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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-410 - Judicial supervision

25-410.
Judicial supervision
A. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing at the time of the legal decision-making or parenting time order or divorce decree,  the parent designated as sole legal decision-maker may determine the child's upbringing,  including the child's education,  care,  health care and religious training,  unless,  on motion by the other parent,  the court,  after a hearing,  finds that in the absence of a specific limitation of the parent designated as the sole legal decision-maker's authority,  the child's physical health would be endangered or the child's emotional development would be significantly impaired.
B. If either parent requests the order,  or if all contestants agree to the order,  or if the court finds that in the absence of the order the child's physical health would be endangered or the child's emotional development would be significantly impaired,  and if the court finds that the best interests of the child would be served,  the court shall order a local social service agency to exercise continuing supervision over the case to assure that the custodial or parenting time terms of the decree are carried out. At the discretion of the court,  reasonable fees for the supervision may be charged to one or both parents,  provided that the fees have been approved by the supreme court.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-412 - Expedited child support and parenting time fund

25-412.
Expedited child support and parenting time fund
A. Each county treasurer shall establish an expedited child support and parenting time fund consisting of monies received pursuant to section 12-284,  subsection D.
B. The presiding judge of the superior court shall use fund monies to establish,  maintain and enhance programs designed to expedite the processing of petitions filed pursuant to section 25-326 and to establish,  enforce and modify court orders involving children.
C. The county treasurer may invest monies in the fund and shall deposit interest earned in the fund.
D. Monies received from this fund shall be used to supplement and not supplant monies allocated by the county.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-413 - Domestic relations education and mediation fund; report

25-413.
Domestic relations education and mediation fund;  report
A. Each county treasurer shall establish a domestic relations education and mediation fund consisting of monies received pursuant to section 12-284,  subsection C.
B. The presiding judge of the superior court shall use fund monies to establish,  maintain and enhance programs designed to educate persons about impacts on children of dissolution of marriage,  legal separation and restructuring of families and programs for mediation of parenting time or legal decision-making disputes under this chapter or chapter 6 of this title.
C. The county treasurer shall disburse monies from the fund only at the direction of the presiding judge of the superior court.
D. On notice of the presiding judge,  the county treasurer shall invest monies in the fund and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
E. Monies that are expended from the fund shall be used to supplement,  and not supplant,  any state or county appropriations that would otherwise be available for programs described in subsection B of this section.
F. On or before August 10 of each year,  the county treasurer shall submit a report to the presiding judge that shows the amount of monies in the domestic relations education and mediation fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-414 - Violation of visitation or parenting time rights; penalties

25-414.
Violation of visitation or parenting time rights;  penalties
A. If the court,  based on a verified petition and after it gives reasonable notice to an alleged violating parent and an opportunity for that person to be heard,  finds that a parent has refused without good cause to comply with a visitation or parenting time order,  the court shall do at least one of the following:
1. Find the violating parent in contempt of court.
2. Order visitation or parenting time to make up for the missed sessions.
3. Order parent education at the violating parent's expense.
4. Order family counseling at the violating parent's expense.
5. Order civil penalties of not to exceed one hundred dollars for each violation. The court shall transmit monies collected pursuant to this paragraph each month to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall transmit these monies monthly to the state treasurer for deposit into the alternative dispute resolution fund established by section 12-135.
6. Order both parents to participate in mediation or some other appropriate form of alternative dispute resolution at the violating parent's expense.
7. Make any other order that may promote the best interests of the child or children involved.
B. Within twenty-five days of service of the petition the court shall hold a hearing or conference before a judge,  commissioner or person appointed by the court to review noncompliance with a visitation or parenting time order.
C. Court costs and attorney fees incurred by the nonviolating parent associated with the review of noncompliance with a visitation or parenting time order shall be paid by the violating parent. In the event the custodial parent prevails,  the court in its discretion may award court costs and attorney fees to the custodial parent.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-415 - Sanctions for litigation misconduct

