Arizona
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Chapter 1 |
MARRIAGE |
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Article 1 |
Capacity of Persons to Marry |
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Void and prohibited marriages |
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Consent required for marriage of minors |
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Purposes of title; application of title |
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Article 2 |
Validity of Marriage |
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Requirement of license and solemnization; covenant marriages |
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Marriages contracted in another state; validity and effect |
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Article 3 |
Marriage License, Ceremony and Record |
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Marriage license; application; affidavit |
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Consent of parent or guardian of minor |
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Recording licenses; endorsement of solemnization; recording return; lost licenses |
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Persons authorized to perform marriage ceremony; definition |
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Marriage ceremony; official; witnesses; marriage license; covenant marriages |
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Application to justice of the peace for marriage and covenant marriage licenses; issuance; violation; classification |
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Issuance of marriage license by a city or town; transfer of fees; handling fee |
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Unlawful acts of person authorized to solemnize marriages; classification |
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Unlawful acts of person authorized to issue marriage license or make marriage records; classification |
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Abstract of marriage in lieu of reproducing marriage license |
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Chapter 2 |
HUSBAND AND WIFE, PROPERTY AND CONTRACT RIGHTS |
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Article 1 |
Arizona Uniform Premarital Agreement Act |
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Definitions |
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Enforcement of premarital agreements; exception |
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Scope of agreement |
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Amendment or revocation of agreement |
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Limitation of actions |
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Article 2 |
Property Rights and Contract Powers |
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Property acquired during marriage as community property; exceptions; effect of service of a petition |
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Separate property |
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Management and control |
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Liability of community property and separate property for community and separate debts |
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Ownership of property acquired after moving into state |
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Surrogate parentage contracts; prohibition; custody; definition |
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Chapter 3 |
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE |
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Article 1 |
Annulment |
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Grounds |
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Procedure and law |
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Article 2 |
Dissolution of Marriage |
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Jurisdiction; form of petition; award of decree |
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Dissolution of marriage; findings necessary |
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Decree of legal separation; findings necessary |
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Pleadings; contents; defense; joinder of parties; confidentiality |
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Temporary order or preliminary injunction; effect; definition |
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Irretrievable breakdown; finding |
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Separation agreement; effect |
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Disposition of property; retroactivity; notice to creditors; assignment of debts; contempt of court |
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Military retirement benefits; disability related waiver |
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Maintenance; computation factors |
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Child support; factors; methods of payment; additional enforcement provisions; definitions |
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Self‑employed parent; tax practitioner; definition |
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Representation of child by counsel; fees |
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Payment of maintenance or support; records; disclosure |
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Assignments |
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Forms; alternative forms |
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Attorney fees |
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Decree; finality; restoration of maiden name |
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Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order; forms |
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Modification and termination of provisions for maintenance, support and property disposition |
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Sequence of trials when custody or parenting time is an issue |
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Waiting period |
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Employer cooperation |
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Notification requirements |
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Article 4 |
Alienation of Affections |
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Abrogation of alienation of affections action |
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Article 5 |
Domestic Relations Education on Children's Issues |
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Domestic relations education; plan; administration |
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Applicability of program; compliance |
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Failure to comply |
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Children's issues education fund; report |
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Fees; deferral or waiver |
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Article 7 |
Court of Conciliation |
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Purposes of article |
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Definitions |
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Applicability of article; determination by superior court |
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Assignment of judges; number of sessions |
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Transfer of cases; reason; duties of transferee judge |
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Court assistants; salaries; appointments |
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Director of conciliation; powers and duties |
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Jurisdiction |
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Petition invoking jurisdiction or for transfer of action to conciliation court |
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Petition; caption |
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Petition; contents |
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Blank forms; assistance in preparing and presenting petition |
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Fees |
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Hearing; time; place; notice; citation; witnesses |
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Time and place of holding hearings |
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Conduct of hearing; recommendations; aid of specialists; expense; confidential communications |
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Orders; duration of effectiveness; reconciliation agreement |
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Dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment; stay of right to file; jurisdiction for pending actions |
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Transfer of certain actions where minor child involved |
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Procedure in actions where no child is involved; conciliation court may accept case |
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Construction of article |
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Subsequent petition filed within one year |
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Option for mandatory conciliation |
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Counseling |
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Chapter 4 |
LEGAL DECISION-MAKING AND PARENTING TIME |
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Article 1 |
Legal Decision-Making and Parenting Time |
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Definitions |
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Jurisdiction |
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Legal decision-making; best interests of child |
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Sole and joint legal decision-making and parenting time |
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Parenting plans |
