Lawyers Preparing Legal Documents for Arizona Families
Legal Document Preparation Attorneys
Family Law Documents
Fees
Best Legal Document Services
The Process
Limited Scope Representation
Arizona Ethics Rules
Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure

Lawyers Preparing Legal Documents for Arizona Families

The key to our success at Best Legal Document Services is that we provide licensed, family law litigation attorneys who professionally draft and proficiently prepare all legal documents to yours and the courts’ satisfaction. We require an attorney consultation so that we can know your exact needs and requests as well as answer all your questions and concerns. One of the positive aspects of hiring an attorney to handle document preparation is that he or she will have the legal training and experience necessary to properly handle such matters. In addition to preparing and filing your legal documents, your lawyer can provide you with legal advice and can answer any questions that may arise during the process.

Best Legal Document Services will save you time, money, and inconvenience; while providing you peace of mind and confidence in knowing your legal documents are being completed properly and timely. With the changing economy, more and more individuals are unable to afford large retainer fees. As a Result, Best Legal Document Services is doing its part to help with the changing economy by having experienced family law litigation attorneys help individuals represent themselves in legal matters by preparing the necessary legal documents to meet the court standards. Some individuals fail to hire lawyers to prepare their legal documents and in doing this they can do irreparable damage to their cases. With legal support and guidance from an experienced lawyer, you can rest assured knowing your documents are being prepared accurately and effectively.

A large percentage of the work done by our litigation attorneys involve revising, renegotiating, or re-litigating issues that were not properly handled in the first place, usually by individuals representing themselves without the direction or assistance of an attorney, or by individuals using the assistance of a paralegal or other document preparation service. If a large retainer is out of your budget, you may be forced to choose the option of representing yourself, which could result in losing certain rights stemming from the marital relationship that are not readily apparent to a person who is not an attorney.  There is an alternative to these two scenarios. We provide that solution by limited scope representation that provides you with advice and document preparation. 

Legal Document Preparation Attorneys

Divorce is hard enough on its own, and the legal process only adds to the stress of the situation, especially for individuals who lack legal expertise and training. At Best Law Firm our family lawyers have the experience and knowledge necessary to effectively prepare your legal documents. You can rest assured knowing that your legal documents will be prepared accurately and will meet all the requirements of Arizona law specifically tailored to your situation.

At Best Legal Document Services, our lawyers can provide you with a wide variety of services and can help you with a number of issues, including the following:

Family Law Documents (number of court documents required)

• Dissolution of Marriage Without Children (7 documents)
• Dissolution of Marriage With Children (9 documents)
• Legal Separation Without Children (6 documents)
• Legal Separation With Children (8 documents)
• Temporary and Emergency Orders (9 documents)
• Child Custody and Parenting Time (Visitation) (6 documents)
• Child Custody and Parenting Time with Support (6 documents)
• Establish Parenting Time (Visitation) (5 documents)
• Establish Child Support (4 documents)
• Modification of Child Custody, Parenting Time and Support (number of documents vary)
• Enforce a Court Order for Support (5 documents)
• Enforce a Court Order for Parenting Time/Visitation (2 documents)
• Enforce a Court Order for Property Division (6 documents)
• Paternity (5 documents)
• Grandparent Rights – Establish Visitation (4 documents)
• Loco Parentis Issues (number of documents varies)
• Domestic Partnership Property Issues (number of documents vary)

We can prepare any document necessary to fit your needs and your situation even if it is not listed; please contact us for a free telephone consultation and if you have any questions.

Fees

We provide free telephone consultations. When you meet with an attorney, you will pay step-by-step for your legal consultation and a flat fee for your document preparation depending on your circumstances. These fees will be discussed during your consultation.

Best Legal Document Services

If you are looking for a dedicated attorney to handle your family law document preparation you should call Best Law Firm to schedule an in-person consultation. Our firm will know exactly how to handle your case and will help you take the necessary actions to improve whatever situation it is you may be facing. With our help and support, you will find it much easier to get through this difficult and trying time in your life.

Our lawyers are experienced and dedicated legal professionals who are thoroughly committed to protecting the rights and interests of the client. Handling all types of legal issues, our legal expertise helps improve the lives and situations of our clients, and we hope to be able to do this for you as well.

The information contained within this Website is provided on the Internet for informational purposes only and is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Best Law Firm. The information provided is not to be construed as legal advice. In all cases, the reader should seek legal counsel regarding legal questions or issues of law.

If you are need of assistance to mediate a family law issue, please visit our mediation website at www.bestmediationaz.com.