25-415.
Sanctions for litigation misconduct
A. The court shall sanction a litigant for costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by an adverse party if the court finds that the litigant has done any one or more of the following:
1. Knowingly presented a false claim under section 25-403,  25-403.03 or 25-403.04 with knowledge that the claim was false.
2. Knowingly accused an adverse party of making a false claim under section 25-403,  25-403.03 or 25-403.04 with knowledge that the claim was actually true.
3. Violated a court order compelling disclosure or discovery under rule 65 of the Arizona rules of family law procedure,  unless the court finds that the failure to obey the order was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award of expenses unjust.
B. If the court makes a finding against any litigant under subsection A of this section,  it may also:
1. Impose additional financial sanctions on behalf of an aggrieved party who can demonstrate economic loss directly attributable to the litigant's misconduct.
2. Institute civil contempt proceedings on its own initiative or on request of an aggrieved party,  with proper notice and an opportunity to be heard.
3. Modify legal decision-making or parenting time if that modification would also serve the best interests of the child.
C. For the purposes of this section,  a false claim does not mean a claim that is merely unsubstantiated.
D. This section does not prevent the court from awarding costs and attorney fees or imposing other sanctions if authorized elsewhere by state or federal law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-416 - Sexual assault conviction; effect on rights

25-416.
Sexual assault conviction;  effect on rights
If a person has been convicted of sexual assault under section 13-1406 and the sexual assault led to the birth of a child,  the convicted person has none of the rights prescribed in this chapter related to legal decision-making or parenting time in regard to the child.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-417 - Parent's blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions

25-417.
Parent's blindness;  burden of proof;  specific written findings;  definitions
A. In determining parenting time or participation in legal decision-making,  the court may not consider a parent's blindness,  unless the court specifically finds both of the following:
1. The blindness significantly or substantially inhibits the parent's ability to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the child.
2. The parent lacks sufficient human,  monetary or other resources to supplement the parent's ability to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the child.
B. If a parent's blindness is alleged to have a detrimental impact on a child,  the party who raises the allegation has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the findings prescribed in subsection A of this section exist.
C. If the court denies or limits parenting time or legal decision-making,  the court shall make specific written findings that state the basis of the denial or limitation.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. " Blindness"  means having either of the following:
(a) A central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens.
(b) A degenerative condition that reasonably can be expected to result in a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens.
2. " Central visual acuity of 20/200 or less"  includes having a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of not more than twenty degrees.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-500 - Definitions

25-500.
Definitions
In this chapter,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Arrearage"  means the total unpaid support owed,  including child support,  past support,  spousal maintenance and interest.
2. " Business day"  means a day when state offices are open for regular business.
3. " Child support guidelines"  means the child support guidelines that are adopted by the state supreme court.
4. " Child support subpoena"  means a subpoena issued pursuant to section 25-520.
5. " Department"  means the department of economic security.
6. " Income"  means any form of payment owed to an individual,  regardless of source,  including wages,  salaries,  commissions,  bonuses,  workers' compensation,  disability payments,  payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program and interest.
7. " Obligee"  means a person or agency entitled to receive support.
8. " Obligor"  means a person obligated to pay support.
9. " Support"  means the provision of maintenance or subsistence and includes medical insurance coverage,  or cash medical support,  and uncovered medical costs for the child,  arrearages,  interest on arrearages,  past support,  interest on past support and reimbursement for expended public assistance. In a title IV-D case,  support includes spousal maintenance that is included in the same order that directs child support.
10. " Support payment clearinghouse"  means the clearinghouse established pursuant to section 46-441.
11. " Title IV-D"  means title IV-D of the social security act.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-501 - Duties of support; exemption

