Title 25 — Marital and Domestic Relations
11 chapters · 299 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 25-381.16 Conduct of hearing; recommendations; aid of specialists; expense; confidential communications
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A. A person designated by the judge of the conciliation court shall conduct an informal hearing as a conference or series of conferences to effect a reconciliation of the spouses or an amicable adjustment or settlement of the issues. B. At the conclusion of the hearing the design…
A.R.S. § 25-381.17 Orders; duration of effectiveness; reconciliation agreement
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A. The judge of the conciliation court shall have full power to make, alter, modify, and enforce all orders or temporary orders, orders for custody of children, restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and orders affecting possession of property, as may appear just and equitab…
A.R.S. § 25-381.18 Dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment; stay of right to file; jurisdiction for pending actions
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B. If either party wishes to extend the stay prescribed pursuant to subsection A, that party must file a petition with the court that states the basis for the extension and includes a plan for reconciliation or a counseling schedule. The court may grant a reasonable extension of …
A.R.S. § 25-381.19 Transfer of certain actions where minor child involved
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Whenever any action for annulment of marriage, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation is filed in the superior court and it appears to the court at any time during the pendency of the action that there is any minor child of the spouses or either of them whose welfare may be…
A.R.S. § 25-381.20 Procedure in actions where no child is involved; conciliation court may accept case
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Whenever application is made to the conciliation court for conciliation proceedings in respect to a controversy between spouses or a contested action for annulment of marriage, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation, but there is no minor child whose welfare might be affect…
A.R.S. § 25-381.21 Construction of article
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Except as specifically and expressly so provided, nothing in this article is intended or shall be construed to repeal, modify, or change in any respect whatsoever the laws relating to annulment of marriage, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation, and the court of conciliati…
A.R.S. § 25-381.22 Subsequent petition filed within one year
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Once a petition by either or both of the spouses has been filed as permitted by section 25-381.09, the filing of any subsequent petition under such section within one year thereafter by either or both of the spouses shall not stay any action for annulment, dissolution of marriage…
A.R.S. § 25-381.23 Option for mandatory conciliation
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In those counties in which the superior court has by rule or order established a conciliation court, the judge or judges of the conciliation court may, by local rule, with the approval of the presiding judge of the superior court in that county, require one or more hearings or co…
A.R.S. § 25-381.24 Counseling
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The conciliation court, in counties having a population of less than two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States census, may contract with qualified marriage and family counselors to provide counseling services.