Arizona officials work to make child support system more ‘holistic;’ Kaine Fisher, director Rose Law Group Family Law Dept., agrees

By Michelle Chance | Cronkite News For the past two years, Valley resident Robert Faas has lived without custody of his four children. A decade of meth and alcohol addictions took over his life, he said. As a result, the state took the 32-year-old’s kids and placed them with family. Six months ago, a child support representative contacted him and …

Arizona Appeals Court ruling: Birth mom’s same-sex ex has parental rights; follows now a legal trend, says Kaine Fisher, director of Rose Law Group Family Law Department

By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Daily Star The same-sex spouse of a birth mother is entitled to the same legal parental presumptions and rights as if she were a man, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. In the first case of its kind in Arizona, the judges rejected the arguments by the biological mother of …

Kelly Mendoza, Rose Law Group Family Law Attorney appointed to the State Bar Family Practice and Procedure Committee

Kelly Mendoza, Rose Law Group Family Law Attorney has been appointed to the State Bar Family Practice and Procedure Committee. The committee’s mission is to “[s]tudy and make recommendations on legislation, proposals and/or issues raised by the Arizona Bench, Bar or public, including rules amendments in other areas of practice that directly or indirectly implicate the Arizona Rules of Family Procedure. …

Kaine Fisher, Rose Law Group Partner and Director of Family Law comments on protecting the children, as Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

By Andrea Mandell | USA Today Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, USA TODAY has confirmed. The couple married in 2014 and has been together since 2004. “This decision was made for the health of the family,” Robert Offer, an attorney for Jolie tells USA TODAY in a statement. “She will not be commenting at this time, and asks that the …

Donald and Ivana Trump fight unsealing of divorce records; Rose Law Group Partner Kaine Fisher discusses Arizona divorce law in such cases

John Gerstrain | POLITICO Donald Trump and his ex-wife Ivana are fighting an effort to unseal records of their 1990 divorce, arguing that the real estate mogul’s presidential bid is no basis for prying into court filings related to the couple’s split. The Trumps filed separate legal briefs Tuesday in state court in Manhattan, urging a judge to reject the …

An overdue victory for parents and their children; Kaine Fisher, partner and director, Rose Law Group Family Law comments

The Editorial Board | The New York Times It took 25 years, but on Tuesday New York State’s highest court finally admitted the damage it did in 1991 with a ruling that denied parental rights to many people in nontraditional families — including unmarried opposite-sex couples, stepparents, and gays and lesbians — who are raising children. In an opinion that …

Divorce on the horizon? Part one

Divorce can be terrifying and disorienting. In order to shed some light on the subject, Kaine Fisher partner and director of Rose Law Group’s Family Law Department discusses steps to take when divorce is a reality, in this two-part series.

Kaine Fisher, director of Rose Law Group Family Law Department comments on the divorce of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

Hellomagazine.com Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have split after just 15 months of marriage. Amber, 30, filed for divorce from the film star this week in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. She listed the date of their separation as Sunday. According to TMZ, Johnny, 52, has filed legal documents of his own asking the judge to reject Amber’s …