25-501.
Duties of support;  exemption
A. Except as provided in subsection F of this section,  every person has the duty to provide all reasonable support for that person's natural and adopted minor,  unemancipated children,  regardless of the presence or residence of the child in this state. In the case of children with mental or physical disabilities,  if the court,  after considering the factors set forth in section 25-320,  subsection D,  deems it appropriate,  the court may order support to continue past the age of majority. If a child reaches the age of majority while the child is attending high school or a certified high school equivalency program,  support shall continue to be provided while the child is actually attending high school or the equivalency program but only until the child reaches nineteen years of age unless the court enters an order pursuant to section 25-320,  subsection E.
B. A child who is born as the result of artificial insemination is entitled to support from the mother as prescribed by this section and the mother's spouse if the spouse either is the biological father of the child or agreed in writing to the insemination before or after the insemination occurred.
C. The child support guidelines shall be used in determining the ability to pay child support and the amount of payments. The obligation to pay child support is primary and other financial obligations are secondary.
D. All duties of support as prescribed in this chapter may be enforced by all civil and criminal remedies provided by law.
E. Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law.
F. The court may determine that a parent is not obligated to contribute to the support of the parent's minor child if maternity or paternity is the result of the parent's sexual contact with a person who,  as a result of that contact,  has been found guilty of sexual conduct with a minor under section 13-1405 or sexual assault under section 13-1406. The court may also apply this exemption to the parent's parents or legal guardian.
G. In any action filed pursuant to this title,  if a duty of support for another person exists or may exist the parties shall file the social security number of each party and any affected children in the record of the proceeding in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of the Arizona rules of family law relating to sensitive data. The court shall include this information in the state case registry and shall maintain this information in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of the Arizona rules of family law relating to sensitive data.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-503.01 - Self-employed parent; monies held as security for payment of support

25-503.01.
Self-employed parent;  monies held as security for payment of support
A. On a showing of good cause,  the court may order that a self-employed parent who is required to make child support payments forward an amount equal to not more than six months of child support to the department to hold as security. The department shall release these monies to compensate an obligee for missed current child support payments.
B. This section does not apply unless the self-employed parent is in arrears for three months or more.
C. This section does not limit other remedies available to an obligee,  the department or its agents.
D. If a self-employed parent who is required to forward monies to the department pursuant to this section demonstrates full and timely support payments for twenty-four consecutive months,  the department shall release to that self-employed parent any monies that remain.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-505 - Limited income withholding orders; definition

25-505.
Limited income withholding orders;  definition
A. The department or its agent may issue a limited income withholding order to any employer,  payor or other holder of a nonperiodic or lump sum payment that is owed or held for the benefit of an obligor. The department or its agent shall serve the order in the same manner as prescribed in section 25-505.01 for service of income withholding orders. The employer,  payor or holder shall deliver or mail by first class mail a copy of the order to the obligor within ten days after service on the employer,  payor or holder.
B. The limited income withholding order shall state the amount of current support and any arrearages owed by an obligor and shall direct the employer,  payor or holder to withhold and pay to the support payment clearinghouse the amount specified in the order and not otherwise exempt by law.
C. The limited income withholding order shall include a notice to the obligor of the right to an administrative review pursuant to section 25-522. The obligor,  employer,  payor or holder may contest the limited income withholding order in the same manner prescribed in section 25-505.01 to contest an income withholding order.
D. Notwithstanding sections 23-351 through 23-355,  the employer,  payor or holder who receives an income withholding order pursuant to section 25-505.01 or an order of assignment pursuant to section 25-504 shall withhold the amount specified and transmit that amount to the support payment clearinghouse immediately.
E. For the purposes of this section,  " lump sum payment"  includes:
1. Severance pay.
2. Sick pay.
3. Vacation pay.
4. Bonuses.
5. Insurance settlements.
6. Commissions.
7. Stock options.
8. Excess proceeds.
9. Retroactive disability proceeds.
10. Personal injury awards.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-507 - Forms; alternative forms

25-507.
Forms;  alternative forms
A. The request for assignment,  order of assignment,  notices to obligor and employer,  request for hearing and request to adjust or terminate the order of assignment shall be on forms prescribed by the supreme court and shall be furnished by the clerk of the superior court as required by law or on request of any obligor,  payee or employer.
B. Any party may use documents other than those provided pursuant to this section if the documents are substantially similar to those prescribed by the supreme court pursuant to this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-508 - Enforcement of support orders; fee prohibition

