If you own real property, it is often surprising to learn that if you fail to use the property, it is possible for someone else to get a superior claim to your property. This is called Adverse Possession: a concept Arizona recognizes as a valid claim against your land. The statute of adverse possession in […]

Are you currently a member of an Arizona limited liability Company (“LLC”) or intend to create your own LLC in the near future? If so, you should be mindful of the new Arizona LLC law that will go into effect in the near future. In the beginning of 2018, Governor Ducey signed into law the […]

One of the most important procedures in any Court proceeding is giving a third party notice that a lawsuit has been filed against them, i.e. effecting service of process. Because it is common for Defendants who know about the lawsuit to intentionally dodge service, Courts will allow the Plaintiff to effect service through alternative means, […]

In November 2016, the Arizona voters passed Proposition 206: The Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (“the Act”). The Proposition received a tremendous amount of media attention because of the increase of minimum wage. According to the Proposition, minimum wage was scheduled to rise from $8.05 to $10 per hour in 2017, to $10.50 in […]

If you or someone you know is currently or about to be involved in a divorce action, it is likely that you will hear the person mention the term, “spousal maintenance”. In different states, spousal maintenance is often referred to as “alimony”.  Spousal maintenance is what a Court orders one spouse to pay to the […]