Family Reunification Treatment

For purposes of A.R.S. 25-418 (a statute that prohibits certain extreme family therapy reunification treatments), “Family reunification treatment” is defined as “a treatment, therapy, program, service or camp that is aimed at reuniting or reestablishing a relationship between a child and an estranged or rejected parent.” The statute does not ban all forms of family reunification treatment; the statute instead appears to be aimed at more extreme practices that impose severe, harsh, or exacting requirements on the child and parent(s).