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Arizona Divorce SupportAZ Spousal support: The spousal support can be of permanent or temporary nature. The temporary alimony is awarded for a specific period of time as specified by the court. This alimony is awarded to enable the recipient to sustain till he or she finds a suitable job or can prepare for getting a suitable job. The permanent alimony is meant to be given throughout the life of the recipient. The amount that is to be paid as the alimony is decided by the court as per the Arizona Statutes - Title 25 - Chapters: 319, 322, on the basis of the following points,
The AZ local court calculates the child support on the basis of the Income Share Model as per the Arizona Statutes - Title 25 - Chapters: 320, 322, 500. This process ensures that the financial responsibility of rearing the children is proportionately divided amongst both the parents according to their earning. In this process the amount for the child support is calculated on the basis of the set guidelines and then that amount is divided among the parents as per their income percentage in the gross income of both the parents. Arizona property distribution in divorce: AZ is a “Community Property” state and the properties are divided as per the Arizona Statutes - Title 25 - Chapters: 318. That means in Arizona all the properties acquired by the couple after the marriage is considered as community property and these properties are divided equally on a 50-50 sharing basis among both the spouses after the divorce. While deciding on the Arizona divorce support, the primary objective of the court is to ensure that both the spouses can maintain the same standard of living after the divorce and both the parents shares equal responsibility for rearing the children. The court always makes sure that neither of the spouses is given any advantage especially on the ground of gender and both that parties are equally treated by the court.
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