25-508.
Enforcement of support orders;  fee prohibition
A. Any judgment,  order or decree,  whether arising from a dissolution,  divorce,  separation,  annulment,  custody determination,  paternity or maternity determination or dependency proceeding or from a uniform interstate enforcement of support act proceeding and any interlocutory support award in any such proceeding or in any other proceeding regarding support that provides for alimony,  spousal maintenance or child support may be enforced as a matter of right by lien,  execution,  attachment,  garnishment,  levy,  appointment of a receiver,  provisional remedies or any other form of relief provided by law as an enforcement remedy for civil judgments. An affidavit regarding all payments in default under the support order,  along with a copy of the underlying support order,  shall be filed with the clerk of the superior court along with the appropriate writ,  application,  petition or motion.
B. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,  a department of this state or its political subdivisions shall not charge the department or its agents a fee for performing an act necessary to enforce a support order as provided by this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-509 - Representation by attorney general or county attorney; modification of order by attorney general or county attorney

25-509.
Representation by attorney general or county attorney;  modification of order by attorney general or county attorney
A. The attorney general or county attorney on behalf of this state may initiate an action or intervene in an action to establish,  modify or enforce a duty of child support,  including medical support,  regardless of the welfare or nonwelfare status of the person to whom the duty of support is owed. The attorney general or county attorney may establish,  modify or enforce such a duty of support by all means available,  including all civil and criminal remedies provided by law. An attorney-client relationship does not exist between the attorney and an applicant or recipient of child support enforcement services.
B. This state may initiate an action or may intervene in an action involving child support. Intervention by the state in an existing action is by unconditional right and is accomplished by the state filing an entry of appearance.
C. The attorney general or county attorney shall not seek or defend any ancillary matters,  such as custody or parenting time,  raised in these proceedings. The attorney general or county attorney may petition for modification of child support or medical support for children.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-511 - Failure of parent to provide for child; classification

25-511.
Failure of parent to provide for child;  classification
A. Except as provided in section 25-501,  subsection F,  any parent of a minor child who knowingly fails to furnish reasonable support for the parent's child is guilty of a class 6 felony.
B. It is an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of subsection A of this section that the defendant has complied with a valid court order that was in effect for the time period charged and that set forth an amount of support for the minor child or was unable to furnish reasonable support. Inability to furnish reasonable support is not a defense if the defendant voluntarily remained idle,  voluntarily decreased his income or voluntarily incurred other financial obligations.
C. The trier of fact,  in determining whether the defendant has failed to furnish reasonable support,  shall consider all assets,  earnings and entitlements of the defendant and whether the defendant has made all reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary funds. On a showing of previous employment or lack of a physical or mental disability precluding employment,  the trier of fact may infer that the defendant is capable of full-time employment at least at the federal adult minimum wage. This inference does not apply to noncustodial parents who are under the age of eighteen and who are still attending high school.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-511.01 - Spousal maintenance order; violation; classification

25-511.01.
Spousal maintenance order;  violation;  classification
A person who is obligated to pay spousal maintenance pursuant to an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor if the person has notice of the order and wilfully and without lawful excuse fails to comply with the terms of that order.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-512 - Consumer credit reports; use of child support or spousal maintenance obligation information

25-512.
Consumer credit reports;  use of child support or spousal maintenance obligation information
A. A consumer reporting agency as defined in title 44,  chapter 11,  article 6 shall include as part of a consumer report information regarding:
1. A court order or judgment obligating a person to pay child support or spousal maintenance.
2. A court order for assignment under section 25-323 or 25-504.
3. An income withholding order issued by the department of economic security or its agent pursuant to section 25-505.01.
B. The state or a person entitled to receive support or spousal maintenance may provide a consumer reporting agency with a copy of a court order or judgment described in this section.
C. The department or its agent may provide a consumer reporting agency with electronic or documentary information that an order or judgment for support or spousal maintenance exists.
D. The department shall report to a consumer reporting agency the name of an obligor who is delinquent in the payment of support and the amount of the support owed.
E. The department shall provide written notice to an obligor that it shall report the amount of the support owed by the obligor to a consumer reporting agency. The department shall provide this notice by first class mail at the obligor's current address,  or after a reasonable attempt to ascertain the obligor's location,  at the obligor's last known address. The notice shall state the following:
1. The obligor's name and the amount of the arrearage.
2. The address and telephone number of the department or its agent.
3. That the obligor may make a written request to the department or its agent for an administrative review pursuant to section 25-522 to contest the arrearages within fifteen days after the date of mailing of the notice.
4. That if the obligor requests an administrative review the department shall not release the report to the consumer reporting agency until a final determination has been made at the administrative review.
5. That if an obligor requests an administrative review,  the issues at the administrative review shall be limited to whether the obligor is required to pay child support,  whether the obligor is in arrears and the amount of current support and arrears.
6. That if the obligor does not respond to the notice,  the department shall send the report to the consumer reporting agency.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-514 - Priority of action and judgments

