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The U.S. insurance industry is one of the largest businesses in the world. They will use numerous tricks to deny claims and increase their own revenue. Here are some ways that your insurance company may try to deny your claim:...

Arizona is a community property state, so even though your retirement accounts are held in your name only, you will need to split these assets with your spouse. Each spouse will receive half of the retirement assets, since funds were...

In Arizona, one way to validate a will is to have two witnesses observe the signing of the document. A witness must view the actual signing of the document and attest to the signature on the document. In Arizona, there...

A wrongful death can be a result of an accident, reckless conduct, or deliberate act of another person/entity that causes the death of an individual. The sudden and unexpected loss of a loved one that was caused by another person’s...

Alimony is a monetary legal obligation of one spouse to provide financial support before, and after, a legal separation to the other spouse. In Arizona, it is typically called spousal maintenance, and it is the Court that determines what, if...

When individuals are in their first marriage, most assets are accumulated together, split 50/50, and are typically left to a surviving spouse. However, with roughly half of marriages now ending in divorce and approximately 75% of people remarrying, those same...

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If you are a tenant who has been injured as a result of your landlord’s negligence, there are a few things you should know about filing a personal injury claim against that landlord. According to Arizona Law, a landlord must...

Probate is a court procedure that determines how a deceased person’s estate will be administered (distributed). The Probate process identifies and inventories the deceased person’s assets/debts, pays any applicable taxes/debts, and then distributes the remainder to beneficiaries named in the...

It can be a common issue in divorce cases where one spouse tries to hide assets. In some cases, a spouse may hide assets as a way of trying to get more from the property division, but other times, it...