Petition for Legal Separation (With Children) · Step 2 of 7

Children

any children under the age of 18 List each child you and your spouse have together who is younger than 18. Include their names and ages. Check the fourth box to indicate this court has the jurisdiction to determine legal decision-making and parenting time issues. Check this box if this court can decide custody and parenting time. Usually this means the children have lived in Arizona for the last 6 months, or since birth if younger than 6 months. Check the box that corresponds with whether you have completed the Parent Information/Education Program. Check the box that shows whether you have finished the required Parent Information/Education class. You must complete it within 45 days of being served. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Place a mark in the boxes that are true in your situation. Mark any boxes that are true about domestic violence in your situation. Be honest, since this affects decisions about your children. If you marked the third box that states there was domestic violence, explain in writing why you think it is still in the child(ren)'s best interest for the court to grant sole or joint legal decision-making to a parent who has committed domestic violence. If you said there was domestic violence, write out why you still believe it is best for your children for that parent to share or have full decision-making. The judge will read this before deciding. DRUG / ALCOHOL CONVICTIONS. Place a mark in the box that best describes the Petitioner's and the Respondent's drug / alcohol convictions within the last 12 months. Mark the box that best fits any drug or alcohol convictions you or the other parent have had in the past 12 months. This can affect decisions about parenting time. CHILD SUPPORT. Place a check mark in the boxes about child support that are true in your situation. Check the boxes about child support that are true for your case. Every parent has a duty to help support their minor children. PATERNITY and MINOR CHILDREN'S NAMES. Place a mark in the box to indicate the legal parent(s) of the child(ren) born before the marriage. Check this box to show who the legal parents are for any children born before the marriage. write the current name(s) on the left Write the child's name as it is now. Only fill this in if you want to change the child's name. the new name on the right Write the new name you want the child to have after the divorce. neither parents' home Check this box if you want neither parent's home to be the main place where the children live. your home Check this box if you want your home to be the main place where the children live. your spouse's home to be the primary residence for the minor child(ren) Check this box if you want your spouse's home to be the main place where the children live. Reasonable parenting time. Check this box to ask for a normal amount of parenting time that fits the children's ages. Pick only one of the parenting time boxes. Supervised parenting time to the non-primary residential parent Check this box if the other parent needs another adult present during visits, for example because of drug, alcohol, or safety concerns. Pick only one of the parenting time boxes. Write in the name of a person you would like to supervise the child-parent visit. Write the full name of the person you want to watch over visits between the child and parent. Pick someone you trust to keep the child safe. mark the box that shows who you think should pay for the supervisor Check the box that shows who you think should pay the person watching over the visits. No parenting time to the non-primary residential parent. Only check this if the other parent has badly harmed the child or there is a court order saying no contact. This is a last resort to keep the child safe. place a mark in the box to show if you want sole or joint legal decision-making Check the box to show if you want one parent (sole) or both parents (joint) to make big decisions for the child. mark the parent (Petitioner, Respondent, or both) you want to be awarded the authority for legal decision-making Check who should make the big decisions for the child: you, the other parent, or both of you.

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