In Arizona, you do not have to have a trial to determine the issue of child custody. Parties to a dissolution action, a paternity action or a modification action can sit down with a mediator and just work it out. First, this article will provide some basic information about custody in Arizona: Parents can have joint custody or sole custody in Arizona. With joint custody, the parties make major decisions together (education, medical and religion). With sole custody, one parent makes these … [Read more...]
What Happens when the other Party is not Complying with Arizona Court Orders
April 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You have Arizona Court orders, but the other party is ignoring them. What can you do? In many cases, where a party has the ability to comply with the order and knows about the order, you can file a contempt action. You may even be able to ask the Court to incarcerate the offending party until he/she complies (depending on the nature of the violation). However, a better solution may be to mediate the dispute. In an Arizona mediation, the parties sit down with a neutral third party who helps … [Read more...]