Arizona Appellate Decision Addresses Interesting Parentage Question
OCTOBER 17, 2016 VOLUME 23 NUMBER 39 Kelly and Sam are a married couple. They want to have a child, but cannot do so together, so they agree that Kelly will undergo artificial insemination. The process is successful, and Kelly delivers a beautiful baby boy, Edward. Does Sam have any duty to support Edward? If […]
Young Man’s Father Secures Guardianship After Summer Visit
OCTOBER 3, 2016 VOLUME 23 NUMBER 37 Sometimes a legal proceeding in another state can help illustrate the procedures in your own state — because they are different. A guardianship case in Georgia last week is a good example. Melvin Peters (not his real name) is twenty-one years old, and he lives with his father […]
State Court Does Not Control Social Security Payments
MAY 12, 2014 VOLUME 21 NUMBER 17 At Fleming & Curti, PLC, we do not handle divorce cases. From time to time, though, a divorce case raises the same kinds of issues that we see in the guardianship, conservatorship and probate cases we do handle. A recent Arizona Court of Appeals decision is a case […]
Custody of Grandchild Requires Court Consideration of Best Interests
AUGUST 19, 2013 VOLUME 20 NUMBER 31 National Grandparents Day is September 8th this year. That should serve as a reminder for us to consider changing demographics: grandparents (and great-grandparents) are living longer, and increasingly fractured families are changing our expectations and default assumptions about caring for children. More grandchildren are being raised by their […]
Adoption By Grandparents Set Aside Years Later As Fraudulent
JANUARY 13, 2003 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 28 As American families become more mobile and previously unusual family relationships become more common, grandparents are increasingly likely to be involved in raising their grandchildren. This has led to an increase in the legal problems faced by seniors, especially when family members become less cooperative with one another. […]
Surviving Parent Not Entitled To Custody Of Disabled Child
MARCH 15, 1999 VOLUME 6, NUMBER 37 Parents of minor children are usually entitled to have custody of those children. In a divorce proceeding the court will decide which parent should retain custody of the child, or whether custody should be shared. Of course, those proceedings are often hotly contested and may result in bitterness […]