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Third Party Visitation with a Child in Arizona Arizona laws allow third-party visitation with a child under very limited circumstances. Your petition for third-party visitation with a child in Arizona must very specifically include allegations establishing the child treats that person as a parental figure and that it would be significantly detrimental to leave the child in […]

Sole Legal Custody Over Medical Decisions in Arizona The Missouri Court of Appeals in the case of Gammon v. Gammon No. WD 79869 faced an issue whether to uphold a trial court’s order granting Father sole custody of the parties’ children because of Mother’s belief that she was a healer and would use unusual treatments to […]

Violation of Due Process Rights in an Arizona Child Custody Hearing The Arizona Court of Appeals in the Cruz v. Garcia case had to address whether Mother’s Due Process rights were violated when a judge entered final child custody orders granting Father sole legal decision-making and suspending Mother’s parenting time at an initial hearing. History […]

Can a Same-Sex Couple Establish Paternity of a Child in Arizona The Arizona Court of Appeals in the case of Turner v. Oakley had to decide if a same-sex couple can establish paternity of a child conceived by artificial insemination in Arizona. The parties in the case are Ms. Turner (“Turner”), Ms. Oakley (“Oakley”), and […]

Fathers Rights in Arizona Fathers rights in Arizona presents an interesting issue. Many fathers are not aware they have the same rights in an Arizona divorce or child custody case as a mother has. This misperception that mothers are afforded greater rights than fathers can sometimes lead to a father taking an overly and unnecessarily […]