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Roy N. Martin, Attorney and Counselor at Law

Roy N. Martin, Attorney At Law, Roy Martin is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University (Bachelor’s Degree, 1985: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math), and of the University of Arizona, (Juris Doctorate, 1996 Magna Cum Laude). Having excelled in law school, graduating 13th in a class of 164, and having served on law review, he chose to practice domestic relations law based on his own personal experience. In his first year of law school, he went through a very difficult divorce. He went back to court to re-litigate custody in his second year of law school. He completed law school while serving as the sole custodian of his two children. He now practices law while raising his children on his own.

(Although Roy Martin is an attorney, he cannot provide legal advice in this Forum. Therefore, the information posted here shall not be deemed legal advice and does not substitute for a thorough legal consultation with a competent domestic relations attorney. Exchanging information with Mr. Martin shall not result in your establishment of an attorney-client relationship with him, nor shall it prevent Mr. Martin from entering an attorney-client relationship with your spouse. Information posted in this Forum is not confidential. Therefore, do not post anything you wouldn't want your spouse, the court, or anyone else to know. Legal information provided by Mr. Martin is specific to the State of Arizona, and shall be presumed invalid in all other jurisdictions.)

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#219443 - 05/28/09 05:53 PM ParentingCoordinator Fee Allocation & Unemployment
kmarizona Offline
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I have joint physical and legal custody of my 11 year old son; our schedule is 50/50 alternating weeks year round. A parenting coordinator was assigned to our case over a year ago and it has been very expensive but a godsend in getting things done that have always just ended in impasse - my ex shuts down and tunes out anything that doesn't fit into her world regardless of a court order that requires her to communicate within 48 hours. We are each ordered to pay ˝ of the pc's fees. In January of this year she voluntarily left her employment. She has now written to the pc to "advise" of her "inability to pay" her fees due to her unemployed status. My instincts tell me she believes that she will be able to use this to force me to pay 100% of the fees. The PC is writing a letter to the courts advising that she hasn't paid her fees, but at the same time the PC has indicated to my ex that they will "let the courts know she has communicated her unemployed status." I do NOT make good money myself ($12/hr)and before she quit her job her income was almost twice what mine is. Is she able to simply get out of court ordered obligations by deciding to quit her job, voluntarily remain "unemployed" while running up PC fees by refusing to communicate with me and forcing me to request the assistance of the parenting coordinator? The courst have sure never let me off the hook for child support just because I happened to be "unemployed." I don't understand this!

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#225449 - 09/22/09 03:54 PM Re: ParentingCoordinator Fee Allocation & Unemployment [Re: kmarizona]
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The court might appoint another parenting coordinator through the Conciliation Court, in which event there is no fee. It could order her to pay her share anyway. It could reallocate the cost between you. It could determine she's acting in bad faith, trying to get rid of the PC because he/she has been ruling against her. People frequently try to undermine the PC when things are going against them.

These PC cases are some of the toughest. As is so often the case, to really evaluate the issue, one must sit down with an attorney.
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