Arizona has following divorce laws:
Residency
Arizona divorce laws represent both the innovative and the traditional side of the legal system. Either of the spouse applying for divorce should have domicile of Arizona State.
Documents Required to File Divorce
Arizona divorce laws require you to have following documents when you file for divorce:
- Summons
- Notice of Right to Convert Health Insurance
- Joint Preliminary Injunction and Creditor Notice
Distribution of Property
Under Arizona Divorce law the property purchased during the marital life, should be equally divided on equal half basis. And the property possessed before marriage is to be kept by spouse who owned it.
Change of Name or Restoration of name
Arizona divorce laws allow the wife to take up her pre-marriage name after the divorce.
Mediation Counseling
Mediation counseling is mandatory by Arizona divorce laws before announcing divorce. Mediation counseling is the final reconciliatory effort which the court asks both the spouses to make before final hearing is announced.
Alimony
Considering Arizona divorce laws, the purpose of alimony is
- To financially "reward" an innocent spouse
- To "punish" a guilty one.
Normally a wife found guilty of adultery might not be awarded alimony, while a husband found guilty of adultery might be ordered to pay excessive punitive alimony to his ex-wife. Arizona divorce laws regard the same for desertion.
Child Custody
According to Arizona divorce laws, child custody are not posed from a standpoint of equal claim of mothers and fathers and are more often posed as if the child were already in the mother's embrace. Consequently, the framing of child custody decisions is such that the question at divorce becomes one of whether the child will remain under the mother's care and control or be taken from her wholly or in part.
Child Support
Arizona divorce laws usually allow the mother to retain custody. But at the same time recognize her need for support for herself and the children. Consequently the wife may suggest cooperating with a consent decree if her husband is willing to help her financially under certain conditions. This means that she will not contest that there were statutory grounds for the divorce, but rather consent that they were, in fact, present.
Contact a professional divorce attorney or divorce lawyer for comprehensive divorce laws information in your state.
