court. And most good attorneys — the ones who have actually tried cases and…
Nineteen years ago today I opened the doors of Best Law Firm. I use the word doors loosely. It was an office share. We went out and found bookcases. We tracked down a fax machine. We built a website from scratch. And on the very first day — before we had fully figured out where…
Best Law Firm has helped thousands of families during the past 18 years. We help families through negotiation, settlements, mediations and court litigation when necessary. The goal is to resolve issues with the least amount of money and stress and only use court litigation as a last resort. Every family we meet is important to us so we would like to share just a few of our success stories with you.
We represented an unmarried father and were able to reunite him with his 4 year old son after the mother secretly moved him to Florida.
We represented a mother and were able to require the father to undergo therapy before he could have any parenting time with his three daughters who he had been physically and emotionally abusing. We had a certified domestic violence expert testify in the case.
We represented an unmarried mother and were able to reunite her with her 2 year old daughter after the father took the child in secret without permission or a court order.
We represented a husband who had a large estate and the wife wanted assets greater than their prenuptial agreement allowed.
We represented a wife in a long term marriage to obtain the spousal maintenance that she was due.
We represented the husband whose wife violated their divorce decree's spousal maintenance agreement by living with her boyfriend.
We represented an unmarried mother and were able to obtain a large child support order from the father who was a professional athlete and it was upheld on appeal. (Murphy)
We represented an unmarried father and were able to fight abuse allegations filed against him and get a court order for 50-50 parenting time for his 2 children.
We represented an unmarried father and were able to defend him against false allegations and obtain a court order where he was named primary custodial parent of his 3 year old son.
We represented a mother who lived in Italy whose teenager was unlawfully kept in Arizona after summer visitation by the Father. It was ordered for the child to return to his mom in Italy.
We represented a father whose 2 children were taken to Kansas after their divorce was filed in Arizona and the court ordered them to be returned.
We represented a father who lived in Texas and fought for primary custody of his daughter who lived in Arizona. The daughter was able to move to Texas because of the mother's abuse and neglect.
We represented a Canadian mother whose husband attempted to get a divorce in Arizona where he could keep the kids. Mother had no long term visa and would have lost her children. Tali Collins was a "friend of the court" and was heard at a Canadian hearing on the same matter that had been filed in BC.
We were the mediators for a mother who wanted to keep the community house (and equity) and the father who wanted to keep his community retirement. We were able to craft an agreement where she received more spousal maintenance up front which the husband agreed to pay to keep the community retirement he had earned.
We represented two ER doctors and mediated their parenting agreement which was drafted to help each doctor have the maximum time with their son.
We represented a father who was a doctor and obtained sole custody of his two daughters after the mother had a worsening mental illness.
We represented a father whose former wife attempted to enforce an out of state child support arrears calculation that was incorrect. We also won the case on appeal. (Glover)
We represented a mother and successfully protected against potential kidnapping by the father to a non Hague country, the UAE. The parenting time order put in safety measures and supervisors to protect the daughters.
We represented a father from Japan to obtain a parenting time order for his young son.
We represented a father to severe the rights of the mother with their two daughters after the mother was imprisoned for criminal abuse against them.
We represented a father and were able to negotiate a parenting plan with joint legal decision making and a 50-50 parenting plan for his son.
We represented a divorced couple against the grandmother who wanted visitation time with their daughter against the parents' wishes.
We represented a married couple and negotiated visitation with a former mother in law, grandmother to their son/step son.
We represented grandparents and negotiated parenting time with a previously estranged father of their grandson.
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