Support terms you both understand let each household move forward with confidence. At Aurit Mediation’s Phoenix office, you and your spouse decide whether spousal maintenance fits, how much, and for how long, with a neutral mediator instead of a judge.
Your mediator uses Arizona’s Spousal Maintenance Guidelines and the official calculator, the same tools courts use, to show a reasonable range. Then you shape payment terms around real budgets, and Aurit puts them into court-ready documents and files them for you.
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For the statewide picture, our guide covers types of maintenance and how terms can change. These Phoenix pages cover related matters locally:
Ending a marriage with agreements you shape, filed with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
How Phoenix parents agree on legal decision-making, parenting time, and a parenting plan.
Setting support under Arizona's guidelines, and updating it later when life changes.
Sorting community from separate property, including the home, retirement accounts, and debts.
A parenting plan and support agreement for parents who were never married.
Helping relatives agree on care for a child or an adult loved one before the court appoints a guardian.
| Office | Region Served | Primary Family Courthouse |
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The Aurit Center for Divorce Mediation
Online sessions available
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Downtown, most of west Phoenix, and southwest Phoenix |
Central Court Building (Family Court)
201 W. Jefferson Street
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Court Information Center:
(602) 506-3204
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| Midtown, north, northeast, and northwest Phoenix |
Northeast Regional Center
18380 N. 40th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85032 |
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| East and south Phoenix, Ahwatukee, and Laveen |
Southeast Justice Center
222 E. Javelina Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85210 |
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| West Phoenix ZIP code 85039 |
Northwest Regional Center
14264 W. Tierra Buena Lane
Surprise, AZ 85374 |
The court assigns each case to one of these courthouses by the ZIP code of the filing spouse (or their attorney), and you can file at any location.
Phoenix spousal maintenance orders are entered by the Superior Court in Maricopa County, which also hosts the official Arizona Spousal Maintenance Calculator used with the guidelines. You can preview a range with our own Spousal Maintenance Calculator.
Agreed terms are filed with your consent decree and the Spousal Maintenance Worksheet. Payments can run through Arizona’s Support Payment Clearinghouse, and if they stop, Support Enforcement Court handles enforcement. The court’s Law Library Resource Center can help with forms, though not legal advice.
Phoenix couples work with mediators who keep support negotiations balanced and grounded in Arizona’s guidelines.
Founder and Mediator Michael brings legal training and dispute resolution expertise to support negotiations. After earning his Juris Doctor at Pepperdine University School of Law and his Master's in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine's Straus Institute, he went on to teach mediation as an adjunct professor of law there and at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He also co-founded the National Mediation Training Institute and has served as Ethics Chair of the Maricopa County Association of Family Mediators, experience that keeps both spouses on equal footing.
Founder and CEO Karen co-founded Aurit to give families a peaceful path through divorce, and that calm carries into even the hardest financial conversations. She studied psychology at ASU, earned her master's in clinical psychology at Antioch University, and completed her mediation certificate at the Straus Institute, and she has since taught mediation at the Straus Institute and ASU and co-founded the National Mediation Training Institute.
Lead Mediator Andrew helps spouses turn guideline ranges into terms both households can sustain. His credentials include a J.D. from ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and recognition as Arizona's Top Mediator for 2025 from the Arizona Mediator's Association.
Talking about support is easier with structure and clear information. Aurit gives both spouses the same starting point and a predictable process:
Arizona's guidelines and calculator give both spouses one reference point, so the conversation starts from facts.
Start date, payment method, review dates, and what ends or changes support are decided and documented, not left to assumption.
One personalized flat fee is set at your free consultation, with no retainer.
The guidelines produce a range for amount and duration. In mediation, you shape the final terms around your real budgets, and your mediator documents the reasons if you choose something different.
No. Arizona decides spousal maintenance without regard to marital misconduct. The court can still consider financial conduct, such as excessive or abnormal spending or hiding shared property.
Yes. Your agreement can set a start date, a payment schedule, review dates, and the events that end or reduce support. Unless your agreement or decree says otherwise, Arizona law ends future maintenance when either spouse dies or the receiving spouse remarries.
Enforcement runs through the court, including Maricopa County’s Support Enforcement Court. If both of you are ready to solve the problem together, mediation can help you agree on a plan.
A fair plan for both households starts with a clear conversation. Your free one-hour consultation covers your questions, how Arizona’s guidelines apply to you, and a personalized flat fee. Then you shape amount, duration, and terms together, and Aurit puts them into court-ready documents.
Questions before you book? Call (602) 905-6111 between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday.
Learn more about Aurit Mediation, meet our attorney-mediators, visit our Phoenix office page, or explore all of our Arizona locations.
