Can I ask that my grandchild reside with me 50% of the time?
No. In Egan v. Fridlund-Horne, 221 Ariz. 229, 241 ¶ 45 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2009), a TrialA court hearing in which evidence and testimony are taken, and the Court makes a final determination of the issues raised in a petition. Trials and evidentiary hearings are somewhat synonymous, but the difference is one of scope: Evidentiary hearings are more limited in scope…Read more about Trial court awarded the non-parent equal visitation rights, meaning the child was with the mother half the time and the non-parent half the time. The Court of AppealsThis is the Court that hears appeals and special actions from the decisions made by the superior court. A panel of three judges reviews each appeal and issues a ruling. The Arizona Supreme Court is the only state court higher than the Court of Appeals.Read more about Court of Appeals struck this down, finding, “as a matter of law” (i.e., the law requires this result), that the equal visitation order was reasonable because the award was custodial in nature, and a non-parent cannot use the visitation statute to gain custodial rights.
Such an award also would far exceed what is permitted in a visitation order by In re Borja’s minimal intrusion standard.