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Financial Abuse: The Elephant in the Room

Mar 6, 2019 | Family Law

By Guest Blogger:  Michelle Buonincontri, CFP®, CDFA™ Part1 – Financial Abuse, Abuse REALLY? Financial Abuse: the elephant in the room Financial abuse can be a subtle manipulative, ‘wooing” process that wears us down slowly so that we start to normalize the...

NEW AZ SUPREME COURT CASE RESTORES FAIRNESS TO FAMILY LAW

Jan 19, 2019 | Family Law

Thanks to the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Nicaise v. Sundaram the planets are now all aligned and balance has been restored in the world. Ok, maybe this is a little bit of an exaggeration, but not much as far as Arizona Family Law is concerned. Let...

WORKING DAD’S JOURNAL — First Day of School

Oct 13, 2018 | Family Law

LETTER TO MY SON ON HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: August 8, 1994 Today was your first day of kindergarten. This morning, at breakfast, you seemed a little tentative, so I volunteered to walk you to school. Your mom laid out your new school clothes on your bed, and now you...

Business Owner Comp: More Than Just A Wage

Oct 2, 2018 | Family Law

  By Guest Columnist: Laura S. Leopardi, CPA/ABV/CFF/CGMA, MBA   Family law cases involving community businesses inevitably require an analysis of business owner compensation. Privately-held (also referred to as closely-held) business owners tend to...

BASKETBALL PLAYER GETS A “PASS” ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Sep 8, 2018 | Family Law

In an article about Jason Kidd, a former Phoenix Suns basketball player who was recently elected to the Hall of Fame, a local sportswriter wrote: “Kidd was traded after a 2001 fight with his wife that led to him pleading guilty to spousal abuse.” But he quickly went...