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Domestic partnership agreements enforceable under the UPAA and made after statutes were enacted, providing domestic partners with essentially the same property rights as spouses, are not aut... Read more
The validity of a spousal support waiver depends on when it was executed; waiver executed before the enactment of the UPAA was void as against public policy. Read more
In Merrill v. Merrill: The court said an ex-spouse getting an interest in the other spouse’s military retirement may not have their interest reduced. Read more
Odom v. Odom: The mental healthcare privilege is not waived because patients have been treated jointly or they were referred by a guardian ad litem. Read more
Boyle v. Boyle: Beside property division, the trial court said the wife was statutorily entitled to spousal maintenance under Arizona Revised Statute. Read more
Trial court's award to mother of "living expense assistance" for adult child, who was mentally and physically disabled, to be paid by father, constituted a permissible award of "postminority... Read more
To be entitled to attorney fees pendente lite under section 2030 from joined W2, W1 not required to show that she was likely to prevail or a prima facie case that W2 was connected to a disso... Read more
Rinegar v. Rinegar: The family and civil courts both can decide the issue of omitted property because the superior court is one of general jurisdiction. . Read more
In the case of Walsh v. Walsh, the Arizona Court of Appeals was faced with determining the value of the husband’s professional goodwill in the branch of a national firm of which he was a sha... Read more
In re Marriage of Freitas, a trial court was not precluded from amending a non-final order based on the anticipated presentation of additional evidence. Read more