25-514.
Priority of action and judgments
Except as otherwise provided by statute,  actions pursuant to this article shall be given priority over all other civil actions. Except for judgments foreclosing or enforcing prior recorded mortgages,  deeds of trust,  contracts or conveyance of real property,  security agreements,  or other liens or encumbrances upon real or personal property created by the property owner a judgment resulting from an action brought for enforcement of child support has priority over all other judgments. Such priority shall not arise until a certified copy of the child support judgment is recorded with the county recorder.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-516 - Lien; priority; recording; information statement; payoff amount; release

25-516.
Lien;  priority;  recording;  information statement;  payoff amount;  release
A. Notwithstanding section 25-514,  in a title IV-D case an order to pay child support creates a lien by operation of law on all property presently owned and later acquired by the obligor to secure payment of the obligation. The department may perfect a lien by filing a copy of the child support order with the county recorder in the county in which the obligor has property or with a state agency or a political subdivision of this state that files personal property liens for recording on its official record. A liquidated judgment is not required to establish a lien. Recordation is constructive notice of the lien to the creditors of the owner or subsequent purchasers,  against the personal or real property presently owned or later acquired. The lien amount includes the amount owed at the time of recording and any amounts subsequently accrued. The lien has priority over other liens against this property except for liens arising from mortgages,  deeds of trust,  contracts,  conveyances or security agreements created by the property owner and previously recorded or filed.
B. When recorded,  the order shall be accompanied by the information statement of the judgment creditor pursuant to section 33-967. The statement shall set forth the amount of the current support order at the time of recording. A copy of the information statement of the judgment creditor and the order recorded shall be mailed to the obligor at the obligor's last known address.
C. On request,  the department shall provide a payoff amount to the obligor or a party acting with the obligor's consent. If the obligor disagrees with the payoff amount,  the obligor may make a written request for administrative review to contest the arrears pursuant to section 25-522. The issues to be determined are whether the obligor is required to pay support and is in arrears and the amount of arrears owed.
D. The department,  at any time,  may release the property subject to the lien from the lien. Notice by the department to the effect that the property has been released from the lien is conclusive evidence that the property had been released. When the department closes a title IV-D case,  the department shall release any lien under this section. The lien release does not satisfy any amount of unpaid support or release the lien associated with a recorded judgment. The department shall record the lien release in any county,  agency or political subdivision where the original lien was recorded.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-519 - Regulatory entities; suspension of license

25-519.
Regulatory entities;  suspension of license
The following are subject to the requirements of section 25-518:
1. All boards established under title 32.
2. The deputy director of the financial institutions division of the department of insurance and financial institutions.
3. The registrar of contractors.
4. The department of public safety.
5. Boards and agencies that provide occupational,  recreational and professional licenses or certificates pursuant to titles 3,  4,  5,  6,  8,  15,  17,  20,  36 and 41 and title 28,  chapter 8.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-520 - Child support enforcement; administrative subpoena; civil penalty

25-520.
Child support enforcement;  administrative subpoena;  civil penalty
A. In a title IV-D case the department or its agent may issue a subpoena to a person or entity believed to have information needed for the establishment of paternity or the establishment,  modification or enforcement of a child support order,  requiring appearance before the department or its agent and the production of all records or documents related to an investigation or child support proceeding.
B. The subpoena shall be served in the manner provided under applicable law or rules of procedure for the service of subpoenas in a civil action.
C. A person or entity that,  without reasonable cause,  fails to comply with the subpoena or that wilfully gives false information is subject to a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation.
D. A civil penalty imposed by the department pursuant to subsection C of this section is subject to court review if the person or entity requests a review within fifteen business days after the department imposes the penalty.
E. A civil penalty imposed by the department on an obligor pursuant to this section may be referred to credit reporting agencies for up to seven years after the date of the order that imposed the penalty or until collected. The department shall not take this action until the time for a court review pursuant to subsection D of this section has elapsed.
F. A civil penalty imposed by the department operates as a final judgment without further action by the department. The department may collect the penalty through all available civil remedies. A civil judgment accrues interest pursuant to section 44-1201.
G. The department shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  monies collected under this section in the state general fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-523 - Financial institutions data match; nonliability; prohibited disclosure; liability; civil liability; definition

