IN RE: the Marriage of Anna L. GUERRA, Petitioner/Appellee, v. Joseph G. BEJARANO, Sr.
Apr 27, 2006OUTCOME: Client Prevailed.
Arizona Court of Appeals held that the court is not authorized to retroactively modify a child support order to alter the amount of arrearages accrued before notice of the petition to modify was given ... to the obligee parent. Moreover, while the court can modify an existing child support obligation to account for one child's emancipation, the earliest authorized effective date of the modification order is the filing date for the petition.
