Nov 11, 2011 | Family Law
The news came this week that Penn State coach Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in college football, has been fired for failing to call the police when he learned that one of his assistant coaches had molested a young boy. The news was shocking. Paterno, who is known...
Nov 8, 2011 | Grandparents' Rights
The United States Supreme Court has held that parents have a fundamental constitutional right to control child-rearing. Under Arizona law, a fit parent is presumed to be able to make decisions that are in his/her child’s best interests, and the courts will stay...
Oct 19, 2011 | Decisionmaking & Parenting Time
I think most divorcing parents would agree that the children are their number one priority. But, in the midst of a marital break-up – when it feels like your life is coming apart at the seams – keeping the children out of the middle of your dispute can be a real...
May 30, 2011 | Family Law
In all our years of practicing Family Law, we have found that the predominant and most destructive emotion among parties to a divorce or custody case is FEAR. Fear is a primal human emotion. It comes into play when we feel threatened – and when a marriage is...
