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Name of Person Filing:
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Mailing Address:
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City, State, Zip Code:
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Day/Evening Phone Number: ____________________________________
Evening Phone Number: _______________________________________
ATLAS Number (if applicable): ___________________________________
Attorney Bar Number (if applicable): ______________________________
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Attorney for:
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Respondent
SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA
MOHAVE COUNTY
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Case Number:
(Name of Petitioner)
NOTICE REGARDING
CREDITORS
AND
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(Name of Respondent)
ARIZONA STATE LAW
REQUIRES all actions for DIVORCE or LEGAL SEPARATION to include this NOTICE
and for the person filing for Divorce or Legal Separation to SERVE this NOTICE on the
other party. (ARS 25-318(F).)
YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY DEBTS.
The court
usually requires/orders one spouse or the other to pay certain community debts in, or through, the
Decree of Dissolution or Legal Separation. A court order that does this is binding on the spouses
only, not the creditors. You and your spouse are legally responsible for these community debts
whether you are married, divorced, or legally separated. These debts are matters of contract
between both of you and your creditors (such as banks, credit unions, credit card companies, utility
companies, medical providers and retailers). On request, the court may impose a lien against the
separate property of a spouse to secure payment of certain community debts.
CONTACT CREDITORS:
You may want to contact your creditors to discuss the debts and the
effects of your divorce/legal separation on your debts. To assist you in identifying your creditors,
you may obtain a copy of your spouse's credit report by making a written request to the court for an
order requiring a credit reporting agency to release the report to you. The credit report will help you
identify accounts, account numbers and account balances. In addition, within thirty (30) days after
receipt of a request from a spouse who is party to a divorce or legal separation, which includes the
court and case number of the action, creditors are required, by law, to provide information as to the
balance and account status of any debts for which you or your spouse may be liable to the creditor.
WARNING:
If you do not understand this notice, you should contact an attorney for advice about your
legal rights and obligations.
The following page contains a sample form you may choose to mail to creditors to get information
about debts owed by you or your spouse. It is not a required form.
DO NOT FILE THE ATTACHED FORM WITH THE COURT.
Revised: 11/8/2010
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