Arizona Child Custody and Visitation Attorney
Phoenix-Paradise Valley Child Support Lawyer
The most common issues involving children and divorce are child custody and visitation issues and child support issues. The Phoenix-Paradise Valley family law firm of DeShon Pullen & Associates represents mothers and fathers in child custody and visitation issues, and child support matters.
Phoenix-Paradise Valley Child Support Attorney
One of the most frequent questions we receive concerns the amount of child support payments. In the Phoenix-Paradise Valley area, as throughout Arizona, the Child Support Guidelines will dictate the amount of child support to be paid by the parties. There are several factors that go into calculating the child support payments, including income, the number of days each parent has physical custody of the child, and the needs of the child.
Of course, the Arizona Child Support Guidelines are just that — guidelines. While you must be able to demonstrate good cause for deviating from the guidelines, the family law attorneys at DeShon Pullen & Associates can calculate the child support under the Arizona Child Support Guidelines and discuss whether your particular circumstances warrant a deviation from the child support guidelines.
Contact a Phoenix-Paradise Valley child support attorney at DeShon Pullen & Associates to schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your child support matter or how to calculate your child support payments under the Arizona Child Support Guidelines. We are here for you.
Phoenix-Paradise Valley Child Support Modification Lawyer
After a divorce, child support payments may need to be adjusted to account for an ongoing change in circumstances in your life or the life of your ex-spouse. When this occurs, the child support attorneys at DeShon Pullen & Associates can assist you in either filing a petition requesting a change in child support, or represent you in child support modification hearing if your ex-spouse has filed a request to modify child support (either to lower or raise child support payments).
Contact a Phoenix-Paradise Valley child support attorney at DeShon Pullen & Associates to schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your child support situation.
Phoenix-Paradise Valley Child Custody and Visitation Lawyer
Child custody consists of legal custody and physical custody. Legal custody is the ability to make decisions on behalf of the child, such as medical, religious and educational decisions. Physical custody is where the child will physically reside. Typically, the parent who will have the child for the majority of time is said to have primary physical custody. The other spouse is said to have partial child custody, visitation or shared parenting time.
In Arizona, child custody is determined by analyzing the best interest of the child. Typically, there is a presumption that it is in the best interest of the child to have both parents active in the child's life. However, there are situations where it may not be in the best interest of the child for one of the parents to have custody.
At DeShon Pullen & Associates, our divorce dispute attorneys have extensive experience with all aspects of family law, including high conflict custody cases. We aggressively represent mothers and fathers in child custody disputes.
Contact a Phoenix-Paradise Valley child custody attorney at DeShon Pullen & Associates to schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your child custody situation.
Phoenix-Paradise Valley Child Custody and Visitation Modification Lawyer
We have many requests for representation in child custody and visitation modification cases. The basis for a child custody modification can center on a significant change of circumstance, especially if the change in circumstances is not in the best interest of the child. Alcohol and drug abuse may be an example as well as abuses or neglect of the child.
Many requests for modification of child custody and visitation revolve around relocation, especially if the relocation is out of state.
Contact a Phoenix-Paradise Valley child custody attorney at DeShon Pullen & Associates to schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your child custody modification or relocation situation.
