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December 19, 2017 Cindy Best
Peace, Christmas and the Kids

Did your kids write a letter to Santa? Did your kids make a list for you? They are probably full of toys, dolls, cars, scooters, and the like. What is not on their list is peace. But I believe that peace is what they want more than anything…If you are sharing your children this Christmas,…

December 12, 2017 Cindy Best
Christmas Time

Remember that Christmas memories for your children will last forever. So, if you are sharing your children with a parent, please remember that it is important to put them first. It helps to create new traditions if this is your first holiday sharing your children. And, kids are not all that concerned about what day…

December 9, 2017 Cindy Best
40 Things Only Divorce Lawyers Know

An interesting article we found on MSN.com about secrets and tips when going through a divorce. “It’s no secret that divorce is a stressful experience. While it’s natural to feel grief about the dissolution of a marriage, spouses also need to consider the more practical implications when a household dissolves. From divvying up assets to creating custody arrangements, the…

December 5, 2017 Cindy Best
House Tax Plan Isn’t Amicable to Divorcing Couples

Another interesting article on The Wall Street Journal about how the new tax bill will impact couples getting a divorce. “Tax-overhaul bill would change treatment of alimony payments on divorce agreements signed after this year. Divorcing couples and their advisers are scrambling to cope with the possibility that alimony won’t be tax deductible for divorce…

November 28, 2017 Cindy Best
The Most Expensive and Cheapest States For Getting A Divorce

There is an interesting article showing the average cost and fees of divorce in each state. “While the share of marriages that end in divorce has steadily declined over the last 50 years, between 40% and 50% of U.S. marriages end in dissolution, according to the American Psychological Association. In addition to the emotional strain associated with divorce,…

November 14, 2017 Cindy Best
Am I Going Crazy?

Kay Atchison, who is a therapist, wrote a great article about divorce and how it can affect you mentally. Take a few minutes to read it and understand what is going on and why it may be happening to you. Read the full article here.

November 10, 2017 Cindy Best
The GOP Tax Plan Could Make Your Divorce More Expensive – Bloomberg

There was a very interesting article that was sent to me about how the GOP tax plan could make getting a divorce more expensive. Below is the article or you can read the complete posting on their website.  “President Donald Trump knows first-hand that a divorce — or in his case, two — can be…

October 25, 2017 Cindy Best
Tug of War over the Children

If you are going through a divorce, what about the kids? If you are thinking of leaving the family home, and there are not court orders in place, then both parents have rights to the kids. Hopefully, the parents can work out an agreement without help from the court. If they cannot, then there is…

October 17, 2017 Cindy Best
Beware Of Phantom Equity

I received an email from Chris Carter Kent, a Real Estate Special Commissioner, and I thought it was important to share. Below is the email she wrote and you can visit here site here for more information.    “It’s SCARY to Use Equity as a Bank Account in Divorce! Will An Over-Valued Home Come Back…

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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