How to file for full custody in arizona
What You Need To Know About Child Custody Laws In Arizona
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hi I'm Shawna riggers managing attorney
at Arizona family law attorneys where we
provide peace of mind to our clients
because there is no substitute we get a
lot of questions about custody here in
Arizona and I'd like to tell you how
Arizona handles that in Arizona we don't
use the term custody anymore we use
parenting time and legal decision making
parenting time is pretty
self-explanatory it's when either parent
is going to spend time with their child
or children but it can also mean the
difference if you have a good parenting
plan and a bad parenting plan on how
your co-parenting Arrangements going to
be and your relationship with your
previous partner and your kiddos having
a really detailed summer parenting time
plan a school year parenting time plan
and how you're going to divide those
important holidays such as Christmas and
Thanksgiving is going to allow you to
move forward in a peaceful manner so
that you can just spend time with your
kiddos
in Arizona we use the term legal
decision making instead of custody and
that is exactly what you think it is the
decisions you're going to make for your
child for their education for their
medical care for their religious
training and their more serious Personal
Care decisions so let's get personal
care out of the way because it's the
easiest it's not the difference between
showers and baths it's are you going to
allow them to get a weird hairstyle
um get any piercings before that takes
place you need to get the agreement of
the other parent
I would say some of the bigger ones are
where the school is going to be and what
type of medical treatment the children
are going to have and your parenting
plan is going to be detailed and allow
you to know who gets to make that
decision or is it made together
um and what's the process in the event
that you don't reach an agreement
in Arizona we're lucky because we're an
equal State we're not a mom State and
we're not a dad State we are basically
equal and our statutes in Arizona
actually back that up so when you are
going to court you want to make sure
that you are focusing on getting the
rights that you deserve for your kiddos
both parents it takes two needs to be
involved if they want to and so it's
important that you work with the skilled
attorney to create a parenting plan that
maximizes your parenting time and allows
you to have maximized decision-making
Authority
you also want to make sure that you have
a good plan for when you and the other
parent don't agree so that you don't
always have to run back to court to make
a decision
I know that going to court can be scary
the first time that I went even as an
attorney I'm going to be honest I was a
little nervous but after doing this for
a long time I know that it's important
for you to have a guide that has the
experience to get you peace of mind
because there is no substitute if you
are in a position where you need to
create a parenting plan or modify one
reach out to our office we have people
ready to schedule you to meet with a
licensed Arizona attorney to talk about
your specific family because every
family is different there is no cookie
cutter parenting plan and you need to
make sure that you get the plan that's
going to work the best for you and your
family we look forward to speaking with
you
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