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Domestic violence and child abuse |
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Substance abuse |
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Sexual offenders; murderers; legal decision-making and parenting time; notification of risk to child |
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Parental access to prescription medication and records |
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Identification of a primary caretaker and public assistance |
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Resources and fees |
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Child support |
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Temporary orders |
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Interviews by court; professional assistance |
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Investigations and reports |
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Legal decision-making and parenting time hearings; priority; costs; record |
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Rights of each parent; parenting time; relocation of child; exception; enforcement; access to prescription medication and records |
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Third party rights |
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Judicial supervision |
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Modification of legal decision-making or parenting time; affidavit; contents; military families |
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Expedited child support and parenting time fund |
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Domestic relations education and mediation fund; report |
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Violation of visitation or parenting time rights; penalties |
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Sanctions for litigation misconduct |
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Chapter 5 |
FAMILY SUPPORT DUTIES |
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Article 1 |
General Provisions |
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Definitions |
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Duties of support; exemption |
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Jurisdiction, venue and procedure; additional enforcement provisions |
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Order for support; methods of payment; modification; termination; statute of limitations; judgment on arrearages; notice; security |
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Self-employed parent; monies held as security for payment of support |
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Order of assignment; ex parte order of assignment; responsibilities; violation; termination |
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Limited income withholding orders; definition |
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Administrative income withholding order; notice; definition |
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Order for assignment; foreign support order |
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Forms; alternative forms |
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Enforcement of support orders; fee prohibition |
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Representation by attorney general or county attorney; modification of order by attorney general or county attorney |
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Receiving and disbursing support and maintenance monies; arrearages; interest |
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Failure of parent to provide for child; classification |
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Spousal maintenance order; violation; classification |
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Consumer credit reports; use of child support or spousal maintenance obligation information |
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Employer cooperation; violation; classification |
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Priority of action and judgments |
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Lien; notice; priority; recording; reciprocity |
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Title IV‑D agency; license suspension; notice; administrative review or hearing |
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Child support arrearage; license suspension; hearing |
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Regulatory entities; suspension of license |
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Child support enforcement; administrative subpoena; civil penalty |
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Levy; seizure of property for collection of support debt; definitions |
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Administrative review; notice; determination; judicial review; definitions |
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Financial institutions data match; nonliability; prohibited disclosure; liability; civil liability; definition |
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Financial institutions; surrender of assets; nonliability |
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Administrative enforcement; interstate cases; definition |
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Child support enforcement information; internet posting |
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Child support; overpayment; reimbursement |
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Title IV-D recipients; fee |
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Title IV-D cases; alternative medical insurance coverage |
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Spousal maintenance; veterans disability benefits |
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Article 2 |
Child Medical Support |
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Definitions |
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Enrollment of child |
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Insurer obligations |
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Employer obligations |
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Enforcement of health insurance coverage; medical support notice; administrative review; service |
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Article 3 |
Spousal Maintenance Enforcement |
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Clerk of the court |
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Jurisdiction; priority of action |
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Request for arrearages; deadline |
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Article 5 |
Child Support Arrest Warrants |
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Child support arrest warrant; definition |
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Time and manner of execution; information |
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Procedure after arrest; payment for release from custody |
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Preexisting warrants |
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Entry into criminal information system |
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Chapter 6 |
MATERNITY AND PATERNITY PROCEEDINGS |
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Article 1 |
Maternity and Paternity Proceedings |
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Jurisdiction |
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Venue |
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Persons who may originate proceedings; legal decision‑making; parenting time; conciliation court |
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Time for instituting proceedings |
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Effect of death, absence or insanity of plaintiff |
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Petition |
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Precedence of maternity and paternity proceedings; delay for paternity tests; court order; evidentiary use; alternative tests; out-of-state orders; immunity |
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Judgment |
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Liability of parents if putative mother or father is a minor; periodic payments |
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Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; action to overcome paternity |
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Default order of paternity |
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Presumption of paternity |
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Paternity; full faith and credit |
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Title IV‑D child support; paternity establishment; genetic testing |
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Temporary orders; presumption of paternity |
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Paternity case registry; acknowledgments and paternity and maternity orders; recording requirements |
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Chapter 7 |
COVENANT MARRIAGE |
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Article 1 |
General Provisions |
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Covenant marriage; declaration of intent; filing requirements |
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Existing marriages; conversion to covenant marriage; recording requirements |
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Dissolution of a covenant marriage; grounds |
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Decree of legal separation; grounds |
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Temporary orders for support and spousal maintenance |
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Information pamphlet; requirements; distribution |
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Chapter 8 |
UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT |
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Article 1 |
