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Child Custody & Visitation The Law Office of Ruth M. Swenson is located in Mesa, Arizona and we provide families throughout Mesa, Chandler, Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Casa Grande, Prescott, Tucson, Gilbert, Awatukee, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, and surrounding communities. Our knowledgeable lawyers and staff provide families throughout Mesa, Chandler, Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Casa Grande, Prescott and Tucson with experienced legal representation and personalized service in every area affecting the child and children in a family. Our clients appreciate the caring and supportive atmosphere that we provide along with our legal ability and experience. Our firm is a smaller law firm by choice: we know our clients by name and personally manage every aspect of their case, providing outstanding legal services at competitive rates. When deciding issues regarding child custody, courts in Arizona will consider many factors including: - The preference of the child
- The wishes of the parents
- The child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community
- The mental and physical health of the child and the parents
- The relationship between the child and the parents and any siblings
- Evidence of significant spouse or child abuse
- Coercion or duress in obtaining a custody agreement
- Evidence of or conviction for drug abuse
We zealously represent mothers, fathers, grandparents and other interested parties in custody and parenting time controversies without putting children in the middle of the dispute. We are committed to providing the most effective level of service to each of our valued clients in a caring and compassionate manner. We handle issues including: - Adoption and stepparent adoptions
- Annulment and legal separation
- Child custody, legal custody, physical custody and visitation
- Child support and child support modifications
- Custody evaluations
- Enforcement and modification
- Grandparent custody, grandparent visitation and grandparent rights
- Interstate jurisdictional issues-Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA).
- Marital settlement agreements
- Mediation and settlement agreements
- Premarital and prenuptial agreements
- Separation agreements
- Temporary custody
To learn more about family law and divorce in Arizona please contact the Law Office of Ruth M. Swenson today. We represent families throughout Mesa, Chandler, Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Casa Grande, Prescott, Tucson, Gilbert, Awatukee, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, and surrounding communities.
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