Family Law Blog

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December 29, 2016 Cindy Best
Brad Pitt And Custody Hardball

I read that Ms. Jolie was not going to let Brad see his kids over Christmas because the kids were not ready. That seems very sad to me, both for the children and for their father. I don’t know if that headline is true and I don’t know the facts of the custody issues of…

December 27, 2016 Cindy Best
Custody And The Baby Jesus

I got a call the other day. Mom goes to a church where there is a nativity scene and the baby Jesus in a manger. Father says it’s all a bunch of hooey. He doesn’t want his children exposed to any religion until they are 18 and able to make their own decisions. Since when…

December 22, 2016 Cindy Best
Is Christmas Really On Dec. 25th?

If you share your children for the holidays with your former partner or spouse, does Christmas really have to be on December 25? Do your children really care? The point is: Christmas is a holiday season and can be celebrated during the season. When your children have their childhood memories, do you think they’ll remember…

December 20, 2016 Cindy Best
Child Support And Arizona And Renee Zellweger

I read in the news about Renee being brought into her boyfriend’s child support matter. It’s doubtful that would happen in Arizona. The new wife or the new girlfriend or boyfriend or husband is not relevant for child support. The ex wife is trying to drag Renne into the fray because the boyfriend has been…

December 15, 2016 Cindy Best
Can A Child Have Too Many People Who Love Them?

I got a call the other day from a father who is being denied time with his child. I don’t know all the facts yet but I do know that children need people who love them. If parents are fighting about the children because they are used as pawns of revenge, they have to stop….

December 8, 2016 Cindy Best
Brad Pitt And Custody Documents

Brad Pitt has recently asked the California courts to seal the custody records of his divorce. I have an opinion about that. Now, I don’t know Angelina and I don’t know Brad, but I know about divorce and children.  I don’t know California law and I have not read any of their pleadings. But based…

December 6, 2016 Cindy Best
Christmas and Reese Witherspoon

I watched a quick interview with Reese and her former husband, Ryan, on TV last week or so. They were discussing how they shared their two children over the holidays. It was a nice arrangement where they took turns over Thanksgiving and Christmas and each parent was able to travel to meet with extended family…

December 1, 2016 Cindy Best
How’s That Microscope?

Your family has a home and most people do not really know what goes on inside your home. Or your private plane for that matter. But once you or your spouse files for divorce, you lose your privacy and your life is under a microscope. For instance, after Angelina filed for divorce, what happened on…

November 23, 2016 Cindy Best
Spreading The Holiday Spirit

Best Law Firm is proud to donate to St. Vincent De Paul this holiday season. We are thankful to be able to help provide food for hungry children, families and seniors in our community. During this busy holiday season we want to remember those who are in need and help spread joy and holiday memories…

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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