Physical Custody
This is an outdated term in Arizona family law. It has been replaced with the term “parenting time,” which generally…
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Petition for Visitation
A document that asks the Court to award time with the child to a nonparent.
Petition for Third-Party Rights
A document that asks the Court to award legal decision-making or parenting time to a non-parent. It requires a showing…
Petition to Terminate
A document that asks the court to stop an order requiring a party to pay child support or spousal maintenance.
Petition for Relocation
A document that asks the court to permit a party move the child away from the other parent. Under A.R.S….
Petition to Prevent Relocation
A document that starts a case where one parent is trying to prevent the other parent from moving away with…
Petition to Modify
A document that starts a case to change a current court order. This can include legal decision-making, parenting time, child…
Petition to Establish
A document that starts a case involving unmarried parents where the Court will be making a decision for the first…
Petition to Enforce
A document that starts a case where the person filing is asking the court to make additional orders to force…
Petition for Dissolution
A document that starts a case to end a marriage, i.e., the paperwork that starts the divorce.
Petition for Contempt
A document that starts a case in which the person filing is asking the court to punish the other party…
Petitioner
This term refers to the person or party who filed the original lawsuit. Defined in the rules as, “The person…