General Provisions |
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Short title |
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Definitions |
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Proceeding governed by other law |
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Application to Indian tribes |
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International application of chapter |
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Effect of child custody determination |
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Priority |
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Notice to persons outside this state |
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Appearance and limited immunity |
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Communication between courts; definition |
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Taking testimony in another state |
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Cooperation between courts; preservation of records |
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Military deployment; home state |
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Article 2 |
Jurisdiction |
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Initial child custody jurisdiction |
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Exclusive continuing jurisdiction |
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Jurisdiction to modify determination |
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Temporary emergency jurisdiction |
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Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder |
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Simultaneous proceedings |
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Inconvenient forum |
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Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct |
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Information to be submitted to court |
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Appearance of parties and child |
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Article 3 |
Enforcement |
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Definitions |
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Enforcement under Hague convention |
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Duty to enforce |
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Temporary visitation |
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Registration of child custody determination |
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Enforcement of registered determination |
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Simultaneous proceedings |
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Expedited enforcement of child custody determination |
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Service of petition and order |
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Hearing and order |
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Warrant to take physical custody of child |
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Costs, fees and expenses |
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Recognition and enforcement |
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Appeals |
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Role of attorney general |
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Role of law enforcement |
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Costs and expenses |
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Chapter 9 |
UNIFORM INTERESTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT |
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Article 1 |
General Provisions |
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Short title |
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Definitions |
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Remedies cumulative |
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Article 2 |
Jurisdiction |
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Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident |
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Duration of personal jurisdiction |
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Initiating and responding tribunal of state |
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Simultaneous proceedings |
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Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order |
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Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order |
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Determination of controlling child support order |
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Child support orders for two or more obligees |
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Credit for payments |
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Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction |
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Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order |
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Article 3 |
Civil Provisions of General Application |
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Proceedings under this chapter |
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Proceeding by minor parent |
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Application of law of state |
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Duties of initiating tribunal |
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Duties and powers of responding tribunal |
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Inappropriate tribunal |
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Duties of support enforcement agency |
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Duty of the attorney general |
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Private counsel |
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Duties of department of economic security |
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Pleadings and accompanying documents |
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Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances |
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Costs and fees |
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Limited immunity of petitioner |
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Nonparentage as defense |
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Special evidence and procedure |
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Communications between tribunals |
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Assistance with discovery |
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Receipt and disbursement of payments |
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Article 4 |
Establishment of Support Order |
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Petition to establish support order |
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Article 5 |
Enforcement of Order of Another State without Registration |
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Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state |
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Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state |
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Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders |
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Immunity from civil liability |
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Penalties for noncompliance |
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Contest by obligor |
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Administrative enforcement of orders |
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Article 6 |
Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order |
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Registration of order for enforcement |
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Procedure to register order for enforcement |
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Effect of registration for enforcement |
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Choice of law |
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Notice of registration of order |
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Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order |
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Contest of registration or enforcement |
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Confirmed order |
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Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification |
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Effect of registration for modification |
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Modification of child support order of another state |
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Recognition of order modified in another state |
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Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state if individual parties reside in this state |
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Notice to issuing tribunal of modification |
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Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country or political subdivision |
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Article 7 |
Determination of Parentage |
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Proceeding to determine parentage |
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Article 8 |
Interstate Rendition |
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Grounds for rendition |
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Conditions of rendition |
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Chapter 10 |
LEGITIMACY OF CHILDREN |
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Article 1 |
General Provisions |
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Legitimacy of children born out of wedlock |