Vega v. Vega, 2010-0086AV (Tohono O'odham Nation Court)
Mar 08, 2011
OUTCOME: Divorce obtained through out-of-court agreement
Simple divorce where parties had already been physically separated and conducting their lives and single individuals for years; was able to fully resolve through a single settlement conference outside ...of court between the parties and their attorneys.
Animal law
Ikenberg v. Thomas & Padilla, C20106556 (Pima County Justice Court)
Feb 02, 2011
OUTCOME: settled
dog barking nuisance case - neighbors
Divorce and separation
Scott v. Isaacs-Scott, FN2010-001182
Dec 20, 2010
OUTCOME: Judge awarded the house to the wife in the marital dissolution.
Husband filed for divorce. He asked that the house be awarded to him, since it was in his name alone. The titling decision was made solely because the only way the couple could obtain a home for themse...lves and her children was for her name to be kept off the mortgage application, because his credit was better than hers at the time.
However, wife and her blood relatives were the only ones who ever made any payments on the house, including the down payment.
Moreover, wife worked two full-time jobs, one of which involved running her own assisted-living facility, to keep a roof over the heads of she and her husband, six minor children--only two of whom were her blood offspring, the other four being the adoptive and foster children of her deceased mother--her elderly grandmother and a live-in nanny.
Husband did not work at all even though he had previously worked full-time for decades and had job offers that he turned down. He did not even assist with the care of the minor children or upkeep of the house while their mother worked, and also wrecked three cars belonging to his wife within the span of one week. After he filed for the divorce with the free assistance of a legal-aid attorney at the homeless shelter he chose to live at after leaving the marital residence, he failed to secure full-time gainful employ. He also failed to comply with any of the discovery requirements and failed to sign and return a Rule 69 Agreement that came out of a Settlement Conference with a court-appointed arbitrator.
Family
Davis v. Davis, DO2010-01440
Sep 29, 2010
OUTCOME: Divorce with sole custody, no visitation, child support ordered, relocation approved
divorce with children - mother requested sole custody with no visitation rights to father as he had been incarcerated multiple times for not paying child support for child(ren) of an/other relationship...(s) and had essentially abandoned the children by not providing for their financial needs whatsoever, even before he went to prison. (Also, the court ordered him to pay $25 per month since he did have a job at the Ohio prison where he was serving his time. Still, he has yet to pay a penny even since his release from custody and return to Arizona to live with his mother, claiming he cannot find a job.) Mother was allowed to relocate with the children to New York state where the majority of her family and friends were living, because father never submitted any objection to her statutory notice tht was timely provided in anticipation of the move.
Child custody
Andres v. Lewis, CV-2008-0243 (Gila River Indian Community Court)
Nov 09, 2009
OUTCOME: Mother obtained sole custody of all three children
Mother attempting to get sole custody of her three minor children, whose father was fighting her for sole custody despite clear concerns regarding his long-term drug abuse, emotional instability and fi...nancial insolvency. Children had special needs, with the younger two siblings exhibiting development delays/diabilities and the oldest child, a boy, experiencing psychotic episodes following incidents of drug abuse WITH the father.