25-523.
Financial institutions data match;  nonliability;  prohibited disclosure;  liability;  civil liability;  definition
A. The department shall enter into agreements with financial institutions that conduct business in this state to develop and operate a data match system to assist the department in the establishment,  modification and enforcement of child support orders. The data match system shall use automated data exchange procedures to the maximum extent possible.
B. Data exchanges between financial institutions and the department shall occur quarterly and shall include the name,  record address,  social security number or other taxpayer identification number and any other identifying information for each obligor who maintains an account at the institution and who owes past due support as identified by the department by name and social security number or other taxpayer identification number.
C. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,  a financial institution is not subject to civil liability for disclosing to the department or its agent a person's financial record pursuant to this section or any acts of omission that are inadvertent and made in good faith.
D. The department and its agent and any state,  its agent or political subdivision that administers a child support enforcement program pursuant to title IV-D of the social security act and that obtains a person's financial records may disclose this information only as is necessary to establish,  modify or enforce the person's child support obligation.
E. An employee of the department,  its agent or any state or political subdivision that administers a child support enforcement program pursuant to title IV-D of the social security act,  who knowingly or negligently discloses a person's financial records in violation of subsection D is subject to civil liability in an amount equal to the greater of either:
1. One thousand dollars for each act of unauthorized disclosure of a financial record with respect to which the defendant is found liable.
2. The sum of the actual damages sustained by the plaintiff as a result of the unauthorized disclosure and,  in the case of a wilful disclosure or a disclosure that is the result of gross negligence,  punitive damages,  including costs and attorney fees.
F. The department may pay a reasonable fee to a financial institution for conducting a data match. The fee shall not exceed the actual costs incurred by the financial institution.
G. For purposes of this section " financial institution"  means state and federally chartered banks,  trust companies,  federal and state savings and loan associations,  federal and state credit unions,  consumer lenders,  international banking facilities and financial institution holding companies,  insurance companies,  benefit associations,  safe deposit companies,  money market mutual funds and similar institutions authorized to do business in this state and any party affiliated with these financial institutions.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-524 - Financial institutions; surrender of assets; nonliability

25-524.
Financial institutions;  surrender of assets;  nonliability
A. On receipt of a notice of lien or levy a financial institution shall encumber or surrender,  as appropriate,  assets held by the institution on behalf of an obligor.
B. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,  a financial institution is not subject to civil liability for encumbering or surrendering any assets held by the financial institution in response to a notice of lien or levy issued by the department or for any action taken in good faith to comply with this section.
C. The remedy provided in this section is limited to collection of past due support.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-525 - Administrative enforcement; interstate cases; definition

25-525.
Administrative enforcement;  interstate cases;  definition
A. The department or its agent shall respond promptly to a request made by a title IV-D agency in another state to enforce a support order. The department shall use high volume automated administrative enforcement to the same extent as used for intrastate cases in response to a request made by a title IV-D agency in another state to enforce support orders and shall promptly report the results of the enforcement procedure to the requesting state.
B. The department or its agent may transmit a request to a title IV-D agency in another state for assistance,  by electronic or other means,  in a child support case involving the enforcement of a support order by high volume automated administrative enforcement. The department shall include information necessary to enable the state to which the request is transmitted to compare the case information with information contained in that state's data base. The department's request shall constitute a certification of the amount of arrears under the support order and a certification that the department has complied with all procedural due process requirements in the case.
C. If the department or its agent provides assistance to a title IV-D agency in another state pursuant to this section,  the department shall not consider the case to be transferred to the caseload of the other state.
D. The department shall maintain records of the number of requests for assistance received by the department or its agent,  the number of cases for which the department or its agent collects support and the amount of support collected in cases pursuant to this section.
E. For the purposes of this section,  " high volume automated administrative enforcement"  means the use of automatic data processing to search various state data bases to determine if information is available regarding a parent who owes a child support obligation.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-526 - Child support enforcement information; internet posting

