Petition for 3rd Party Rights/Grandparents’ Rights

Petition for 3rd Party Rights/Grandparents’ Rights

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$1200

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  • Notice and/or Service on Opposing Party

Often due to unfortunate circumstances, a 3rd party may need to seek court intervention to establish legal decision-making (custody), placement, and/or visitation over a minor child that is not biologically their own child. This 3rd party is often a relative of one of the biological parents (often a grandparent), a close family friend, or an ex-stepparent of the minor child(ren). In nearly all 3rd party cases, this petitioning party will have had exercised a close, loving, and bonded relationship with the minor child or children in question. Typically, the need for a Petition for 3rd Party Rights/Grandparents’ Rights occurs because one or both biological parents refuse to allow the 3rd party the right to see the minor child(ren) despite having a close and bonded relationship with the child(ren). Because courts will always try to protect the best interests of minor child(ren), they understand that the more close, bonded, and loving relationships a child has, the better.

A person may seek to establish legal decision-making (custody), placement, and/or visitation over a minor child. However, because of the rights involved, securing the right to make legal decisions or requesting placement of a minor child over that child’s biological parents is a much tougher burden to meet than it is to seek visitation only. In a case seeking legal decision-making or placement, the 3rd party would have to show that it “is significantly detrimental to the child to remain or be placed in the care of either legal parent who wishes to keep or acquire legal decision-making.” For this reason, the vast majority of 3rd Party Rights/Grandparents’ Rights cases seek visitation solely.

A Petition for 3rd Party Rights/Grandparents’ Rights is governed by Arizona Revised Statutes § 25-409. To see this statute in its complete form, click here.

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Request for Employment Information and Records

Request for Employment Information and Records

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A Request for Employment Records is a written request submitted to the employer of the opposing party requesting that they provide certain information and/or documentation pertaining to the employment of that party. This request is often utilized for purposes of:

  • Identifying and locating a person who is obligated to pay support
  • Identifying and locating a person against whom an obligation is being sought
  • Identifying and locating a person that an obligation is owed
  • Identifying and locating information relating to a person who is obligated to pay support.

The employer is required to disclose certain information regarding the employee including but not limited to:

  • Employment Status
  • Earnings
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits and Costs.

If the employer refuses to provide the requested information, the party requesting the employment records may file a subpoena with the Court commanding that the employer provide the requested information and or documentation.

Petition for Legal Separation with Minor Children

Petition for Legal Separation with Minor Children

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A Petition for Legal Separation is a legal document filed by a party to initiate legal separation proceedings within the state of Arizona. Typically, this document will clearly outline a party’s position on the following issues:

  • Distribution of Property
  • Distribution of Debts and Assets
  • Legal Decision-Making, Parenting Time, and Child Support (if minor children are involved)
  • Spousal Maintenance (Alimony)

Included with your Petition for Legal Separation filing are a set of required supporting documents:

  • Sensitive Data Sheet/Coversheet
  • Summons
  • Preliminary Injunction
  • Notice of Right to Convert Health Insurance
  • Parent Information Program Order and Notice (if minor children are involved)
  • Affidavit Regarding Minor Children
  • Notice Regarding Creditors

In certain situations, legal separation may be a reasonable alternative to divorce. Simply moving out of a marital home and separating from a spouse is not considered a “legal separation.” Legal separation will often involve the same issues as a divorce (e.g. community property, community debt, child custody, spousal maintenance/alimony, etc). The main difference is that in a legal separation both parties are still considered “married” in the eyes of the law so neither party can lawfully remarry.

Reasons for deciding to legally separate as opposed to filing for divorce include, but certainly are not limited to the following:

  • Separated spouses, while living apart, can still benefit from the same joint health insurance plan;
  • Separated spouses can remain married for purposes of religious preferences;
  • If married long enough, separated spouses can receive certain social security benefits;
  • Separated spouses may be able to continue filing taxes jointly (this is all dependent on each couple’s individual circumstances); and
  • If separated spouses are simply uncertain if divorce is the right decision to make, a legal separation can provide them with a general feeling of what it would be like to be divorced, and whether or not they may wish to rekindle their relationship.

Legal separations are governed by agreements that are approved by a court. Terms regarding property, child custody, visitation, child support, and spousal support (alimony) are all outlined in a separation agreement. If spouses can come to an agreement on how such terms should be outlined, then a judge is likely to approve the agreement.

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