Legal Question in Family Law in Arizona

E-mails are considered correspondence and they are entirely proper. In fact, many view e-mail superior because it facilitates communication and saves money on postage, i.e., e-mail reduces cost. If these e-mails generally show up prior to a hearing, the attorney is likely trying to meet pre-hearing obligations like preparing joint statements to submit to the court or arranging meet and confers in an effort to resolve issues prior to the hearing. If your only basis for ignoring e-mail correspondence is that it was not sent through the post office, you do so at your own peril. In addition, respondent can be awarded attorney's fees if the court finds your conduct unreasonable. If ignoring e-mail communications results in delays or otherwise increases respondent's costs, ignoring communications could easily be considered unreasonable.