Arizona Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 1 - MARRIAGE
Article 1 - Capacity of Persons to Marry
- §25-101 Void and prohibited marriages
- §25-102 Consent required for marriage of minors
- §25-103 Purposes
Article 2 - Validity of Marriage
- §25-111 Requirement of license and solemnization; covenant marriages
- §25-112 Marriages contracted in another state; validity and effect
Article 3 - Marriage License, Ceremony and Record
- §25-121 Marriage license; application; affidavit
- §25-122 Consent of parent or guardian of minor
- §25-123 Recording licenses; endorsement of solemnization; recording return; lost licenses
- §25-124 Persons authorized to perform marriage ceremony; definition
- §25-125 Marriage ceremony; official; witnesses; marriage license; covenant marriages
- §25-126 Application to justice of the peace for marriage and covenant marriage licenses; issuance; violation; classification
- §25-127 Issuance of marriage license by a city or town; transfer of fees; handling fee
- §25-128 Unlawful acts of person authorized to solemnize marriages; classification
- §25-129 Unlawful acts of person authorized to issue marriage license or make marriage records; classification
Chapter 2 - HUSBAND AND WIFE, PROPERTY AND CONTRACT RIGHTS
Article 1 - Arizona Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
- §25-201 Definitions
- §25-202 Enforcement of premarital agreements; exception
- §25-203 Scope of agreement
- §25-204 Amendment or revocation of agreement
- §25-205 Limitation of actions
Article 2 - Property Rights and Contract Powers
- §25-211 Property acquired during marriage as community property; exceptions
- §25-213 Separate property
- §25-214 Management and control
- §25-215 Liability of community property and separate property for community and separate debts
- §25-217 Ownership of property acquired after moving into state
- §25-218 Surrogate parentage contracts; prohibition; custody; definition
Chapter 3 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Article 1 - Annulment
Article 2 - Dissolution of Marriage
- §25-311 Jurisdiction; form of petition; award of decree
- §25-312 Dissolution of marriage; findings necessary
- §25-313 Decree of legal separation; findings necessary
- §25-314 Pleadings; contents; defense; joinder of parties; confidentiality
- §25-315 Temporary order or preliminary injunction; effect; definition
- §25-316 Irretrievable breakdown; finding
- §25-317 Separation agreement; effect
- §25-318 Disposition of property; retroactivity; notice to creditors; assignment of debts; contempt of court
- §25-319 Maintenance; computation factors
- §25-320 Child support; factors; methods of payment; additional enforcement provisions; definitions
- §25-320.02 Self‑employed parent; tax practitioner; definition
- §25-321 Representation of child by counsel; fees
- §25-322 Payment of maintenance or support; records; disclosure
- §25-323 Assignments
- §25-323.01 Child support committee; membership; duties; report
- §25-323.02 Domestic relations committee; membership; duties; pilot programs; report
- §25-323.03 Forms; alternative forms
- §25-324 Attorney fees
- §25-325 Decree; finality; restoration of maiden name
- §25-326 Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order; forms
- §25-327 Modification and termination of provisions for maintenance, support and property disposition
- §25-328 Sequence of trials when custody or parenting time is an issue
- §25-329 Waiting period
- §25-330 Employer cooperation
Article 4 - Alienation of Affections
Article 5 - Domestic Relations Education on Children's Issues
- §25-351 Domestic relations education; plan; administration
- §25-352 Applicability of program; compliance
- §25-353 Failure to comply
- §25-354 Children's issues education fund; report
- §25-355 Fees; deferral or waiver
Article 7 - Court of Conciliation
- §25-381.01 Purposes of article
- §25-381.02 Definitions
- §25-381.03 Applicability of article; determination by superior court
- §25-381.04 Assignment of judges; number of sessions
- §25-381.05 Transfer of cases; reason; duties of transferee judge
- §25-381.06 Court assistants; salaries; appointments
- §25-381.07 Director of conciliation; powers and duties
- §25-381.08 Jurisdiction
- §25-381.09 Petition invoking jurisdiction or for transfer of action to conciliation court
- §25-381.10 Petition; caption
- §25-381.11 Petition; contents
- §25-381.12 Blank forms; assistance in preparing and presenting petition
- §25-381.13 Fees
- §25-381.14 Hearing; time; place; notice; citation; witnesses
- §25-381.15 Time and place of holding hearings
- §25-381.16 Conduct of hearing; recommendations; aid of specialists; expense; confidential communications
- §25-381.17 Orders; duration of effectiveness; reconciliation agreement
- §25-381.18 Dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment; stay of right to file; jurisdiction for pending actions
- §25-381.19 Transfer of certain actions where minor child involved
- §25-381.20 Procedure in actions where no child is involved; conciliation court may accept case
- §25-381.21 Construction of article
