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Divorced parents petition courts for the right to relocate and reside outside Arizona for a number of reasons — some legitimate, some not. These reasons can include remarriage, business or military transfer, job-seeking and the urgent need for specialized health care that is only available in another state.

Some parents behave irresponsibly, going outside the legal system to spirit a child across state lines in what amounts to a virtual abduction. Others realize the need to pursue legal channels and do things right the first time, continuing communications with the co-parent left behind and serving the best interests of the child.

A parental relocation with a child from a previous marriage can be a heart-rending situation. So can the denial of a move to relocate. In either instance, the competence and compassion of a skilled divorce modification lawyer can cushion the blow and create ways to keep a family together, despite these circumstances.

Steven Zachary of the Zachary Law Group is an experienced, client-focused family law and divorce attorney in Gilbert, Arizona. He delivers quality advocacy for you and your goals when a parental relocation needs to be requested or contested in family court.

Mr. Zachary’s leadership is designed to bring you peace of mind, comfort your concerns and help you to continue with your brighter post-divorce future. He also believes deeply in “the best interests of the child” and does whatever he can to help parents maintain prominent roles in a child’s upbringing, regardless of the miles that separate them.

Has a proposed out-of-state relocation of a child of divorce become a problem for you? Please remember that every problem has a solution. Your best option is to “Zach it.” The law is on your side. Call Steven Zachary today and take your worry away with an initial consultation. 

If you suspect that your husband or wife is hiding assets from you during negotiations for asset and property ownership, you should reach out to a detail-minded, client-focused family law attorney with experience in the rough-and-tumble of contested and high asset divorce.

You would think it would be difficult to hide property — actual real estate, such as a faraway retirement home, ski chalet or plot of undeveloped land — but some people will try anything once. Then there is the offshore bank account, typically coming to rest somewhere in an European or Caribbean tax haven. And the expensive car registered in someone else’s name. These ploys do not exactly reflect an eagerness to bargain in good faith when divvying up assets accumulated during a marriage that has failed.

Rights that are protected in a prenuptial agreement notwithstanding, you also have rights to your fair share of everything that hasn’t been mentioned. When those unmentionables wind up being hidden from the government as well as you, the party responsible for hiding them could wind up in big trouble.

Speaking of investments, it might be worth your while and worth the expense to have your lawyer bring in what’s called a forensic accountant — a financial analyst with proven skills at unearthing ways that astute businesspersons use to get around the law, and his or her responsibility to you and any children you share.

The goal of the forensic accountant is to find and investigate every piece of insider info collected by the wheeler-dealer you’re divorcing, every penny of profit from every shady deal, every half-truth conveyed through counsel during negotiations.

You owe it to yourself and your children, this effort to live in the way you’ve become accustomed. Fortunately, a call to the Zachary Law Group requires very little effort. Experienced divorce and family lawyer Steven Zachary in Gilbert believes that for every problem, no matter how expensive or emotional, there is a solution. You can wish it away, you can let your spouse get away with it, or you can put your foot down and … “Zach it.”

Contact us today and let the Zachary Law Group take your worry away. 480-389-3533.

A marriage is a contract — and contracts should always protect you against anything that can go wrong.

U.S. divorce statistics are a stark illustration of just how many things can go wrong in today’s marriages — contracts that are signed without prenuptial agreements that legally preserve investments in relationships that fail.

The realistic, proactive answer to these problems in people’s lives is the prenuptial agreement, or “prenup.” This essential premarital agreement protects your right to keep your share of marital assets and property, and an appropriate level of access to your children for custody and visitation in the event of divorce.

Without a “prenup,” you could be left high and dry, at risk of losing assets you worked hard for and leaving your fate to the whims of strangers in family court.

The prenuptial agreement lays the foundation for the business and financial considerations in your marriage, just as the postnuptial or separation agreement anticipates legal and material needs before a divorce. It can be an important source of peace of mind as you, your spouse and children explore the future together as a new family.

Whether this is your first time around, a remarriage to someone with significant assets or a domestic partnership, you want to make sure that a previous inheritance or business transfer is safe in case your marriage does not survive.

Steven Zachary of The Zachary Law Group is a skilled, experienced, client-committed divorce and attorney. He is dedicated to protecting the rights of his Arizona clients with a variety of solid family law documentation.

At Steven Zachary’s Gilbert law office, we believe that every problem has a solution. You can choose to overlook it, you can try to wish it away, you can hope it doesn’t get worse … or you can “Zach it.” The law is on your side. Call today and take your worry away. Call 480-389-3533 to arrange an initial consultation.