by Cristi McMurdie | Jan 17, 2023 | Co-Parenting, Parental Rights, Tempe Divorce Lawyer
We all love one more day tacked on our weekends, except when it disrupts the flow of a smoothly operating parenting plan. The extra time is great for spending with family and friends, exploring your area and relaxing from the pressures of work and life. But if...
by Cristi McMurdie | Dec 19, 2022 | Co-Parenting, Divorce, Parental Rights, Paternity & Father's Rights, Scottsdale Divorce Lawyer, Tempe Divorce Lawyer
During your divorce or legal separation process, parents must decide how much time the child(ren) will spend with each parent and which parent will be responsible for providing daily care. Since 2013, Arizona law has used the terms legal decision-making and parenting...
by Cristi McMurdie | Jun 14, 2022 | Co-Parenting, Parental Rights, Tempe Divorce Lawyer
Summer break has begun for most school districts throughout Arizona, which often means summer camp, and traveling on vacations for many families. Co-parenting can make summer activities and family trips challenging to work around, with so many “moving parts” that you...
by Cristi McMurdie | Mar 30, 2022 | Co-Parenting, Divorce, Parental Rights, Tempe Divorce Lawyer
Looking for a divorce lawyer in Phoenix? Since 1995, McMurdie Law & Mediation, divorce lawyer Phoenix, has provided expert conflict resolution, mediation, collaborative representation, full representation and limited scope representation for your family law cases....
by Cristi McMurdie | Mar 22, 2022 | Child Support, Parental Rights, Paternity & Father's Rights, Tempe Divorce Lawyer
How to establish paternity rights for unmarried fathers In Arizona, when a child is born to a married couple, it is presumed that the husband is the biological and legal father of the child. So, when a couple divorces, child support, custody and a parenting plan are...
by Cristi McMurdie | Nov 17, 2021 | Divorce, LBGTQ, Parental Rights, Tempe Divorce Lawyer
In 2014 Arizona legalized same-sex marriage and the nation followed in 2015. Before and since then, there has been a plethora of legislation passed to protect LBGTQ couples from discrimination seeking equal rights in both marriage and divorce. While a same-sex divorce...