- §25-381.22 Subsequent petition filed within one year
- §25-381.23 Option for mandatory conciliation
- §25-381.24 Counseling
Chapter 4 - CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION
Article 1 - Child Custody
- §25-401 Jurisdiction; commencement of proceedings
- §25-402 Definitions
- §25-403 Custody; best interests of child
- §25-403.01 Sole and joint custody
- §25-403.02 Parenting plans
- §25-403.03 Domestic violence and child abuse
- §25-403.04 Drug offenses
- §25-403.05 Sexual offenders; murderers; custody and parenting time
- §25-403.06 Parental access to 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 Custody hearings; priority; costs; record
- §25-408 Rights of noncustodial parent; parenting time; relocation of child; exception; enforcement; access to records
- §25-409 Visitation rights of grandparents and great‑grandparents
- §25-410 Judicial supervision
- §25-411 Modification of custody decree; affidavit; contents
- §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 Custody by nonparent; presumption; grounds; definitions
Chapter 5 - FAMILY SUPPORT DUTIES
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §25-500 Definitions
- §25-501 Duties of support; exemption
- §25-502 Jurisdiction, venue and procedure; additional enforcement provisions
- §25-503 Order for support; methods of payment; modification; termination; statute of limitations; judgment on arrearages; notice; security
- §25-503.01 Self-employed parent; monies held as security for payment of support
- §25-504 Order of assignment; ex parte order of assignment; responsibilities; violation; termination
- §25-505 Limited income withholding orders; definition
- §25-505.01 Administrative income withholding order; notice; definition
- §25-506 Order for assignment; foreign support order
- §25-507 Forms; alternative forms
- §25-508 Enforcement of support orders; fee prohibition
- §25-509 Representation by attorney general or county attorney; modification of order by attorney general or county attorney
- §25-510 Receiving and disbursing support and maintenance monies; arrearages; interest
- §25-511 Failure of parent to provide for child; classification
- §25-511.01 Spousal maintenance order; violation; classification
- §25-512 Consumer credit reports; use of child support or spousal maintenance obligation information
- §25-513 Employer cooperation; violation; classification
- §25-514 Priority of action and judgments
- §25-516 Lien; notice; priority; recording; reciprocity
- §25-517 Title IV‑D agency; license suspension; notice
- §25-518 Child support arrearage; license suspension; hearing; definition
- §25-519 Regulatory entities; suspension of license
- §25-520 Child support enforcement; administrative subpoena; civil penalty
- §25-521 Levy; seizure of property for collection of support debt; definitions
- §25-522 Administrative review; notice; determination; judicial review; definitions
- §25-523 Financial institutions data match; nonliability; prohibited disclosure; liability; civil liability; definition
- §25-524 Financial institutions; surrender of assets; nonliability
- §25-525 Administrative enforcement; interstate cases; definition
- §25-526 Child support enforcement information; internet posting
- §25-527 Child support; overpayment; reimbursement
Article 2 - Child Medical Support
- §25-531 Definitions
- §25-532 Enrollment of child
- §25-533 Insurer obligations
- §25-534 Employer obligations
- §25-535 Enforcement of health insurance coverage; medical support notice; administrative review
Article 3 - Spousal Maintenance Enforcement
- §25-551 Clerk of the court
- §25-552 Jurisdiction; priority of action
- §25-553 Request for arrearages; deadline
Article 5 - Child Support Arrest Warrants
- §25-681 Child support arrest warrant; definition
- §25-682 Time and manner of execution; information
- §25-683 Procedure after arrest; payment for release from custody
- §25-684 Preexisting warrants
- §25-685 Entry into criminal information system
Chapter 6 - MATERNITY AND PATERNITY PROCEEDINGS
Article 1 - Maternity and Paternity Proceedings
- §25-801 Jurisdiction
- §25-802 Venue
- §25-803 Persons who may originate proceedings; custody; parenting time; conciliation court
- §25-804 Time for instituting proceedings
- §25-805 Effect of death, absence or insanity of plaintiff
- §25-806 Petition
- §25-807 Precedence of maternity and paternity proceedings; delay for blood or tissue tests; court order; evidentiary use; alternative tests
- §25-809 Judgment
- §25-810 Liability of parents if putative mother or father is a minor; periodic payments
- §25-812 Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; action to overcome paternity
- §25-813 Default order of paternity
- §25-814 Presumption of paternity
- §25-815 Paternity; full faith and credit
- §25-816 Title IV‑D child support; paternity establishment; genetic testing
- §25-817 Temporary support orders; presumption of paternity
- §25-818 Paternity case registry; acknowledgments and paternity and maternity orders; recording requirements
Chapter 7 - COVENANT MARRIAGE
