Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 25 > Chapter 8 > Article 3 - Enforcement

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Court: means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody determination. See Arizona Laws 25-1002
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Issuing court: means the court that makes a child custody determination for which enforcement is sought under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 25-1002
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity. See Arizona Laws 25-1002
• Person acting as a parent: means a person, other than a parent, who meets both of the following requirements:

  (a) Has physical custody of the child or has had physical custody for a period of six consecutive months, including any temporary absence, within one year immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding. See Arizona Laws 25-1002

• Physical custody: means the physical care and supervision of a child. See Arizona Laws 25-1002
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Arizona Laws 25-1002
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Visitation: includes parenting time as defined in section 25-401. See Arizona Laws 25-1002
• Warrant: means an order issued by a court authorizing law enforcement officers to take physical custody of a child. See Arizona Laws 25-1002