RLG Group family attorney Audra Petrolle’s tips for family law: Stay connected

By Audra Petrolle, Family Law Attorney at Rose Law Group The Coronavirus is a unique challenge, and not quite like anything we have seen before. Here’s a tip on how families can stay prepared, healthy, and connected – Stay Connected. Social distancing may prevent you from being physically present with other family members, especially if they are known to have contracted the …

Rose Law Group Partner and Director of Family Law Kaine Fisher discusses family issues and COVID-19

Rose Law Group Partner and Director of Family Law Kaine Fisher: What does Coronavirus mean for families?The Coronavirus Task Force team at Rose Law Group is led by partners, Jordan Rose, Court Rich, Cameron Carter, Kaine Fisher, David McDowell, Adam Trenk and Logan Elia.  They are looking to find some relief and some sort of business silver lining for our clients in this entirely unexpected situation.

RLG Coronavirus Task Force Report (Part V): Tips for family law

By Audra Petrolle, Family Law Attorney at Rose Law Group The Coronavirus is a unique challenge, and not quite like anything we have seen before. Here’s the first tip on how families can stay prepared, healthy, and connected. Tip #1 – Have a Plan Now, is the time to have a plan and be as prepared as possible. So, take this opportunity …

Why does Arizona send children back to homes with drug-addicted parents? Kaine Fisher, senior partner/director of Rose Law Group Family Law speaks to the growing problem

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 …

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 …