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Woodnick Law, PLLC is a boutique law firm that serves individuals and families in Maricopa County, Coconino County, Pima County, and all throughout Arizona. Our involvement in the Arizona legal community is not limited just to the courtroom. In addition to practicing law, our attorneys are actively involved in legal, medical and community education. Our trial and appellate team has successfully navigated cases to the Arizona Supreme Court. Good lawyering often happens outside of court. Our team consists of skilled trial lawyers with decades of experience, but it is always best when parties are able to come to mutually agreeable resolutions without having to face the expense of trial.

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Our office is located in North Central Phoenix, but our attorneys provide representation throughout the state, with representative cases in Pima, Pinal, Gila, Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and other counties.

Recent Articles

False Allegations of Child Abuse Can Happen to Anyone, Even Cardi B

Recently, someone called Child Protection Services on Cardi B in the middle of the night. The caller claimed that Cardi B was physically abusing her children. The rapper has had pranks pulled on her in the past (e.g. food deliveries she never ordered), but she draws the line at “pranks” affecting her children. In turn, she promised to reveal the

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Drowning in Cash—And Infidelity

Less than a month ago, the Court of Appeals of Arizona heard a case from a wife who accused her husband of using $530,578 “for non-community purposes” [1]. But what does that mean? To fully understand the gravity of the situation (and to understand why it is even worse than that allegation suggests), you will first need to understand a

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Help! My Ex Falsely Accused Me of Child Abuse!

False allegations of child abuse from former partners are a reality. Sometimes, they are retaliatory to damage the other parent’s credibility or reputation. This (highly unethical) strategy is used to gain leverage over the other person or to induce the court to change parenting orders. These reports may also be done after a decree has been issued to claim that

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Doty-Perez v. Doty-Perez (II)

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One | 245 Ariz. 229 | Filed July 31, 2018 CHIEF JUDGE THUMMA, opinion of the court (footnotes omitted): P1 In this family law case, Tonya L. Doty-Perez (Tonya) appeals from an order finding Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S) section 25-409(C)(2) (2018) unconstitutional as applied. For the reasons that follow, this court vacates that finding

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Doty-Perez v. Doty-Perez (I)

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One | 241 Ariz. 372 | Filed December 29, 2016 JUDGE THOMPSON, opinion of the court (footnotes omitted): P1 Appellant, Susan M. Doty-Perez (Susan), seeks reversal of the family court’s order denying her request to be declared a legal parent of four children legally adopted by her ex-spouse while they were married, in light

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Chapman v. Hopkins

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One | 243 Ariz. 236 | Filed October 12, 2017 JUDGE HOWE, opinion of the court (footnotes omitted): P1 In this special action proceeding, Gia Chapman (“Mother”) challenges the family court’s ruling affirming ex-parte temporary orders giving her parents (“Grandparents”) sole legal decision-making authority and sole parenting time for Mother’s minor children. Mother argues

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False Allegations of Child Abuse Can Happen to Anyone, Even Cardi B

Recently, someone called Child Protection Services on Cardi B in the middle of the night. The caller claimed that Cardi B was physically abusing her children. The rapper has had pranks pulled on her in the past (e.g. food deliveries she never ordered), but she draws the line at “pranks” affecting her children. In turn, she promised to reveal the

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