Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 25 > Chapter 3 - Dissolution of Marriage

• adoption agency: means a person other than the division licensed by the division to place children for adoption, including an attorney or law firm. See Arizona Laws 8-101
• Adult: means a person eighteen years of age or older. See Arizona Laws 8-101
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Child: means any person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 8-101
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Conciliation court: means a court of conciliation provided for in this article. See Arizona Laws 25-381.02
• court: means the juvenile division of the superior court. See Arizona Laws 8-101
• Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. ^{Source: OCC}
• Custody: means a status embodying all of the following rights and responsibilities:

  (a) The right to have the physical possession of the child. See Arizona Laws 8-101

• Department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Direct placement adoption: means an adoption proceeding in which one or more of the requisite consents are given to a particular person pursuant to section 8-107, subsection D, paragraph 2. See Arizona Laws 8-101
• Division: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-101
• Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
• juvenile: means an individual who is under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Petition: means a written statement of the essential facts that allege delinquency, incorrigibility or dependency. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Petitioner: includes both petitioners under a joint petition. See Arizona Laws 8-101
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.