Arizona Child Custody Statutes
Child Custody Statutes in Arizona
The Arizona State Legislature created the laws that apply to Arizona child custody cases. Those laws were enacted as the following set of statutes:
Legal Decision-Making and Parenting Time
- 25-401
- Definitions
- 25-402
- Jurisdiction
- 25-403
- Legal decision-making; best interests of child
- 25-403.01
- Sole and joint legal decision-making and parenting time
- 25-403.02
- Parenting plans
- 25-403.03
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- 25-403.04
- Substance abuse25-403.05
- Sexual offenders; murderers; legal decision-making and parenting time; notification of risk to child
- 25-403.06
- Parental access to prescription medication and records
- 25-403.07
- Identification of a primary caretaker and public assistance
- 25-403.08
- Resources and fees
- 25-403.09
- Child support
- 25-404
- Temporary orders
- 25-405
- Interviews by court; professional assistance
- 25-406
- Investigations and reports
- 25-407
- Legal decision-making and parenting time hearings; priority; costs; record
- 25-408
- Rights of each parent; parenting time; relocation of child; exception; enforcement; access to prescription medication and records
- 25-409
- Third party rights
- 25-410
- Judicial supervision
- 25-411
- Modification of legal decision-making or parenting time; affidavit; contents; military families
- 25-412
- Expedited child support and parenting time fund
- 25-413
- Domestic relations education and mediation fund; report
- 25-414
- Violation of visitation or parenting time rights; penalties
- 25-415
- Sanctions for litigation misconduct
- 25-416
- Sexual assault conviction; effect on rights
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Chris Hildebrand wrote this article about child custody issues to ensure everyone has access to information about child custody laws in Arizona. Chris is a divorce and child custody attorney at Hildebrand Law, PC. He has over 24 years of Arizona family law experience and has received multiple awards, including US News and World Report “Top Arizona Divorce Attorneys”, Phoenix Magazine “Top Divorce Law Firms”, and Arizona Foothills Magazine “Best of the Valley” award. He believes the policies and procedures he uses to get his clients through a divorce should all be guided by the principles of honesty, integrity, and actually caring about what his clients are going through in a child custody dispute.
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