Resolving Defaulted Commitments in Tempe, Mesa and the East Valley
At the Law Offices of Janice M. Palmer, P.C., we work with clients involved with Arizona family court enforcement cases when an order of child support or spousal maintenance goes into default or when a parent violates the terms of a parenting time arrangement. Contact us in Chandler if you have questions about the enforcement process, whether you're the one who needs to get paid, or instead you need to find a way to cure defaults and avoid serious penalties.
Violation of any family court order exposes the party in default to the risk of contempt sanctions. This could mean jail time, loss of a driver's license, wage garnishment, seizure of bank balances or any combination of the above, including paying the other side's attorney fees.
If you are the person who needs to compel performance of an unsatisfied obligation, we know how to get the attention of the party in default. While the goal is normally to get paid rather than to punish the other person, we can put into motion the processes that will end up in a contempt order if a satisfactory outcome cannot be achieved along the way.
Contempt Sanctions in Greater Phoenix: Call 480-269-8926
If you need advice about defending charges that could expose you to the risk of contempt sanctions, you should meet with a lawyer as soon as possible. It isn't so much the fact of a default that you need to worry about — it's continuing, unexcused violations of a support or parenting time order that are most likely to get you into trouble.
If you get legal advice early enough, we can probably head off your exposure to the worst possible sanctions while making realistic arrangements to cure arrearages. Another option is to move for modification of the current child support or alimony order to show that it is no longer possible to perform the commitments in their present form.
Whether you need to collect unpaid child support or explain recent lapses in your parenting time performance, Chandler child support enforcement attorney Janice Palmer can help you. For additional information, contact the Law Offices of Janice M. Palmer.
