Surprise AZ Lawyers

The city of Surprise is nestled away within the county of Maricopa in Arizona. It is the second fastest growing municipality in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. This town has almost tripled in size over seven years and is getting ready to build one of the largest regional shopping malls in the area.

 

Recently, residents of Surprise were shocked by several burglaries that occurred within one week. A trio has been accused of burglarizing all of the homes. One of the burglaries took place when a woman was in her home and noticed her cat hissing at the door. When the she got up to see what was going on she saw two men running out of the house through her back patio and she ran to shut the door behind them. When she turned around she saw one of the male suspects standing right behind her and he ran out as well. Joseph Romero, Dominic Romero, and a 17 year old girl were being held at a local county jail and are suspected of second degree burglary, shoplifting, providing false information to a police officer, and the 17 year old also has a charge of violating a juvenile probation order.

 

Maricopa County, in which Surprise is located, has 25 Justice Courts and the city of Surprise holds 4 of them. Justice Courts handle civil lawsuits where the amount in dispute is $100,000 or less, landlord tenant issues, small claims, and criminal traffic offenses. Surprise is also served by a Municipal Court which is locally funded and is called the Surprise City Court. This court handles cases that deal with minor traffic violations and misdemeanors. Both the Justice Courts and Surprise City Court are the first level in the court structure. The next court which is one level higher is the Superior Court which is located in 15 counties across Arizona. The Maricopa County Superior Court handles juvenile, tort, contract, real property, felony and criminal appeals, and domestic relations cases.

 

A Surprise lawyer can help you in a variety of cases including family law, child custody matters, military law, and intellectual property law.

 

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