25-526.
Child support enforcement information;  internet posting
The department of economic security division of child support enforcement shall post information on the internet on a quarterly basis that identifies no fewer than ten nonpayors of child support who have an arrearage in an amount equal to or greater than twelve months of support. The information shall include a photograph of each of these persons.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-527 - Child support; overpayment; reimbursement

25-527.
Child support;  overpayment;  reimbursement
A. An obligor whose obligation to pay support has terminated may file a request for reimbursement against the obligee for support payments made in excess of the amount ordered. The obligor must file the request with the clerk of the superior court within twenty-four months after the termination of the obligation.
B. The court may enter a judgment for reimbursement against the obligee if the court finds that the obligor's obligation to pay support has terminated and that all arrearages and interest on arrearages have been satisfied. The court shall send a copy of the judgment to the department or its agent for title IV-D cases.
C. The obligee must pay the judgment directly to the obligor and not through the clerk of the superior court or the support payment clearinghouse.
D. A judgment entered pursuant to this section does not constitute a support judgment and is enforceable only in the same manner as a civil judgment.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-528 - Title IV-D recipients; fee

25-528.
Title IV-D recipients;  fee
A. If a recipient of title IV-D services receives at least $550 of support in a federal fiscal year and the recipient has never received assistance under a state or tribal title IV-A program,  the department shall charge an annual fee as prescribed in 42 United States Code section 654(6)(B)(ii),  in effect on January 1,  2019,  to the recipient of title IV-D services. The department shall retain the fee from future collections of support once the threshold of $550 has been met. If,  after the threshold of $550 has been met,  no further support collections are received or less than $35 is received,  the department may charge the fee to the recipient of services after notice advising the recipient of the deadline for payment of the fee. If the recipient does not pay the fee by the deadline,  the department may retain the fee from future collections of support.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section,  if a foreign country has requested enforcement of a support order in any title IV-D case,  the department shall charge the annual fee prescribed in subsection A of this section to the obligor.
C. The department shall transmit to the federal government its portion of each fee withheld pursuant to subsections A and B of this section and shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  the remainder in a child support enforcement administration fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-529 - Title IV-D cases; alternative medical insurance coverage

25-529.
Title IV-D cases;  alternative medical insurance coverage
The director of the department of economic security may disseminate information provided by the department of insurance and financial institutions regarding individual medical insurance plans and may enter into agreements with a consortium of other states to offer medical insurance coverage to children in title IV-D cases.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-530 - Spousal maintenance; veterans disability benefits; definition

25-530.
Spousal maintenance;  veterans disability benefits;  definition
A. In determining whether to award spousal maintenance or the amount of any award of spousal maintenance to a requesting party,  the court shall not consider any federal disability benefits awarded to the other spouse for service-connected disabilities pursuant to 10 United States Code section 1413a or 38 United States Code chapter 11.
B. For the purposes of this section,  " requesting party"  means the person who filed a motion for spousal maintenance.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-531 - Definitions

25-531.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Court or administrative order"  means a court or administrative agency ruling that requires a parent to provide support for that parent's child.
2. " Health insurance coverage"  means fee for service,  health maintenance organization,  preferred provider organization and other types of coverage under which medical services could be provided to the dependent children of a noncustodial parent.
3. " State IV-D agency"  means the department or any other agency that is authorized to administer services of the child support enforcement program pursuant to the requirements of title IV-D of the social security act.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-532 - Enrollment of child

25-532.
Enrollment of child
A. An insurer shall not deny a child enrollment under the health plan of the child's parent for any of the following reasons:
1. The child was born out of wedlock.
2. The child is not claimed as a dependent on the parent's federal or state tax return.
3. The child does not reside with the parent or in the insurer's service area. If the child resides in another state the insurer may vary the premium and policy provisions to account for benefit levels and experience in that state.
B. If the child has health coverage through an insurer of the noncustodial parent the insurer shall:
1. Provide any information to the custodial parent that may be necessary for the child to obtain benefits through the custodial parent's insurer.
2. Permit the custodial parent or the provider with the custodial parent's approval to submit claims for covered services without the approval of the noncustodial parent.
3. Make payments on claims that are submitted pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection directly to the custodial parent,  the provider or the state IV-D agency.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-533 - Insurer obligations

