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In Arizona, the phrase “legal decision-making” replaced the 2013年“儿童监护”术语. 亚利桑那修订版第25篇 Statutes, Marital and Domestic Relations, Chapter 4 specifically refers 亚利桑那州所有的儿童监护权法律. 这些都包括 legal decision-making and parenting time court orders. 结果 of the state’s decision to use legal decision-making over child custody is that Arizona courts don’t decide who gets custody of the children; instead, they determine who has legal 决策权 在孩子们.

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法律决策和. 父母的时间

Legal decision-making is the legal right of one parent (or both, in shared or joint decisions) to make all non-emergency legal decisions for the child, including choices regarding healthcare, religion, and education. Additionally, legal decision-making means legal custody.

Parenting time refers to each parent’s scheduled access 对孩子. During this time, the parent is responsible for routine childcare decisions and can make emergency decisions even if they are awarded joint legal 决策权.

法律决策如何确定

The court determines legal decision-making and parenting time based on 什么对孩子最有利.

因素包括:

• The child’s relationship with the parent and other family members, 如兄弟姐妹
• Issues with one or both parents, such as a history of domestic violence
• 各方的身心健康
• The wishes 孩子的, if they are of a suitable age and maturity to 表达这些愿望

Arizona law presumes that joint legal decision-making is in the best interest 孩子的, but this presumption can be overruled.

When deciding to award sole or joint legal decision-making and parenting time, the court considers a number of factors, always with the goal of 决定什么对孩子最好.

这些包括但不限于:

• Agreements reached by the parents (or lack thereof)
• 缺乏协议背后的原因
• 父母之间的合作能力
• 物流问题

第三方法律决策权

In Arizona, a ‘third party’ (someone other than the child’s legal parent) can petition for legal 决策权 or visitation.

In order to do this, the third party needs to show that:

• 他/她 代替父母 对孩子. This term comes from the Latin for ‘in place of the parent’ and refers to a person who assumes parental status and responsibilities 为孩子.
• It would not be in the 孩子的最佳利益s to be placed in the care of either parent seeking legal decision-making powers.
• A court of ‘competent jurisdiction’ has neither entered or approved an order relating to parenting time or legal decision-making in the 12 months before the third party made his/her petition. 这一次 frame may be circumnavigated if the petitioner can prove that the child’s existing environment is endangering his/her mental, physical, or emotional health.

Additionally, the third party must also prove one of the following:

• At least one 孩子的’s legal parents is deceased.
• The legal parents 孩子的 were not married to one another when the 提出申请.
• A Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation 孩子的’s legal parents was pending at the time the 提出申请.

亚利桑那州儿童监护权搬迁

If you share joint or legal custody and want to relocate, you must provide your child’s other parent with an advanced notice of your move. That parent can then petition the court to stop the relocation.

During a relocation case, a judge’s primary concern is for the welfare 孩子的. They will consider the following when determining if a relocation 是为了孩子的最大利益

• 搬家的原因
• Whether or not the quality of life will improve 为孩子
• 孩子和父母之间的关系
• What the relationship will look like 为孩子 and the parent that 不动
• 孩子与兄弟姐妹的关系
• 孩子必须要经历的调整
• 孩子的偏好(如果他们足够大)

The parent that is moving has the burden of proving that a move is in the 孩子的最佳利益. 你有合法的东西很重要 help if you are trying to relocate or if your child’s other parent 正试图重新定位. 爱德华兹团队 & 彼得森| PLC)可以提供帮助.

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With so much at stake and so many variables to consider, you need an attorney 经历了在亚利桑那州 家庭法 to help prove that you are the parent who should have legal decision-making 给孩子的权力. 梅萨的孩子监护权律师在爱德华兹律师事务所 & 彼得森| PLC) are prepared to fight for you whether we resolve 你的案件通过调解或诉讼.

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