Legislation And Divorce

Background:  I recently read and synthesized seven (7) Family Court Review articles, published between  2016-2023, on the topics of domestic violence and coercive control.[1]   Here’s what I learned.   I have not attempted to footnote and reference each and every citation,...

This is the 9th post about ARS 25-403.03, Arizona’s new DV law. The previous post discussing coercive control is here. How much does the severity of an act (acts) of domestic violence matter in determining punishment in family court proceedings?...

In ARS 25-403.03M, Arizona’s coercive control definitions include roughly fifteen (15) categories of actions, fourteen of which don’t involve any direct physical violence to a person.[1]   “Threatening” is used in four of the categories, “forcing” in two.  Other coercive controlling...

Here are the initial (past) posts about the new DV law, ARS 25-403.03: General overview of Statute, Part 1 General overview of Statute, Part 2 Summary of changes (Part 3) DV Definitions and coercive control (Part 4) Offender treatment programs...

This is yet another discussion of HB2995 and its changes to Arizona family law domestic violence proceedings.   Once DV is established in a trial court setting, the perpetrator presumptively has no parenting time or decision-making rights, until s/he rebuts the...