Family Law Blog

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February 4, 2020 Cindy Best
Do Your Homework

If you are going through a divorce, you may not know much about it. If you buy a home, you might not know much about that, either. If you buy a car, you might not know much about that. So, what do you do when you venture into “buying” a product or a service? I…

February 3, 2020 Cindy Best
Best Law Firm Announces New Managing Partner and Partner

Best Law Firm is proud to announce that Robbie Hendricks is now a managing partner for the firm and David Pierce Uffens is a partner. Founded by Cindy Best in 2007, Best Law Firm has built a strong reputation in the legal community through its outstanding, client-focused representation. Having helped thousands of clients navigate the…

January 30, 2020 Cindy Best
What should I do if I am served with an Order of Protection?

Not sure what you are supposed to do if you are served with an Order of Protection? Here’s what you should do: 1. You need to obey the Order of Protection whenever it is in effect. It went into effect the moment it was served on you. If a judge ordered you to not contact…

January 14, 2020 Cindy Best
Carole King Had It Right

Here are the lyrics to one of her songs: “Care-a-lot is a place we all can go Come to Care-a-lot, it’s a place we all can go Come to Care-a-lot Share-a-lot Care-a-lot” If you are going through a divorce, you might want to ask yourself this question: do they care? Does it matter if your…

January 8, 2020 Cindy Best
Happy New Year 2020

It is a new year and a new decade. It might be the perfect time to consider your conduct in your divorce or custody matter. This might be the right time to turn over a new leaf. Remember that you get to decide how to go about this difficult business of splitting up your family….

December 10, 2019 Cindy Best
She Can Have Anything and Everything

Dear Future Self: I know you are tired of your divorce and you just want it to be over. I also know that you love your kids and you work hard. But if you can just hang in there long enough to get a parenting plan instead of giving Mom all the rights to your…

December 3, 2019 Cindy Best
Domestic Violence and Children

It’s the holiday season and it is not a nice time to talk about domestic violence. But truly it is never a “nice” time to talk about domestic violence. But it is depressing and it is traumatic and it is something that causes great pain to the adult victims involved and to the children. It…

November 26, 2019 Cindy Best
Peace

If you have a family that gives your children two Christmases every year, there are things you can do to help create peace for your children. You are the adult in the situation so it is up to you to make things go smoothly. Do not sweat the small stuff, the only thing that matters…

November 19, 2019 Cindy Best
Don’t Steal Their Joy

Thanksgiving is coming. Christmas is Coming. Hanukkah is coming. The holidays are coming. Your kids are excited about this season, however your family celebrates this time of year. They are children and they are happy and joyous. You, as their parent, need to prepare for this time if your family shares the kids in different…

Family Law Success Stories

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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