Father's Custody for Child Born out of Wedlock

A bill moving through the Arizona Legislature proposes to give fathers equal custody rights of children born out of wedlock provided there was an acknowledgement of paternity by both parents at the time the child was born.

Currently, a mother has full legal custody of a child born out of wedlock until a Court grants a father custodial rights. 

Senate Bill 1492 passed the Senate on March 8, 2012 and is now being considered by the House. 

Personally, I think this would be a good change to current law.  I have seen many instances where a father does not obtain a court order because there is no need to do so when the relationship with the Mother is good.  However, when that relationship sours, father has no rights to his child until he can get into court to establish them.  This can take several months.

I will continue to follow this legislation and provide further updates.

Jason Pistiner, Esq.
SINGER PISTINER, P.C.
602-264-0110
jp@singerpistiner.com
www.singerpistiner.com

Family Law Newsletter

We are pleased to announce our first edition of our Family Law Newsletter.  We will publish the newsletter once a month giving our clients relevant and interesting information relating to legal issues in family law.

You can check out our first edition newsletter here:

http://conta.cc/y7dQOD

Jason Pistiner, Esq.
SINGER PISTINER, P.C.
602-264-0110
jp@singerpistiner.com
www.singerpistiner.com

Divorce Can Raise Your Risk of Early Death

A review by the University of Arizona of more than 30 published studies found that divorced adults have a significantly higher risk of early death compared with married adults.

Divorced adults had a 23 percent greater chance of dying early than married couples tracked by researchers for an average of 11 years.  This risk equated to a similar rate of other public health risks such as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, getting limited exercise, being overweight and drinking heavily.

Divorced men were were at a significantly higher risk for early death than divorced women.  They had a 31 percent increased risk for early death over married men, while divorced women had an 18 percent increased risk.

One unanswered question relates to cause and effect.  Does divorce lead to poor health, or does poor health lead to divorce?

Jason Pistiner, Esq.
SINGER PISTINER, P.C.
602-264-0110
jp@singerpistiner.com
www.singerpistiner.com