AZ SB1303

Amends Arizona dependency statutes to consider parental incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, and residential substance abuse treatment as mitigating factors when evaluating whether parents have neglected or refused reunification services.

Requires courts to document efforts to locate parents in county jails, correctional facilities, U.S. Department of Homeland Security detention facilities, or other countries through deportation orders.

Allows courts to extend reunification services for up to six months beyond statutory timeframes if reasonable services were not provided to the parent, requiring specific factual findings and consideration of special circumstances.

Modifies permanency hearing standards to permit continuation for up to six months if reasonable services were not provided, with court consideration of parent's incarceration status, immigration issues, and substance abuse treatment participation.

Changes statutory language from "but not limited to" to "for example" and corrects grammatical references in dependency proceeding provisions.