The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all in ways we could not have imagined. To our current and prospective clients, please know our staff remains available through phone, email, and video chat. Each attorney and paralegal in the firm remains in constant communication with each other and our goal remains consistent in moving our clients’ cases forward.
We continue to schedule meetings with clients and consultations with prospective clients via phone or video chat.
As for scheduled hearings and settlement conferences, the superior court issued Administrative Order No. 2020-043 on March 23, 2020. The order specifically states, “between the dates of March 25, 2020 and April 8, 2020, with limited exceptions . . . no in-person proceeding will occur in Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County.” Any in-person hearing will either be done via telephone or postponed to a future date. The court outlined a few exceptions in family law to the no in-person order: 1) obtaining orders of protection may be done in-person; 2) any hearing contesting an order of protection; 3) filing for emergency orders may be done in-person; and 4) any hearings contesting emergency orders.
At a time shrouded in uncertainty, one thing that remains certain is our commitment to our clients and their cases. Please feel free to contact our office via phone or email with any questions or concerns on how the pandemic or court’s response to the pandemic affects your case. Also, please remain safe and know that we are here to help navigate you through these troubled times.