By Darcy Olsen and Rebecca Masterson | The Arizona Republic America is in the midst of a drug epidemic. At Gen Justice, a 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to mending the broken child protection system, we spend a lot of time researching this crisis from a specific angle – the effect meth and opioids are having on children and infants. What we’ve …
Ask a family law attorney: What a’ prenup’ can and can’t do
By Kaine Fisher, Rose Law Group partner and director of Family Law, and Audra Petrolle, family law attorney “I’m just getting engaged and want to propose a prenuptial agreement. Are there any assets that legally in Arizona I cannot protect?” Arizona is a community property state, meaning that any income or property acquired during a marriage is generally considered joint marital property. In …
Rose Law Group family law attorney Audra Petrolle condemns rule that would let adoption agencies exclude gay parents
The Trump administration’s proposed rule would allow adoption agencies that refuse to place children with LGBTQ families to still collect federal dollars. By Tim Fitzsimons | NBC During an event celebrating National Adoption Month, Vice President Mike Pence praised a proposed Trump administration rule that would allow federal funding to flow to adoption agencies that refuse to place children with …
Child support formula changes in Nevada, impacting thousands; RLG family attorney Audra Petrolle comments
It all comes down to the factor of money By Lauren Clark | KSNV TV There’s a new formula that could benefit or hurt you if you’re a mom or dad receiving child support for new cases across the state. DJ Clark is a single mom with two kids. Like hundreds of others, she relies on child support payments to …
Ask a family lawyer: Prenups
By Kaine Fisher, Rose Law Group partner and director of Family Law, and Audra Petrolle, family law attorney If I don’t have a prenuptial agreement, will all the income that my husband and I earn and all the property that my husband and I acquire during marriage be considered community property? And, would it then be split 50/50 if we were to …
Woman can’t use fertilized embryos without ex-husband’s consent, Arizona Supreme Court rules; nevertheless a balanced ruling, says Rose Law Group family law attorney Audra Petrolle
By Maria Polletta | Arizona Republic A Phoenix woman who preserved fertilized embryos before undergoing cancer treatment cannot use them without the consent of her ex-husband and must donate them instead, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled. In an opinion released Thursday, the five justices who considered the case reversed an Appeals Court decision that found Ruby Torres’ right to …
Co-parenting sites skip love and marriage, go right to the baby carriage; app’s a fairytale, says Rose Law Group partner Kaine Fisher
By Julie Jargon | The Wall Street Journal When Jenica Andersen felt the tug for a second child at age 37, the single mom weighed her options: wait until she meets Mr. Right or choose a sperm donor and go it alone. The first option didn’t look promising. The idea of a sperm donor wasn’t appealing, either, because she wanted …
Arizona families caught in middle of debate over ‘conversion therapy’ ban; Rose Law Group Family Attorney Audra Petrolle approves of the ban
By Nicole Crites | 3TV/CBS 5 The American Medical Association is calling for a nationwide ban on “conversion therapy,” and in a landmark move later this month, Utah will become the 19th state to ban the practice for minors. Not only did Utah’s Republican governor go around the Legislature to pass this, but The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day …
A daughter’s journey: Years of heartache fade as Aliyah chooses her new family; Rose Law Group Family Law Attorney Audra Petrolle: adoption is a ‘beautiful gift’
Two and a half years after moving to Phoenix, the chaos ends for Rihanna Agnew. She can only hope her biological mother finds her way home. By Karina Bland | Arizona Republic The Agnews felt like everything Aliyah Randle wanted in a family. When she learned a judge had terminated her biological mother’s parental rights, Aliyah asked the Agnews to …
The upside to divorce (no really); Rose Law Group family law attorney Audra Petrolle comments
In states with ‘no fault’ divorces, couples are 8% more likely to both work full-time outside the homeup By Andrew Keshner | MarketWatch Divorces can be tough, but sometimes for the best, says one researcher. After surviving the holidays, many people are preparing to serve their spouse with divorce papers — and, as one expert notes, that can be a …