Family Law and Divorce

Legal battles are, by their very nature, fraught with emotion. Rarely are legal matters more sensitive or difficult than when family is involved. We at Tysman Kelly strive to bring you the legal justice you deserve in the most dignified, compassionate, sensitive manner possible.

Our extensive personal experience of this area of the law means that we are able to serve you with understanding and empathy while simultaneously advocating aggressively and vigorously to make sure you get the restitution and legal justice you deserve. Our caring attorneys will help you through every aspect of your marital dissolutions as painlessly and quickly as the law allows.

What this means:

Our expertise extends to all aspects of marriage dissolution, from preparation and explanation of prenuptial agreements to litigating annulments, legal separations and divorce cases.

If at all possible we first help and plan appropriate and important actions BEFORE your divorce proceedings begin, including assessment of all alternative courses of legal action that help in avoiding the expense, time and emotional toil of adversarial litigation. These include postnuptial agreements, Mediation- the process of settling divorce issues using the assistance of a mediator and Arbitration-the alternative dispute resolution process by which the marital dissolution is submitted to a third party, often an attorney or retired judge, for a binding decision on such divorce issues as property distribution and alimony payments.

As you would expect from a high quality Divorce attorney of the caliber we at the Tysman Kelly firm provide, we will uncompromisingly and assertively getting you the financial justice you deserve with regard to matters such as Alimony and Asset/Property division including spousal maintenance, spousal support and alimony, the negotiating of property settlement agreements, protection of separate property, supporting estate plans, defining community property and establishing procedures to decide future matters.

At the same time, our sympathetic attorneys will skillfully and effectively get you the legal justice you deserve with regard to matters such as child support, child custody arrangements (joint or single), access to your children, visitation, out-of-state relocation cases and grandparents rights, among others.

If required we are experienced in the most effective means of obtaining Orders of Protection, Post-decree enforcement proceedings , Post divorce custody and/or visitation rights modification, further measures in the event of child support non payment, dealing with Federal law concerning Pension plans and even passport applications for foreign travel requiring the consent of both parents.

In Arizona

  • you do not need to prove grounds in order to receive dissolution of marriage.
  • community property can be defined as any asset acquired or income earned by a married person while living with his or her spouse.

  • alimony can be awarded to either the husband or wife

  • parents may submit a parenting plan with a request for joint custody. Visitation rights within reason are typically awarded to the non custodial parent.

  • is based on the gross income of both parents and is applicable until the children reach 18 years of age or until or graduate high school.

    Divorce Resources

    Family Law Case Information (Maricopa County) http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/FamilyCourtCases/

  • Clerk of the Superior Court (Maricopa County) http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/

  • Superior Court Self Service Center (Maricopa County) http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/SuperiorCourt/Self-ServiceCenter/index.asp

  • Clerk of the Superior Court (Pinal County) http://pinalcountyaz.gov/Pages/Home.aspx

  • Arizona Child Support Guidelines Calculator http://www.supreme.state.az.us/childsup/

  • Arizona Revised Statutes http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp

  • Arizona Family Law Statutes (A.R.S. Title 25) http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=25

  • Arizona Model Parenting Time Plans http://www.supreme.state.az.us/dr/Pdf/Parenting_Time_Plan_Final.pdf

  • Maricopa County Recorder http://recorder.maricopa.gov/recdocdata/

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