25-533.
Insurer obligations
A. If a court or administrative order requires a parent to provide health coverage for a child and the parent is eligible for family coverage,  the insurer shall:
1. Permit the parent to enroll the child under the family coverage if the child is otherwise eligible for the coverage without regard to any enrollment season restrictions.
2. If the parent is enrolled in family coverage but fails to enroll the child,  enroll the child under the family coverage on the application of the child's other parent or the state IV-D agency.
3. Not refuse to enroll or terminate the coverage of the child unless the insurer receives satisfactory written evidence that one of the following applies:
(a) The court or administrative order is no longer in effect.
(b) The child will be enrolled in comparable health coverage through another insurer and that coverage will take effect not later than the effective date of the termination of coverage.
(c) The employer has eliminated family health coverage for all of its employees.
(d) Nonpayment of premium.
B. An insurer shall not impose any additional requirements on state agencies or the other parent that are different from the requirements the insurer imposes on all other agents or assignees. An insurer shall provide the state or the other parent with enrollment information and shall process the claims from and make payments to the state,  the other parent or the other parent's provider.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-534 - Employer obligations

25-534.
Employer obligations
A. If a court or administrative order requires a parent to provide health insurance coverage that is available through an employer doing business in this state,  the employer shall:
1. Allow that parent to enroll the child in the family coverage if the child is otherwise eligible for that coverage without regard to any enrollment season restrictions.
2. If the parent is enrolled in family coverage but fails to enroll the child,  enroll the child under the family coverage on the application of the child's other parent,  the child's legal guardian or the state IV-D agency.
3. Not allow the employee to refuse to enroll or to terminate the coverage of the child unless the employee provides the employer with written proof that the court or administrative order is no longer in effect or that the child is enrolled in comparable health insurance coverage and that coverage will take effect not later than the effective date of the termination of coverage.
4. Withhold the employee's share,  if any,  of health insurance premiums from the employee's compensation and pay those premiums to the insurer. The amount withheld from the employee's compensation shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted pursuant to section 33-1131.
B. If the employer offers more than one plan,  the child shall be enrolled in the plan in which the child's parent is enrolled or,  if the parent is not enrolled in a plan,  in the least costly plan that is otherwise available to the parent.
C. During the time that the medical support order is in effect,  the parent's employer shall release to the state IV-D agency or on request from the other parent any necessary information relating to the health insurance coverage of the parent,  including the name and address of the insurer,  the policy number and the names of the insured.
D. Notwithstanding any other law,  any information that is reported pursuant to this section for the enforcement of an order for medical insurance coverage shall be released to the state IV-D agency or the other parent.
E. If an order for medical insurance coverage is in effect and the employment or insurance coverage is terminated or the carrier is changed,  within ten days after the change the employer shall notify the state IV-D agency and the other parent of the change and of the last day on which health insurance coverage is effective and of any conversion privileges that may be available.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-551 - Clerk of the court

25-551.
Clerk of the court
The clerk of the court may provide services to assist a person to collect spousal maintenance. These services may include providing information regarding collection and enforcement procedures,  intercepting a taxpayer's state income tax refund for collection purposes,  providing assistance in the preparation of forms and instructions necessary to initiate an enforcement action and providing information and referrals regarding services related to spousal maintenance and debt collection and enforcement.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 25 - Marital and Domestic Relations › § 25-552 - Jurisdiction; priority of action

25-552.
Jurisdiction;  priority of action
A. The superior court has original jurisdiction in proceedings brought by this state or a person who is owed spousal maintenance to establish,  enforce or modify a spousal maintenance obligation.
B. Notwithstanding any other statute,  actions pursuant to this article have priority over all other civil actions except for child support actions pursuant to section 25-514 or judicial authorization pursuant to section 36-2152.