If you are in need of a litigation attorney, please visit our firm website at www.bestlawaz.com.

The Process

To assist individual in representing themselves, Best Law Firm has implemented a document preparation service to assist individuals without an attorney. You may suffer the results of poorly drafted documents.

Following an initial free telephone consultation, you meet with an attorney for an in-person consultation, where the attorney will be able to find out your specific needs and requests as well as answer your questions and concerns. After the consultation, you can choose Best Law Firm to draft and file your legal documents.  You will be provided the fee amount and pay for only those specific documents you wish to have prepared.

Limited Scope Representation

In an effort to provide reasonably priced, high quality legal services, Best Law Firm offers clients the option of a limited scope representation. Pursuant to Rule 9(B) of the Rules of Family Law Procedure, attorneys are allowed to represent clients for a limited purpose or issue. This means, in an effort to save time and money, you can retain an attorney at Best Law Firm to consult with you, provide you with legal advice, answer your legal questions and prepare your legal documents.

Although, the scope of legal representation is limited, by utilizing Best Law Firm to consult with and draft your documents, you will receive advice from a licensed attorney who is also allowed by law to answer your questions concerning your rights—a service that a paralegal and document preparers are not able to provide.

Arizona Ethics Rules

ER 1.2. Scope of Representation and Allocation of Authority between Client and Lawyer

(a) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), a lawyer shall abide by a client's decisions concerning the objectives of representation and, as required by ER 1.4, shall consult with the client as to the means by which they are to be pursued. A lawyer may take such action on behalf of the client as is impliedly authorized to carry out the representation. A lawyer shall abide by a client's decision whether to settle a matter. In a criminal case, the lawyer shall abide by the client's decision, after consultation with the lawyer, as to a plea to be entered, whether to waive jury trial and whether the client will testify.

(b) A lawyer's representation of a client, including representation by appointment, does not constitute an endorsement of the client's political, economic, social or moral views or activities.

(c) A lawyer may limit the scope of the representation if the limitation is reasonable under the circumstances and the client gives informed consent.

(d) A lawyer shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal or fraudulent, but a lawyer may discuss the legal consequences of any proposed course of conduct with a client and may counsel or assist a client to make a good faith effort to determine the validity, scope, meaning or application of the law.

Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure

Rule 9. Duties of Counsel

B. Limited Scope Representation: Appearance and Withdrawal

1. Limited Appearance. An attorney may make a limited appearance subject to E.R. 1.2, Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct, by filing a notice substantially similar to Form 1, Notice of Limited Scope Representation,, stating that the attorney and the party have a written agreement that the attorney will provide limited scope representation to the party and specifying the matter or issues with regard to which the attorney will represent the party. Service on an attorney who has made a limited appearance for a party shall be valid, to the extend permitted by statute and Rule 43(C), in all matters in the case but shall not extend the attorney’s responsibility for representation of the client beyond the specific matter for which the attorney has appeared. Nothing in this rule shall limit an attorney’s ability to provide limited services to a client without appearing of the record in any judicial proceedings.

2. Withdrawal and Substitution. In addition to the provisions for withdrawal of counsel pursuant to paragraph A, an attorney who has made a limited appearance in an action shall be permitted to withdraw, or be substituted, as attorney or record in a pending action as set forth in the rule.

a. With Consent. Upon the attorney’s completion of the task specified in the Notice of Limited Scope Representation, the attorney shall file a Notice of Withdrawal of Attorney with Consent, signed by both the attorney and the party, stating that the attorney will no longer be representing the party, and, unless protected pursuant to Rule 7, stating the last known address and telephone number of the party who will no longer be represented, and shall lodge a form of order to be signed by the court. The attorney shall provide a copy of the notice to the party who will n longer be represented ad to all other parties or their attorneys, if they are represented by counsel.

b. Without Consent. Notwithstanding paragraph A, an attorney who has completed the task specified in the Notice of Limited Scope Representation may use the procedure in this rule to request that the attorney be withdrawn as counsel in the case in which the attorney has appeared before the court as attorney of record and the client has not signed a Notice of Withdrawal with Consent. Such request shall be made by motion and shall be served upon the client and all other parties or their attorneys, along with a proposed form of order. If no objection if filed within ten (10) days from the date the motion is served on the client, the court shall sign the order. After the order is signed, the attorney shall serve a copy of the signed order on the client. If an objection is filed within ten (10) days of service of the motion, the court may conduct a hearing to determine whether the task for which the attorney appeared has been completed.

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