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §25-901 Covenant marriage; declaration of intent; filing requirements
- §25-902 Existing marriages; conversion to covenant marriage; recording requirements
- §25-903 Dissolution of a covenant marriage; grounds
- §25-904 Decree of legal separation; grounds
- §25-905 Temporary orders for support and spousal maintenance
- §25-906 Information pamphlet; requirements; distribution
Chapter 8 - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §25-1001 Short title
- §25-1002 Definitions
- §25-1003 Proceeding governed by other law
- §25-1004 Application to Indian tribes
- §25-1005 International application of chapter
- §25-1006 Effect of child custody determination
- §25-1007 Priority
- §25-1008 Notice to persons outside this state
- §25-1009 Appearance and limited immunity
- §25-1010 Communication between courts; definition
- §25-1011 Taking testimony in another state
- §25-1012 Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
Article 2 - Jurisdiction
- §25-1031 Initial child custody jurisdiction
- §25-1032 Exclusive continuing jurisdiction
- §25-1033 Jurisdiction to modify determination
- §25-1034 Temporary emergency jurisdiction
- §25-1035 Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder
- §25-1036 Simultaneous proceedings
- §25-1037 Inconvenient forum
- §25-1038 Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
- §25-1039 Information to be submitted to court
- §25-1040 Appearance of parties and child
Article 3 - Enforcement
- §25-1051 Definitions
- §25-1052 Enforcement under Hague convention
- §25-1053 Duty to enforce
- §25-1054 Temporary visitation
- §25-1055 Registration of child custody determination
- §25-1056 Enforcement of registered determination
- §25-1057 Simultaneous proceedings
- §25-1058 Expedited enforcement of child custody determination
- §25-1059 Service of petition and order
- §25-1060 Hearing and order
- §25-1061 Warrant to take physical custody of child
- §25-1062 Costs, fees and expenses
- §25-1063 Recognition and enforcement
- §25-1064 Appeals
- §25-1065 Role of attorney general
- §25-1066 Role of law enforcement
- §25-1067 Costs and expenses
Chapter 9 - UNIFORM INTERESTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Article 1 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Jurisdiction
- §25-1221 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
- §25-1222 Duration of personal jurisdiction
- §25-1223 Initiating and responding tribunal of state
- §25-1224 Simultaneous proceedings
- §25-1225 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order
- §25-1226 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
- §25-1227 Determination of controlling child support order
- §25-1228 Child support orders for two or more obligees
- §25-1229 Credit for payments
- §25-1230 Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
- §25-1231 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application
- §25-1241 Proceedings under this chapter
- §25-1242 Proceeding by minor parent
- §25-1243 Application of law of state
- §25-1244 Duties of initiating tribunal
- §25-1245 Duties and powers of responding tribunal
- §25-1246 Inappropriate tribunal
- §25-1247 Duties of support enforcement agency
- §25-1248 Duty of the attorney general
- §25-1249 Private counsel
- §25-1250 Duties of department of economic security
- §25-1251 Pleadings and accompanying documents
- §25-1252 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
- §25-1253 Costs and fees
- §25-1254 Limited immunity of petitioner
- §25-1255 Nonparentage as defense
- §25-1256 Special evidence and procedure
- §25-1257 Communications between tribunals
- §25-1258 Assistance with discovery
- §25-1259 Receipt and disbursement of payments
Article 4 - Establishment of Support Order
Article 5 - Enforcement of Order of Another State without Registration
- §25-1281 Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state
- §25-1282 Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state
- §25-1283 Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders
- §25-1284 Immunity from civil liability
- §25-1285 Penalties for noncompliance
- §25-1286 Contest by obligor
- §25-1287 Administrative enforcement of orders
Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order
- §25-1301 Registration of order for enforcement
- §25-1302 Procedure to register order for enforcement
- §25-1303 Effect of registration for enforcement
- §25-1304 Choice of law
- §25-1305 Notice of registration of order
- §25-1306 Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order
- §25-1307 Contest of registration or enforcement
- §25-1308 Confirmed order
- §25-1309 Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
- §25-1310 Effect of registration for modification
- §25-1311 Modification of child support order of another state
- §25-1312 Recognition of order modified in another state
- §25-1313 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state if individual parties reside in this state
- §25-1314 Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
- §25-1315 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country or political subdivision