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Family Law Articles by Jeffrey Pollitt

Integrity Let your conscience be your guide in your professional endeavors. Let your Rules of Conduct be your sword and shield against anyone who would ask you to sacrifice your integrity, even “just a little” or “just this once.” When you take the oath on the witness stand, let lawyers and judges alike say: “This expert’s reputation for integrity is unblemished; I trust what they have to say.”  | Request Article

Determining Income and Obtaining Deviations for Child Support Co-authored by Jeff Pollitt and Keith Berkshire, this article focuses on complex child support issues in the context of Nash v. Nash. | Request Article

Separate Property Business Litigation Under Rueschenberg The nuts and bolts of the legal analysis set forth in the Rueschenberg decision, which governs the determination of community interests in separate property businesses, as well as practical advice on how to litigate a Rueschenberg case. | Request Article

Apportionment of Separate Property Business Interests: A Review of the Evolution of Apportionment Under Arizona Case Law Jeff’s exhaustive and comprehensive review of every Arizona case ever published relating to separate property business interests and the potential for community interests therein. A primer for Cockrill and Rueschenberg litigation. | Request Article

Valuation Reports and Valuation Experts: Basic Tips and Practice Pointers A primer for navigating the aspects of a business or professional practice valuation litigation case. | Request Article

The Drahos Formula The mathematical formulas for determining the extent of the community’s interest in separate property real estate when the underlying loan is and is not paid off. | Request Formulas

Drahos and Its Progeny: How to Calculate the Community’s Interest in Separate Property Real Estate Comprehensive analysis of every published Arizona case since Drahos that discusses separate property real estate and the community’s potential interest therein, including negative equity calculation concepts, Drahos, Marsden, Barnett and Valento. | Request Article

Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Foreign Orders Under UIFSA A guide through Arizona’s statutes and case law that govern registration, enforcement and modification of support orders from other states. | Request Article

Prenuptial Agreements: Relevant Case Law Jeff’s detailed analysis of all published and some unpublished Arizona cases that discuss Prenuptial Agreements. | Request Article

Prenuptial Agreements: Relevant Statutes Jeff’s detailed analysis of all Arizona statutes that address Prenuptial Agreements. | Request Article

Prenuptial Agreements: Summary of Statutes Jeff’s analysis of Arizona’s Prenuptial Agreement statutes. | Request Article

Prenuptial Agreement Outline Jeff’s framework for drafting Prenuptial Agreements. | Request Outline

Prenuptial Agreement Checklist Jeff’s comprehensive checklist for drafting Prenuptial Agreements. | Request Checklist

Property Settlement Agreement Checklist Jeff’s comprehensive checklist for drafting Property Settlement Agreements. | Request Checklist

Stock Options Jeff’s analysis of relevant Arizona case law that pertains to characterizing and valuing stock options granted prior to or during marriage, along with the Hug and Nelson formulas. | Request Article

Interspousal Torts An examination of relevant statutes and case law that concern tortious conduct between spouses, as well as third party tort claims against the marital community. | Request Article

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