Legal Decision Making Modification Attorneys
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When dealing with a family matter issue, you do not have to go at it alone. Give us a call and we can discuss the entire case during a comprehensive attorney consultation.
Let's Discuss Your Case - We're Here For You.
When dealing with a family matter issue, you do not have to go at it alone. Schedule your comprehensive attorney consultation now and we can discuss the entire case.
As your children grow and their needs change, modifications to child custody, parenting plans, and support are often necessary.
Modification attorney Gary J. Frank has more than 30 years of experience helping clients modify family law orders in Phoenix.
Modification Arrangements:
- Relocation/move-away
- Scheduling needs
- Changes due to age of children
- Alcoholism or drug abuse
- Physical or emotional abuse
- Mental illness of a parent
- Failure or refusal to co-parent
- Improved parental situations
- Loss of income, or increase in income
- Any other situation requiring modification
You may bring a motion to modify child custody if there has been a substantial and continuous change of circumstances and modification would be in a child’s best interests.
Child Custody Modifications: Equal Decision-Making Authority
In 2013, Arizona child custody law changed to remove the word “custody” entirely, and replace that term with “legal decision-making” and “parenting time.”The statute now provides that: “Consistent with the child’s best interests . . . the court shall adopt a parenting plan that provides for both parents to share legal decision-making regarding their child and that maximizes their respective parenting time.“
The statutory change has created an opportunity for parents who do not have equal decision-making rights, or primary residential parent status, to return to court and modify their custody orders.
Modify Your Divorce Decree or Child Custody Order
The team at Frank Amar Matura are devoted children’s advocates. As your lawyers, they will fight to protect your best interests and those of your children both during and after divorce. Contact our office online or call 602-922-9989 to discuss your specific custody or modification needs.