Avowal
A statement made by an attorney during a trial. Parties can also choose to proceed by avowal, meaning that their…
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Automatic Stay
When a bankruptcy is filed, certain proceedings involving the debtor (the person filing bankruptcy) are automatically stayed. This includes a…
Attributed income
When a party is not working or is unreasonably underemployed, a court can, when determining child and spousal support, attribute…
Attorney standard
When people represent themselves in Court, they are held to an attorney standard, i.e., they are expected to know the…
Attorney of record
The attorney who is legally representing a client and is recognized through the Clerk of the Court as the responsible…
Attorney-client privilege
An evidentiary standard about whether the privileged conversations and emails between an attorney and client can be used as evidence…
ATLAS number
This is the number used by the state to track child support cases. Every child support case has one, and…
At Issue
Something the Court must decide, e.g., “At issue is whether Mother violated the Preliminary Injunction …” is the same as…
Arrears
A more informal way of saying “arrearage.” See Arrearage.
Arrearage
As defined by A.R.S. § 25-500(1), “the total unpaid support owed, including child support, past support, spousal maintenance and interest.”
